Song about pride in Japan and its flag has been called a military propaganda song by critics.
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Stance that the sanctity of the sumo ring is tarnished by female presence extends all the way down to elementary school-age kids.
Months after the Logan Paul scandal, a Japanese YouTube personality offers free hugs at Aokigahara in video that claims to show a life being saved.
Video of the incident has critics saying sumo’s belief about women’s inherent impurities goes too far.
YouTube hit has restaurant’s owners seeing red, and not because of any mouth-watering maguro tuna.
Cancellation of yuri event comes mere days before scheduled opening in one of Tokyo’s major anime fan neighborhoods.
Startling video has commenters terrified and outraged, but the star herself has a different response.
Three major bookstore chains in Japan stop selling CoroCoro Comic after an image defacing the ancient ruler was published.
Tweets made by Kazuyoshi Yaginuma, director of the anime Recovery of an MMO Junkie, claim that the Holocaust and Diary of Anne Frank, among other things, are fabrications.
We talked with the motorsports models, one of whom says Japan’s situation is unique compared to the rest of the world.
Formula works out to 18 percent lighter than Japan Medical Association guidelines, but not everyone thinks it’s a problem.
Call for more balanced language following gold and silver medals for Japanese figure skaters runs into strong backlash.
Latest video makes no mention of donations or outreach to suicide prevention organizations in Japan, however.
Video showing body of man who committed suicide in Aokigahara forest was only up for a day, but the backlash is likely to last much longer.
Recent rule that companies must disclose probabilities not yet added to Japanese App Store, perhaps due to cultural differences.
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