Japanese investors are not holding back when it comes to backing Indian startups.
Spread across 157 deals, more than 105 Indian startups received capital from Japanese investors between 2014 and the …

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Train with the sport’s most kawaii professional sumo wrestler.
That’s not to say sumo wrestlers don’t know how to have fun, though.
However, this really is the work of the official Sumo Association, …

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A lesson in what not to do at a revolving sushi joint in Japan.
The tweet, by Twitter user @6jsDrYcsuFZf7EB, captures the essence of the problem with two images taken at a revolving sushi train resta…

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By night, though, he runs the Bouzu Bar (bouzu being the Japanese word for “monk”).
Before opening his own bar, he spent a year studying bartending and learning all he could about various types of al…

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In its next iteration, the Subaru WRX STI—as well as its more civilian WRX brethren—could reportedly abandon its current four-door body style to bring back the coupe format not seen since the rally-i…

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Just ask Microsoft, which tested a shorter work week in Japan and gave workers in Tokyo every Friday off this past August.
Simply Business, a call center in the United Kingdom, switched its 500 emplo…

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If you’re saving up your yennies for a trip to the the Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo store, here are some of the awesome items available to purchase.
▼ Located far away from Mega Charizard Y is Mega Char…

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But you don't always have a choice--especially if your work culture demands that you show up early and stay late.
The country is known for some of the longest working hours in the world.
The hope was…

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KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 04:00 | Lifestyle, JapanA fire gutted two thatched-roof huts near a World Heritage site in central Japan on Monday, causing a scare for locals and tourists less than a week…

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It’s peak persimmon drying season in Japan right now.
The reason early November is peak persimmon drying season is because dried persimmons (hoshigaki) are a traditional food that plays a central rol…

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