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Weekly Shonen Jump’s name might not be entirely accurate, so our in-house fan offers an alternative. Japan’s best-selling manga anthology is, and for many years has been, Weekly Shonen…
Japan’s love hotels, as the name implies, are all about the loving. But while most visitors to a love hotel aim to spend as little time as possible with their clothes on, one group has found a w…
As the official first year of Reiwa, 2019 was hot with discussion as soon as the era was christened. Keigen Zeiritsu (Reduced Tax Rate)October 1, 2019 signaled an increase in consumption tax fro…
Crows don’t really have the best reputation in Japan. For example, Japanese Twitter user @beat_flying was recently out and about in Nagoya when he spotted two crows engaged in a perfectly wholes…
Tokyo has no shortage of eateries that take inspiration from the 2-D media world. There’s a permanent Sailor Moon musical restaurant and cafes for both the Pokémon franchise and Square Enix…
Yoshinoya’s beef bowl is the archetypal fast, filling, and financially friendly meal in Japan. So it might surprise you to learn that Japan’s most popular beef usually isn’t Japanese. Yoshi…
Dai-Ichi Life Insurance’s Economics Research Institute, though, says there’s another activity that’s becoming increasingly common on salarymen’s schedules: weightlifting. However, Japan’s b…
Ryokan are traditional Japanese hotels whose roots can be traced back to the Edo Period (1603–1868). Follow Trip Advisor Japan’s advice (and our additional explanations) here to ensure your visi…
But as the capital city of a notoriously pricey country, life in Tokyo must be crazy expensive, right? mimii_room, who describes herself as a 23-year-old woman living alone in an apart…
The findings have been reported in the Japanese media under headlines such as “The bad habits of low earners” and “People on a low income pee in the bath – but why? Investment consultant Tokio G…
