Japan's Mainichi Shimbun reported on Tuesday that 792 threatened life forms around the world are being harmed because of demand in the world's third-largest economy.

Japanese imports have resulted in…

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To hear photographer Shoichi Aoki describe it, what killed Tokyo’s famous Harajuku style was basically what happens when a glut of factories set up shop at the head of a river that feeds vital waterw…

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Members of the city's Bald Men Club took turns competing in a unique game of tug-of-war by sticking a suction cup, which is attached to a single red rope, to each of their heads. Both sides then atte…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 2 months ago | 1 comment

Japan is turning to those hooded samurai-era acrobatic spies known as ninja to woo tourism.

The Japan Ninja Council, a government-backed organization of scholars, tourism groups and businesses, said …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 2 months ago | 1 comment

The word "unique" is overused in marketing, but in this case seems appropriate: Volvo, Uber Eats, Dentsu, and former 'Iron Chef' commentator Yukio Hattori have come together to create a culinary expe…

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Since it opened in November of 2016, the Sumida Hokusai Museum in Tokyo has already recorded 100,000 visitors, proving that the enigmatic Katsushika Hokusai continues to be an object of deep fascinat…

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Foreign entrepreneurs and investors who want to follow the Silicon Valley venture capital model in Japan can do so, but it will cost a fortune, raise tax risk, and might not work as expected. John Sa…

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Many of us are fascinated by getting ‘lost in translation’ when it comes to travel, and there’s really no better place to do this than Japan. While respect and courtesy are cornerstones of Japanese s…

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Tokyo is the food paradise that every city hopes to become: where Jiro dreams of sushi, where ramen demands noisy slurping, where cocktails taste best 40 floors above the ground. Everything great abo…

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Last week, online cross-border payments company Payoneer announced its expansion into Japan via subsidiary Payoneer Japan.

While the business was already processing payments between Japan and other c…

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