The government is studying such a tax system as once foreigners leave the country, tax investigations will prove difficult, the sources said.
Countries like the United States and South Korea already …

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In Japan, the meaning of names can often be easily understood since they are typically made up of two or three Chinese characters.
But what does that same name mean in other languages?
But sometimes …

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Called a “tattoo penalty” (irezumi kei) it was handed down to perpetrators of relatively minor crimes like theft and burglary.
Afterwards the culture moved away from tattoos well until the Edo Period…

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In the fall, many educational institutions in Japan invite the public onto their campuses for exhibitions of the talents and passions of their student bodies.
The National Defense Academy, located in…

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But looking at a new survey of kids in elementary and junior high school, I learned that maybe we really aren’t all that different after all.
Their goal was to see how much kids are getting for an al…

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As the man in the hot seat, Suzuki CEO Osamu Suzuki has come up with a bold and unorthodox plan: openly insult his customers.
CEO Suzuki, unsurprisingly upset by this, has accused the government of b…

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Long before he became a whistleblower and cybersecurity activist, Edward Snowden was an anime fan who worked with his friends on a start-up company selling anime art.
Last year, he became an anime ch…

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Last weekend, YouTuber Sharla in Japan paid a visit to the Arakawa traditional handicraft festival in Tokyo and made a short video briefly showcasing a variety of these traditional goods.
We’ve intro…

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Japanese parents have a lot of things to take into consideration when choosing a name for their baby.
Those sensibilities are reflected in the list of the most popular names for girls and boys in Jap…

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Five-year veteran talks about indirect “cries for help.”Being an idol singer in Japan is at least as much about the personality you radiate as the vocals you produce.
Sure, idol songs may be almost i…

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