2025
Meeting someone through games or social media is becoming just as normal as going to the playground.
Train to off-the-beaten-path onsen town gives you a taste of Japanese bathing culture even before you arrive at your destination.
Intricately detailed frames let you mix your real life memories with Ghibi’s unforgettable anime settings.
A new test kit checks for hidden iron deficiency using menstrual blood, and it’s super simple to use.
J-horror classic Ring 2 airing on Japanese TV with Zen monk offering prayers every time someone dies
Japan’s most quirkily empathetic monk is back to keep bad mojo away from us as the year ends.
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Two Sanrio stars slip on sumo loincloths to celebrate the first nig sumo tournament of the year.
Kitty-chans representing the Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras are waiting inside these sweet treats.
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A simple envelope leads to funding children’s aid, and providing steady work for people with disabilities.
It’s time, once again, to pull out every trick we can think of to try to boost our luck in Japan’s huge end of the year lottery.
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