Does a thick wad of bills make up for a thin head of hair?
Or maybe the gap is because for the survey participants, love isn’t the only part of the equation when calculating if they want to get marri…

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Nestle’s new sleep cafe offers the most luxurious nap experience you can find in Tokyo – doze to your heart’s content!
Once again they’re running one of their “sleep cafes”, and this year they’ve cho…

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Don’t worry though, autumn in Kyushu is the real deal and it’s equally as spectacular as the more well-known northern areas.
Peak season: Mid to late NovemberShimabara, Nagasaki - MapSpeaking of the …

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At first glance, it has been a lucrative period for the domestic movie industry, too.
From an international perspective, it’s fair to say that Japanese cinema isn’t inspiring the kind of excitement i…

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The Walled City began as a Chinese military outpost to protect trade shipments, and over the years, morphed into a squatters’ haven.
Photo : Dick Fung ( AP )The Walled City had attracted widespread a…

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What would normally have been a dry, corporate affair was being watched more closely than usual: SoftBank’s technology-investing arm, the Vision Fund, had recently seen some of its investments turn s…

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But to many Hong Kong protesters, its themes—idealistic children uniting to fight against evil and corrupt adults—speak far more deeply.
“We are all Shinji,” said San, a 27-year-old Hong Kong manga f…

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That’s the aim of Ishiguro’s companion robot “Telenoid,” which ranked #1 on the creepy list.
Obviously the persons who gave my Telenoid robot that ranking just evaluated it on appearance rather than …

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Company continues to put people first as it meets with victims’ families and refuses to use funds for business recovery.
Almost immediately after the July 18 arson attack on Kyoto Animation, people a…

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Spanning more than 1,000 years, this is a remarkable work filled with wonderful vignettes of Japanese life and sensibilityIn this delightful anthology, McKinney traces the evolution of travel writing…

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