Why Japan’s ‘shūkatsu’ job-seeking system is changing
This ritual is part of a year-long hiring process in their penultimate year of university: the season of ‘shūshoku katsudō’ (job-hunting activity). It’s known as ‘shūkatsu’ for short, …
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Why overtired Japan is turning to office siestas
“The crisis around karoshi has created a sense of urgency among companies to do something about it,” says Kobayashi. “From a business point of view, I always knew there would be a need for this.…
Japan's FamilyMart convenience chain apologises for rats in store
Image copyright @Ginkai19990324 A Japanese convenience store chain has apologised after a video of rats scampering around one of its branches emerged. FamilyMart said it had shut a store an…
How Japan's trade row with South Korea could hit tech supplies
Image copyright Getty Images A trade spat between Japan and South Korea threatens to spill beyond their borders, posing potential risks to consumer electronics supplies around the world. Th…
Fuller's sells London Pride beer business to Asahi
Fuller's, the brewer whose beers include London Pride, is to sell its entire drinks business to Japan's biggest brewer Asahi. The company said the £250m deal would preserve the Griffin…
Elon Musk unveils first tourist for SpaceX 'Moon loop'
Elon Musk's company SpaceX has unveiled the first private passenger it plans to fly around the Moon. Japanese billionaire and online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa, 42, announced: "I ch…
How Japan's visionaries saw the future
From cities in the air to floating villages in the Bay of Tokyo, a group of forward-thinking Japanese architects, celebrated recently in the Pompidou’s Japan-Ness exhibition in Metz, France…
Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft reaches cosmic 'diamond'
A Japanese spacecraft has arrived at its target - an asteroid shaped like a diamond or, according to some, a spinning top. Hayabusa 2 has been travelling toward the space rock Ryugu since l…
Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata dies at 82
Japanese anime director Isao Takahata, co-founder of the famed Studio Ghibli, has died at the age of 82. Mr Takahata was nominated for an Oscar in 2014 for The Tale of the Princess Kaguya b…
A little corner of Brazil that is forever Okinawa
Who would have known that the Okinawan language found a home in Brazil just when it was fading back in Japan? BBC Brasil's Leticia Mori has this report from Sao Paulo.