The controversial “baby hatch” set up at a Kumamoto hospital in 2007 to enable people to leave infants anonymously took in a total of 125 babies over nine years through March last year.

Ahead of its …

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 6 months ago | 0 comments

Last year, we published two six-month mega reviews of both Japan Crate (Japanese snacks) and Doki Doki Crate (cute Japanese things). These were, and still are, a couple of the most popular Japan-rela…

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Started by Twitter user @lefteyedgirl, the hashtag #gaijinconfessionfriday exploded in popularity at the end of April and is still going strong as of last Friday – with even some Japanese users getti…

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Ayako Shimizu, the founder of Hikari Labs, has an innovative approach that represents a huge step forward in addressing this problem. Hikari Labs develops and distributes video games based on cogniti…

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Uniqlo’s UT Grand Prix T-shirt design contest received the largest number of entries ever last year. The theme of the competition was Nintendo and fans from all over the world were invited to submit …

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Japan and its tourism industry is obsessed with UNESCO World Heritage sites, a fascination driven by a highly successful TV show. While other countries boast many more registered sites, locals are ra…

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This is a topic that we will never run out of articles for :-p

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Double-decker trains are to disappear from Japan's Shinkansen networks.

East Japan Railway Company says it will decommission its double-decker super-express trains over a 4-year period from next Apri…

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A bronze statue of Japan's oldest elephant, Hanako, has been unveiled at a train station in Tokyo.

About 300 people attended a ceremony on Friday in front of JR Kichijoji Station.

The Asian elephant …

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Ever since 1950 when Japan began tracking its population of children, the number has never been as low as it is today.

New data from the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry finds the populat…

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