By Annelise GiseburtOn the afternoon of March 11, 2011, the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake knocked out the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station’s external power supply.
By late April the evacuati…

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But Japanese rope bondage is a safe, sexy and exciting activity—proven by its journey from sacred practice to modern-day art and everything in between.
Not only can shibari be sexual, but it also fal…

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We take a ride on this new travel alternative to the Shinkansen bullet train.
Usually, overnight buses are the cheapest way to travel long distances in Japan.
The Dream Sleeper makes one rest stop, a…

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So with so many tourists from around the world crowding into the city, a few are bound to step out of line.
Thankfully TripAdvisor Japan created a handy infographic showing how to politely visit Kyot…

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The second fossil award also recognized Japan's failure to upgrade its goal to cut heat-trapping gas emissions under the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
He pointed out Tokyo has reduced greenhouse gas …

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Mercer's Total Remuneration Survey, which looks at compensation in 129 countries and 19 Chinese cities, illustrates stagnant incomes for Japanese workers in the modern information economy.
Median com…

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Netflix has announced that it is partnering with the Japanese messaging app Line to create a Netflix original animated series on Brown & Friends characters which started out as emoji-like sticker…

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KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 16:17 | Arts, All, JapanThe kanji "rei" has been picked as the Chinese character best describing this year's social mood in Japan after the new imperial era Reiwa commenced…

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By Mason Dayot Dec 12, 2019 3 min readJust as every school is different, every ALT is different.
But after years of teaching English in Japan, I think that I’ve boiled it down to a few different styl…

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You really autumn know...November in Japan is about one thing: the colorful spread the changing autumn leaves brings.
Our readers really embraced this wonderfully-colorful season this year.
Thanks to…

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