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KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 17:00 | All, JapanA powerful typhoon made landfall in western Japan on Thursday, injuring at least 16 people, with over 7,000 residents evacuating their homes fol…
I run the Disrupting Japan podcast. The Disrupting Japan audience consists of startup founders, aspiring founders, and others interested in innovation in Japan. It turned out that my sponso…
Here are a few cheapo tips for a day trip from Tokyo to Kawaguchiko. With direct transport from Tokyo to Kawaguchiko, it’s an unsurprisingly popular spot, and well worth a day trip. If you …
A Japanese pop star who was stabbed 60 times by an obsessed fan is suing the government for not doing enough to protect her. Ms Tomita, who was just 20-years-old at the time, was stabb…
It's all thanks to virtual reality, as well as a team at the University of Tokyo led by Kenta Toshima. A class at the University of Tokyo gives seniors a chance to both watch and create VR …
The front of the Marysville motorcycle plant where Neil Vining and Shige Yoshida first worked in 1979. Hot off the assembly production line, a Japanese worker showcases the CR250R motorcycle mod…
Surveys shed light on unusual habits of drivers who return cars with zero mileage on clockAsleep at the wheel: Japanese rental cars used for anything but drivingCar rental companies in Japan have fig…
The rate of suicide per 100,000 people hit 2.8 among those under 20, the highest since comparable data became available in 1978. But the rate at all ages fell to 16.5, the lowest since 1978, acc…
By GaijinPot Blog Jul 16, 2019 2 min readJapan has been ranked second best in a list of top countries in Asia in which to study abroad, according to data released by higher education search portal ed…
On Jul 15, 2019If you’re looking to work in Japan, check back here each week as we look through our database of top jobs in Japan posted to GaijinPot and pick some of the ones we think are most inter…
