Fukushima’s transition from nuclear energy to solar and wind comes as policymakers and scientists around the world debate the role of nuclear energy in efforts to stop the climate crisis.
Yet, despit…

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It’s hard to divide all of the Japanese pronouns into distinct categories, but if you study Japanese, you’ll probably encounter these three first.
Washi is extremely common in Japanese entertainment,…

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Hong Kong (CNN Business) Nissan (NSANF) stock sank Wednesday after it reported a 70% plunge in profit and lowered its forecasts for the year.
Shares in Japan's second largest automaker slid as much a…

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Surprisingly enough, over the last few years some of the most compelling reasons to visit Universal Studios Japan have nothing to do with Hollywood movies.
The latest batch of collaborations has just…

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The “virgin woman in her thirties” has become a common trope in Japanese manga and anime in recent years.
▼ It started with a kabe-don…“Mid-thirties virginity complex”, it seems, affects women as muc…

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People in America have fond memories of the Prelude, which is why finding out that it was a flop in Japan is so hard to imagine.
What’s even harder to wrap your head around is part of why: it had a “…

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Weekly Shonen Jump’s name might not be entirely accurate, so our in-house fan offers an alternative.
Japan’s best-selling manga anthology is, and for many years has been, Weekly Shonen Jump.
Is Weekl…

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Japan’s love hotels, as the name implies, are all about the loving.
But while most visitors to a love hotel aim to spend as little time as possible with their clothes on, one group has found a way to…

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Buddhist monks and other religious pilgrims have walked the roads of the Kumano Kodo for over 1,000 years to reach some of Japan’s most sacred shrines and temples.
Also known as the Kumano Old Road, …

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Specialist shops like R Best in the outskirts of Tokyo want to keep GT-Rs in Japan.
The way GT-Rs are being (or will soon be) exported is causing scarcity in Japan, pushing prices up to levels that d…

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