foreigners in Japan

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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New book teaches Japanese people English to help out foreign travelers

Publisher wants to help make it easier to help.

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Complaints against foreign go-kart drivers increase in Tokyo

Police want to crack down on traffic incidents caused by visitors on go-karts.

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Japanese prefectural governor wants  foreign tourists to pay special extra fee

Osaka governor wants foreign tourists to pay extra, but who is “foreign?”

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Japanese university globalizes with fall start date, governor wants English as official language

Says Japan will “continue to decline” without greater globalization.

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Foreign student’s comment leads to Japan’s favorite tonkotsu ramen being added to school lunch menu

This guy must now be a hero to his classmates.

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Number of foreigners working in Japan hits all-time high, 25 percent come from same country

Study shows often overlooked prefecture has second-highest number of working foreign residents in Japan.

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Moving to Japan as a foreigner to work as a taxi, bus or truck driver may be getting easier soon

Japanese government looking to open a path for immigration to Japan to work in transportation sector.

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Kyoto village dealing with poo on floor as Japanese-style toilets confuse foreign travelers

Public restroom trash containers overflowing with used wiping papers also a problem.

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Pokémon card shop in Osaka says it will refuse to buy cards from any Vietnamese people

Broad-brush policy is lacking in fine details.

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Japan’s Japanese population dropping in every part of the country, foreign population rising

Study shows fewer Japanese living in each and every prefecture, opposite for foreign resident number.

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Foreign restaurant worker uses extension cord to help catch thief on street in Japan

Serving up justice.

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Foreign tourists pick the top 10 inconveniences about traveling in Japan【Survey】

10 things to think about before taking your trip to Japan.

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Tokyo’s “uncool” neighbor launches foreigner-friendly travel support site with free online help

Only 1 in 100 international travelers visits Saitama, something this new project, with free in-English help over the phone or Internet, wants to change.

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Message to foreigners at Japanese convenience store sparks controversy online

Attempt to curtail customer rudeness comes off as incredibly rude.

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North Japan prefecture creates guide to help new foreign workers understand local language quirks

Yamagata dialect can be very different from the Japanese you learned in school, but this illustrated guide will have people telling you “Jondagodo!” in no time.

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