Coronavirus: Another 41 catch virus on quarantined cruise ship
Some 3,700 people are on board the Diamond Princess, which is quarantined in Yokohama for at least two weeks. The checks began after an 80-year-old Hong Kong man who had been on the sh…
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Nintendo Switch overtakes 1990s SNES console in sales
Image caption Nintendo Switch (l) and SNES (r)The Nintendo Switch has become the company's third best-selling home console, overtaking the old Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).…
Japan's workplaces rethink 'drinking with the boss'
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 phys…
How instant noodles became a million dollar idea
VideoThe Japanese have said they are the country's greatest invention of the 20th Century - greater even than the Walkman or Tamagotchi. They are instant noodles, which were created in…
Yoshihiro Hattori: The door knock that killed a Japanese teenager in US
Image copyright The Hattori family Image caption A friend took this photo of Yoshihiro Hattori in San FranciscoIn October 1992, Yoshihiro Hattori knocked on the wrong door. 'He was life…
Typhoon Hagibis: Biggest Japan storm in decades makes landfall
The eye of Typhoon Hagibis made landfall shortly before 19:00 local time (10:00 GMT) in Izu Peninsula, southwest of Tokyo. Image copyright Reuters Image caption Tornado-like winds whipped u…
Japan ninja student gets top marks for writing essay in invisible ink
Image caption Eimi Haga became interested in ninjas by watching TV showsA Japanese student of ninja history who handed in a blank paper was given top marks - after her professor realised the ess…
Logan Paul: Japan was my biggest fight
Logan Paul has described what happened in Japan back in 2017 as his "biggest fight". He faced a huge backlash over a video which showed the body of an apparent suicide victim. Ima…
Tattoos in Japan: The eye-watering art thousands cross the world for
But they don't have what he's looking for: the centuries-old Japanese art of tebori, or traditional "hand-carved" tattoos. His latest diary-filler is the Rugby…
Tattoos in Japan: Why they're so tied to the yakuza
It's because of the association between tattoos and a mafia-like group called the yakuza - which has operated in Japan for hundreds of years. "The tattoos are crucial to yaku…