But in some offices, those gatherings have become less frequent as concerns over power harassment grow.
Essentially workplace bullying, power harassment ranges from isolating an employee to physical …

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Film praised by women in Japan where talking about periods in public is considered dirty or embarrassingA manga character shaped like a pink blob with bright red lips and leggings is challenging tabo…

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If you asked people to pick the most innovative Japanese company, most of the responses you’d get would probably be from the automobile and consumer electronics industries.
Our vote, though, just mig…

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Do you have a part-time job at a cafe but are somehow also rich?
The photo shows a page from a women’s interest magazine, with an illustration of a young man under a heading that proclaims “This is t…

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Well...maybe not so much if you're single during Christmas in Japan.
Although there are various theories as to how Christmas, or rather Christmas Eve, came to be a romantic occasion in Japan, there i…

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Understanding Japanese culture has fascinated the Western world ever since the country’s trading doors opened up in the 1800s.
Another way of looking inside this enigmatic culture, from the everyday …

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That initiative eventually led to the creation of an annual design contest administered by the Molester Deterrence Activity Center activist organization.
The Center has just announced the winners of …

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It has all of the information a business card needs, but with more flair than any traditional design.
The Twitter user who first tweeted a picture of it, @univ00009, said that they “got this business…

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Now there’s a perfectly valid excuse for keeping a video game controller in your pocket.
Even if you’re out and about on business, there’s now a way to keep the old Famicom close to your heart, with …

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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 11:34 | All, JapanA Japanese court on Wednesday ordered a former television political reporter to pay 3.3 million yen ($30,000) in damages to journalist Shiori Ito over a ra…

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