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Our Japanese-language writer muses on her own marriage to a French husband and its notable quirks. As I write this, it’s April 24, which a cursory google tells me is National Pigs in Blanke…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Akitoshi Okamoto, not pictured, has been accused of "fraudulent obstruction of business"An 71-year-old man has been arrested in Tokyo fo…
Though the series started in 1991, it’s yet to be dethroned as Japan’s premier magical girl anime/manga franchise, and so there’s a permanent Sailor Moon restaurant opening in Tokyo next month! …
The world’s biggest pension fund has sent a shiver through the financial markets by stating it will cease lending shares to those seeking to profit from falling prices. GPIF, the Japanese public…
This is climate change at work, gradually shifting what a normal season and storm looks like. Car companies, who are themselves significant contributors to climate change, acknowledge this to va…
Senior police official quoted as saying, “I have never heard of this behavior, but it’s sick.”Since August of 2016, Inage Station in Chiba City as been under siege by a man assaulting junior and seni…
But did you that when visiting someone’s home, it’s considered rude to step on the threshold of the doorway to a tatami room? Even foreigners might get some serious side-eye if they’re seen…
A foreign man living in Japan for the past two decades has aged around fifteen years on a flight returning to his home country. “I departed a young happening dude, but I arrived back an old unsk…
A welfare ministry panel said Tuesday that forcing children to sit for long periods of time in the formal Japanese seiza style will be recognized as a morally unacceptable form of punishment under a …
In June 2012, a random stabbing rampage in Osaka left two dead, including game music producer Shingo Minamino. Kyozo Isohi was sentenced to death for the killings, but the Japanese Supreme Court…
