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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Take a load off by watching a Japanese man feed stray cats.
I discovered Niiyan1216, a series of videos where a Japanese man feeds stray cats, over a year ago.
It’s not exactly mind-blowing—the chann…

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Over the years, we’ve seen a number of video tutorials showing us the amazing power of makeup.
And while many of these tutorials are often aimed at young women wanting to glow-up, today we’d like to …

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Just last month, the host of Comedy Central’s The Jim Jefferies Show, Jim Jeffries, came to Japan to investigate the reasons why “Millennials in Japan Aren’t F**king”.
Take a look at the clip below:I…

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KFC occasionally offers all-you-can-eat fried chicken in Japan, which is both a blessing and a curse.
But there’s now a raw of golden-fried hope on the horizon, as KFC is just about to open its first…

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