foreigners
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Shibuya protest comes eight days after a foreigner was filmed being detained by police on the road in Tokyo.
Workers are said to be participating in the government’s Technical Intern Training Program.
Survey says one in two foreigners have been bummed out by meeting Japanese people with bad breath.
Disproportionate amount of foreign volunteers is perhaps the first of its kind in Olympic history.
60 percent of small and medium-sized companies in Japan are understaffed, and it’s time to take a hard look at the situation.
A “really ordinary person from Australia” attempts to become famous in Japan and is making a film about it.
In Japan, the customer is God, and sometimes that means going above and beyond to please with distinctive styles of service.
Even when they’re at their cringiest, do Japanese people give hardcore Japanophiles a free pass?
What do ordinary Japanese people think of a viral video which depicts a situation wherein a Japanese person is unable to process foreigners’ fluent Japanese?
Is your Darling a Foreigner? Then you might want to read this list of seven things to think about before putting a ring on it.
I think we could all benefit from having a note like this dropped on us by a stranger.
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