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Meet the Wagakki Band with Yuko Suzuhana and get ready to rock! The Wagakki Band, which consists of seven musicians and the singer Yuko Suzuhana, deftly fuses traditional Japanese instruments wi…
Back in December, publisher Shogakukan got manga fans’ hearts racing with the announcement that Rumiko Takahashi has a new manga in the works. The upcoming manga is a full-fledged weekly se…
Workers are said to be participating in the government’s Technical Intern Training Program. Back in 1993, the Japanese government started up the Technical Intern Training Program, a work trainin…
Wrap up against the chill with Soot Sprites, Totoro, Jiji, Howl’s fire demon, and a snuggly Catbus. The first collection features a number of large stoles for adults, each retailing for 4,500 ye…
Kyoto has a heartbreaking message for visitors who carve graffiti on trees in the famous grove. Kyoto is one of Japan’s top tourist destinations, filled with historic buildings and beautiful sce…
One of Tokyo’s neighbors may become the first place in Japan to enact punishment for hate speech. Be that as it may, it wasn’t until 2016 that Japan’s Diet passed a nationwide law outlawing hate…
In a country where asking for, and even offering, help can be culturally difficult, these kindhearted badges aim to make a difference. But recently, some troubled moms and dads have been happy t…
So much so, in fact, that the most popular mobile games have made up roughly half of the entire market’s revenue! So exactly how much are gamers spending on their favorite mobile games? The…
One of the great things about the One Piece series is how intricate the world it’s set in is. Though originally written in Japanese, the manga hints that characters in the series also speak Engl…
Snake legs: 蛇足 (dasoku)Image: by RakuboBut wait, snakes don’t have legs … do they? From this episode, the expression “snake legs” has come to mean something additional that is unnecessary and po…
