Japan's new bullet test train completed
East Japan Railway Co. on Thursday unveiled to the media the completed test model for next-generation shinkansen bullet trains. The 10-carriage ALFA-X train has a sleek 22-me…
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Privately developed Japan rocket reaches outer space for 1st time
A Japanese aerospace startup successfully launched a small rocket Saturday, making it the country's first privately developed model to reach outer space. Interstellar Technology Inc. said t…
2019 Top English Soeaking Jobs in Japan Week 19
If you’re looking to work in Japan, check back here each week as we look through our database of top jobs in Japan posted to GaijinPot and pick some of the ones we think are most interesting.
Whimsical Ceramic Banana Peel Art by Koji Kasatani
The banana peel is perhaps one of the most recognizable symbols of humor. If I had a banana for every time someone slipped on a banana peel in a vaudeville show or movie, I’d have… well, a lot of ban…
Dream Job: Studio Ghibli Is Looking For People To Work In Japan
if you're good at Japanese and 2D animation, the Studio has just published a job offer for a digital artist. The skills required are quite classic for this type of post: you should be aged over …
Avengers Endgame Characters Rendered in Ukiyo-e Style by Illustrator Takumi
Avengers Endgame, the culmination of the 22-film story, is hitting theaters in the U.S. this week and anticipation among fans is high. One of those fans happens to be Japanese illustrator Takumi…
Fuller's sells London Pride beer business to Asahi
Fuller's, the brewer whose beers include London Pride, is to sell its entire drinks business to Japan's biggest brewer Asahi. The company said the £250m deal would preserve the Griffin…
Why Mathematicians Are Hoarding This Special Type of Japanese Chalk
This spring, an 80-year-old Japanese chalk company went out of business. Nobody, perhaps, was as sad to see the company go as mathematicians who had become obsessed with Hagoromo Fulltouch …
Downsized dwellings: Inside Tokyo's tiny living spaces
Twenty-five-year-old Sotaro Ito lives in a 9.46-square-meter apartment with a loft in the capital’s retro-hip Koenji district. His apartment looks more like an offi…
Japan begins collecting ¥1,000 departure tax to fund inbound tourism promotion plan
Japan started collecting a ¥1,000 departure tax Monday from each traveler leaving the country in an effort to fund measures to attract more foreign visitors in the run-up to and beyond the 2020 …