Over many centuries, Japan adapted Chinese characters to suit the needs and form of the Japanese language.
But to some, these foreign kanji remained a dirty smear on an otherwise pure Japanese cultur…

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Twitter is alight with delight over this stunning shot of a kimono-clad girl and her dainty deer friend.
Occasionally a photographer snaps such a stunning shot that it causes all who see it to hold t…

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Will our UFO-chasing reporter finally get the answers he’s been looking for since the alien encounter he says he had in high school?
According to Masanuki, back when he was in high school he saw a UF…

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While legalized gambling looms of the horizon in Japan, quasi-legal forms of it still exist such as the many brightly-lit pachinko and slot machine parlors that dot the urban landscape.
However, acco…

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You will be reviewing online search results in order to improve client content and quality.
You will be required to provide feedback and analysis on content found in search engine results and provide…

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Ghosn’s lawyers argue that the Tokyo District Prosecutor’s Office, working with Nissan’s mostly Japanese management, willfully and knowingly denied Ghosn his constitutionally guaranteed right to due …

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Despite some of the unquestionably dark penguin personality traits on display, the latest relationship charts claim to be "cuter, with more happiness."
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Hiroshima had been getting such warnings almost every night for weeks, for at that time the B-29s were using Lake Biwa, northeast of Hiroshima, as a rendezvous point, and no matter what city the Amer…

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We previously shared the nominees for the 2019 top buzzwords in Japan, but today, let’s take a look at the 2019 Buzzword Awards as chosen by none other than Japanese JC (slang for “joshi chugakusei”,…

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Unfortunately, it looks like Rinna has progressed beyond surliness and crude humor, and has now fallen into a deep, suicidal depression.
Everything seemed fine on October 3, when Rinna made the first…

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