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Unsurprisingly, everyone in Japan is peachy keen for the releases. By Lucy Dayman Aug 8, 2019 2 min read It’s fair to say no other nation loves limited seasonal drinks as much as Japan, and…
SNA (Tokyo) — “In order for companies in Japan to sustain their current status, in a few short years, 44% of Japan’s workforce will be non-Japanese.” So believes Satoshi Ishizaka, the chief exec…
Jacopo Prisco , CNN Written by Vending machines are a mainstay of Japanese culture. There are over 5.5 million in the country -- one for every 23 people, the highest ratio in the world…
Images of Americans in these prints tell us a great deal about the local culture as it met the West. They tell us, specifically, about what many Japanese feared, and desired, from the encounter of cu…
People try to cool off on August 3 at a pool in Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA-EFE Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The Japanese government said Tuesday a major heat wave that's s…
Photo: Amanda Silberling (Kotaku) Kotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from…
Your browser does not support HTML5 video tag.Click here to view original GIF Kotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, …
Photo: All photos Tenga While the vast majority of vending machines in Japan sell drinks, there have been examples of a wide variety of goods offered ranging from bananas to books. Now there is …
Soaring temperatures in Japan have killed at least 57 people since late July, authorities said on Tuesday, highlighting the health threat to athletes and fans that Olympics organisers must tackle bef…
On the weekend of Anime Expo, an artist promised the humanly impossible —- custom art commissions with a five-minute turnaround time. The not-so-hidden catch? The artist wasn…
