foreigners in Japan

Body of missing foreign tourist in Japan found floating off coast of town he was last seen in

21-year-old college student arrived in Japan in September, had been missing since early October.

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Foreigner accidentally allowed to vote in Japanese election, ballot will remain valid

Very weird mix-up at takes place at advance polling place.

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Foreign university student missing in Japan, police and consulate ask for help in search

21-year-old German tourist was last heard from over a week ago.

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Foreign tourist angers locals for doing pull-ups on torii gate at shrine in Japan

Sacred sites are not the place for gymnastics.

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Baby born to Afghani refugees in Japan granted Japanese citizenship

1-year-old is first Afghani baby to be recognized as having Japanese nationality, but quite possibly won’t be the last.

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Foreigners living in Japan have surprisingly old top Japanese karaoke song picks in survey

Top-ranking songs have average age of over 30 years old.

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Japanese government wants to remove tax-exemption limit for foreign tourists on consumables

Want to buy over 500,000 yen in booze and cosmetics without paying a single yen in tax? Japan Tourism Agency wants you to do it too!

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Nuisance foreigner climbs onto Family Mart roof in Shibuya, yells “I did it!” before police step in

Bad behaviour by foreigners sees a new term being coined in the Japanese media.

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Japan’s foreign population reaches historic milestone following largest-ever single-year surge

Japan’s population, and workforce, continues to internationalize.

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For-foreigners stamp rally begins in Akihabara, gives prizes for walking the otaku neighborhood

Otaku will want to hit all these spots anyway, so why not get a prize while you’re at it?

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Filipino man jumps into ocean to save drowning boy in Japan, gives too-cool statement after

Real heroes don’t need thanks, or even a name, apparently.

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Daiso debuts new closing-time song designed to be easy for foreigners to understand【Video】

Previous music, which overlaps with a well-known song in the west, deemed not understandable by many foreign shoppers.

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Foreign street kart driver crashes into taxi after ignoring road sign in Tokyo

Go-kart tour accident reveals the dangers of driving on foreign roads.

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Japanese mayor suddenly speaks fluent English with AI video that surprises even him

The city with Japan’s largest U.S. naval base gets an English-speaking AI mayor.

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Amazon Japan makes payment policy change that could be a problem for foreigners in Japan

One payment option is disappearing in less than a week.

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Kyoto study finds nearly 500 translation errors for foreign tourists, new guidelines released

Kyoto City Tourism Association wants the town to clean up its translation act.

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“Foreign travelers are Japan’s guests” – Governor against charging tourists more than locals

Top politician in Tokyo’s neighbor says higher prices for inbound travelers would be like fining them for coming to the country.

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More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month

A pair of factors combine with pent-up post-pandemic Japan travel desire to break the one-month record.

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Foreign English teachers in Japan pick their favorite Japanese-language phrases【Survey】

Ironically, number-one pick is something many foreigners in Japan hate hearing too.

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Foreign residents of Japan prohibited from participating in Yu-Gi-Oh Japan Championship

Heart of the cards isn’t beating for legal foreign residents of Japan, apparently.

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