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Warmhearted hospitality plus unforgiving customers equals the world’s highest service standards.
The history of the first kanji that makes many learners of Japanese want to pull their hair out, and why their initial guess isn’t entirely wrong.
From the well-known to the obscure, this year’s annual ranking of top spots has some surprises in store for even the most seasoned travellers.
The works of Hokusai and others, admired for more than a century, lend a touch of class to your appreciation of a cold one.
Much has been written about the experience of being a Western-looking foreigner in Japan. But what is the situation like for foreigners of Asian backgrounds?
Crowdfunding campaign opens for Japanese international friendship initiative’s gorgeous designs.
From elegant gardens to stoic shrines and museums of fine art, Tokyo is full of places to stimulate the mind, soothe the soul, and please the senses.
Things that “can’t be helped” in Japan, but are maybe a little different elsewhere in the world.
Respondents in the U.S., China, and four other countries’ top 10 answers included Pokémon, military leaders, and adult film actresses.