Unreleased diary of pioneering Japanese feminist to be displayed

An unreleased diary of a pioneering Japanese feminist will be displayed at her memorial museum from this weekend, half a century after her death.Several photocopied pages of the diary of Raicho Hiratsuka, in which she claimed women should raise their voice in peace issues, will be exhibited at her house museum in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, from Saturday.To mark the 50th anniversary of Hiratsuka's death and the 110th anniversary of the publication of Japan's first literary magazine by women for women called Seito (Bluestocking), this year's exhibition will feature her role in the empowerment o…READ FULL ARTICLE