Video shows Futaba-chan’s polished manners.
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Pays thoughtful youth a compliment while demonstrating how sometimes “kindness flies like a boomerang.”
In a country famous for its manners and famous for its trains, of course there are plenty of train manners to keep in mind.
Survey finds a big, and surprising, gap between what young and old people think is acceptable behavior.
Love Liver stretches his anime idols out for a relaxing ride, but online critics aren’t a fan of his manners.
With midwinter-level cold and rain at the outdoor Tokyo Marathon awards ceremony, Yuriko Koike wanted to warm her hands, but started a firestorm.
These new train safety ads tell travelers that any friends who’d drop you for a late response aren’t friends at all.
Pretty much everyone agrees that soy sauce for fish is a must, but what about the most popular kind of non-seafood sushi?
Rice is part of almost every traditional Japanese meal, but should the rest of the meal be part of the rice?
Guidebooks love to say it’s because Japanese people think tipping is rude, but that’s not even close to the whole story.
Second-generation fried food eating aid is available now, makes signature dish glove-licking good!
Do you have what it takes to rub shoulders properly in Japan? Not literally though, that would be rude.
Help keep Japan’s convenience stores convenient by learning and following these six Japanese etiquette points.
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