KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 17:11 | All, JapanJapanese monkeys in a botanical garden in a hot spring resort in Hokkaido, northern Japan, relaxed on Sunday in an open-air spa as the garden started its a…

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Young men show more satisfaction, but it plummets once they hit a certain age.
Japanese customer service may be legendary, but that doesn’t mean every person working in Japan loves their job.
Japanes…

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In just about every major train station in Japan, you’ll find a stand selling boxed lunches called ekiben.
Given that trains are terrestrial transportation, and that Japan is an island nation, until …

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Nissan and Renault are jointly working on development of platforms and engines and purchasing of parts under the alliance at present.
Nissan launched a new management team on Sunday led by newly appo…

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The government is studying such a tax system as once foreigners leave the country, tax investigations will prove difficult, the sources said.
Countries like the United States and South Korea already …

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In Japan, the meaning of names can often be easily understood since they are typically made up of two or three Chinese characters.
But what does that same name mean in other languages?
But sometimes …

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Called a “tattoo penalty” (irezumi kei) it was handed down to perpetrators of relatively minor crimes like theft and burglary.
Afterwards the culture moved away from tattoos well until the Edo Period…

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In the fall, many educational institutions in Japan invite the public onto their campuses for exhibitions of the talents and passions of their student bodies.
The National Defense Academy, located in…

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But looking at a new survey of kids in elementary and junior high school, I learned that maybe we really aren’t all that different after all.
Their goal was to see how much kids are getting for an al…

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As the man in the hot seat, Suzuki CEO Osamu Suzuki has come up with a bold and unorthodox plan: openly insult his customers.
CEO Suzuki, unsurprisingly upset by this, has accused the government of b…

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