What are things that foreign tourists should avoid doing, so that both locals and tourists can avoid problems?

There have been a few cases of very srtupid tourists, like those who vandalised Meiji Sh…

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Planning a trip to Tokyo and overwhelmed by all the places to visit in the otaku capital of Akihabara? We sat down with some experts at sightseeing - Japanese language students currently attending th…

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To perfect their attacks, some of Japan’s top volleyball players are training against a robot that can mimic the tactics of opposing teams.

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In 1996, a subsidiary of Bandai Namco changed the world of gaming with the release of the Tamagotchi. In the years since, the small handheld digital pet has gone on to gain cult status among toy afic…

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By day, Sumiko Iwamuro (pic) runs a Chinese restaurant, where she has worked for six decades making "gyoza" dumplings, while by night, she spins records at Tokyo clubs under the moniker DJ Sumirock.

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Japan joined the artificial intelligence race late. It was not until the mid-1980s, three decades later than countries like the United States, that researchers began pondering the idea of thinking ma…

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A company based in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, is aiming to open a theme park in the prefecture around 2022 featuring exhibitions of famous cities around the world using miniature models.

The attractio…

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Japanese advertising tends to consist of merely hiring some ubiquitous celebrity and having them hold the product in question. This lazy and mind-numbing approach has become the default for almost al…

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Faced with a rapidly graying population, Japan has charted a new course toward opening its doors wider to foreign immigrants, and is hurriedly tearing down hurdles in the way of foreign citizens seek…

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"I tried disengaging from the conversation. “Well, it was nice talking to you!” I said. My student just stared at me expectantly, waiting for me to continue. After a moment of silence, I tried again,…

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