Sellers ask antitrust body to probe Rakuten's free shipping policy
KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 14:12 | All, JapanMerchants on Rakuten Inc.'s online shopping mall have requested that the Japan Fair Trade Commission investigate the e-commerce giant…
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Local governments adopting ordinances for use of bicycle insurance
KYODO NEWS - 35 minutes ago - 14:38 | All, Japan, LifestyleA growing number of local governments are introducing ordinances to obligate bicycle riders and rental companies to take out liabi…
Tougher Japan penalties for smartphone use while driving take effect
KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 14:19 | Japan, AllStronger penalties for drivers using mobile phones behind the wheel took effect in Japan on Sunday in the wake of an outcry from families who los…
Your yen for ramen could be killing you softly
A paper published in Nutrition Journal investigated the link between the prevalence of ramen restaurants and stroke and heart attack mortality in Japanese prefectures. Meanwhile, the Kinki regio…
Kurdish man sues Japanese government over being left untreated for cancer while detained
A 26-year-old Kurdish man sued the government Tuesday, claiming he was left untreated for cancer while in a detention center northeast of Tokyo. After being granted provisional release…
Company asks female employees to wear 'period badges' to alert customers
Female staff at a new shop in Osake, Japan have been encouraged to don the pins in a bid to tackle the stigma around periods in the country. The scheme makes thematic sense in the context of the…
Real-life Rurouni Kenshin reverse-blade katana, forged by master swordsmith, now on display【Pics】
The most iconic sword in the Rurouni Kenshin anime/manga series is the titular protagonist’s sakabato, a reverse-edged katana with its cutting surface on the inside of the curve. The Meijim…
Quiz: Can you guess which hugely popular manga artists these desks belong to?
That meant living small, with only the things absolutely necessary for life in this transient plane of existence. Next, it’s not hard to imagine this wild-looking desk as the starting point…
Things to Do in Tokyo Around the Olympic Games
So you’re in Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics, and between events you have some time to spare? If you’ve never been to Tokyo before, a visit to the collective’s flagship gallery, Borderless, is a mus…
World War II war trophies returned to families of fallen Japanese soldiers
Yoshio Nagasawa's World War II-era flag was returned to his family in Japan on Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. TOKYO — A photo album and two flags recovered from Pacific battlefields were retur…