Karina Piser

Oct 23, 2023 | foreignpolicy.com | Karina Piser

In June, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced the government’s latest attempt to reverse Japan’s historically low birth rate. The anticipated measures, which would cost an estimated $22 billion, include a pledge to double child care spending by the early 2030s and lift the income cap for child cash benefits, among other incentives that the Kishida cabinet hopes will encourage young Japanese couples to have more children.

Jul 27, 2023 | thenation.com | Shuaib Almosawa |Sarah Lazare |Karina Piser

World / There are just three flights leaving Sana’a every week. But Yemen has an estimated 71,000 cancer patients who need out-of-country care.

Jul 27, 2023 | thenation.com | Shuaib Almosawa |Sarah Lazare |Tarpley Hitt |Karina Piser

World / July 27, 2023There are just three flights leaving Sana’a every week. But Yemen has an estimated 71,000 cancer patients who need out-of-country care. Ad PolicyThis article is a joint publication of The Nation and Workday Magazine, a nonprofit newsroom devoted to holding the powerful accountable through the perspective of workers.

Jul 10, 2023 | thenation.com | Karina Piser |Kate Wagner |William D. Hartung |Benjamin Freeman

Kobe and Tokyo—On a brisk morning in late February, I met Reiko Masai at a community center in the outskirts of Kobe, about three hours from Tokyo by bullet train. A lifelong advocate for gender equality in Japan, Masai, 73, has come here every Saturday since 2011, offering an open consultation for struggling women. Chie Matsumoto contributed to the reporting. This article was supported by the Social Science Research Council’s Abe Fellowship for Journalists.