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Tokyo events for Monday, December 9 to Sunday, December 15, 2019It’s the perfect week to do a little holiday shopping—especially if you’re on a cheapo budget. Bungu Joshi Haku Stationery Festiva…
Uber Eats union members protest the company's decision to cut their basic compensation in Tokyo on Dec. 5. (Takashi Yoshida)Tokyo’s Uber Eats delivery staff aren't swallowing having a …
While the contents of the curry are too hot for children, we’ve censored the summary so that it’s entirely safe for work. Our brave man did so and poured the hot rue over a bed of hot white rice…
Shibuya is a well known tourist destination, and it is home to iconic Tokyo landmarks like the Shibuya Scramble Crossing and the Hachiko dog statue outside Shibuya Station. I went to check out S…
Beautiful paintings of glitchy NES screens will star in Tokyo art gallery through December. It’s the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium…
As a deeply relaxing touchstone of traditional Japanese culture, there’s a lot to like about hot springs, or onsen, as they’re called here. We paid a visit to one such tattoo-friendly hot s…
KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 22:49 | All, WorldJapanese chemist Akira Yoshino, one of the three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry for contributions to the development of li…
Crazy-thick, amazingly warm tights from Japan look just like a pair of sheer stockings, unless you see them inside out. See, Natsuki likes wearing skirts, but what she doesn’t like is freez…
But no matter which side of the debate you stand, the illustration itself is worth a second look…Japan’s problem with chikan is widespread. The second statement warns people (usually women, alth…
In Japan, children are taught from an early age about the wondrous powers of the teru teru bozu, which translates to shiny baldhead (monk). Hung under the eaves of the house, the teru teru bozu …
