Called “aiseki lounges,” they’re a little different from a standard hostess bar.
At a standard hostess bar, the hostesses are all employees, and paid to drink with the male customers.
So on a Saturda…

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After months of excruciating waiting, the latest games in Pokémon franchise, Pokémon Sword and Shield, came out on November 15.
It’s not like real-life Japan has fused with the world of Pokémon or an…

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Slurping is the norm in a Japanese noodle house, but is it OK to bite off your ramen if it’s more than you can chew?
Japanese-style noodles are meant to be slurped, with the sound showing that you’re…

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KFC made everyone’s dreams come true when they opened an all-you-can eat buffet restaurant in Osaka back in 2015.
▼ Called KFC Restaurant, the eatery is located at the new Minami Machida Grandberry P…

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Cynics won’t be surprised, but unintended inside look at hostess bar shorthand still stings.
To many people who grew up outside of Japan, the concept of hostess bars is baffling.
The secret to hostes…

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Did the planners take our readers’ suggestion for the new Yamanote Line stop?
Trains are important in public transportation-reliant Japan, and none are more important than the ones that run on the Ya…

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Drones for disaster responseDrones, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), can quickly and safely be deployed over disaster areas.
The test flight demonstrated a Nokia drone which used a private LTE netw…

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Organizing Committee considers relaxing rules for the Games during Japan’s always hot and humid summer.
With the Tokyo Olympics less than a year away, excitement continues to grow as the city gets re…

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That’s when AKB48 released its first chart-topping single, “River.” I’d like to argue that the J-pop decade ended early, too.
And between Oct. 21, 2009, and March 14, 2019, the pop group largely domi…

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As young people continue to relocate to major cities, rural towns are looking for ways to boost their population.
Japan’s population is set to lose up to one-third of its population, down to 88 milli…

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