A foreign object residing in Japan for centuries will never genuinely be accepted into society.

“これはテーブルです,” says local resident Haruko Fujimoto.

Tables have often been a great resource for heavy lif…

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In the anime Fi…

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On YouTube you can find a couple of videos of the Japanese author Yukio Mishima being interviewed in English, conducted in the late 1960s. In one, the grainy black-and-white footage features Mishima …

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With a year to go before the 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo, the winning design for the gold, silver and bronze medals, which will be made out of recycled consumer electronics extracted during the pas…

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Nissan says it will reduce global headcount by 12,500 people over the next three years after a brutal quarter that saw net income fall by 95% year over year.

Automakers around the world have been str…

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At the Juxtapoz offices, we are huge fans of Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama because of his famous robot women works and Star Wars concept art legacy. Sorayama, in conjunction with his Nanzuka Galler…

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By Rich Freeman, KYODO NEWS - 14 hours ago - 16:52 | Sports, Rugby2019, All

For Japan forwards Pieter "Lappies" Labuschagne and James Moore, the build-up to Saturday's test with Fiji has involved som…

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Godlike mountains, remote islands, and ancient castles are among Japan’s World Heritage Sites. While you may never have heard of a UNESCO World Heritage Site before visiting Japan, the distinction is…

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Unseasonable weather has blighted agriculture across Japan, as well as sales of summer clothes

Tokyo’s cloudiest few weeks in nearly 60 years has cast a shadow over the capital’s vegetable markets, f…

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The nicknames Ursula von der Leyen has acquired over the course of her 29-year career in German politics tell their own story about the new president of the European commission.

During her time in ch…

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