foreigners in Japan (Page 6)
7-Eleven Japan wants to stop selling adult magazines, cites concern for foreigners, female customers
Company cites desire to avoid giving Japan a bad reputation as visitors from overseas come for the Tokyo Olympics.
When gauging appropriateness in a foreign land, using a drunken mob as your baseline is usually a bad idea.
What’s obvious for some is far less so for others, and can lead to frustration when the listener doesn’t get the speaker’s message.
P.K. Sanjun takes a look at some of the common criteria used to define what makes a person “Japanese,” and whether they’ll still be used in the future.
Ministry of Justice proposal aims to let foreign students stay in Japan after they finish school and work their way up the professional ladder.
New rules aims to close loophole that lets language school students spend as much of the year working full-time as attending class.
Shows off his bodybuilding form as past of educational program with soulful saxophone soundtrack.
We hit the coast with a group of international students for a day of sun, surf…and maybe romance?
Single traveler spent two nights in Japan before disappearing while in mountainous sightseeing town.
Approached Japanese man she met at cosplay event and offered to pay him to be her husband for visa purposes.
Family Mart relaxes customer service rules in recognition of clerks who aren’t native Japanese speakers, also allows dyed hair.
Researcher says more than half of central Tokyo convenience stores have foreigners working the graveyard shift.
Illustrator says one group loves Uniqlo, asks women to split the bill on dates.
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