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Survey sees if high school students know what they can and can’t do under the accelerated end of childhood.
55-year-old politician thinks kids are ditching school because they’re spending too much time on their phones.
Gasoline-accelerated mass homicide has policy makers reevaluating current safety regulations.
Japanese government votes to amend laws, bringing down age of legal adulthood but raising marrying age for women and gender reassignment surgery.
Back-to-back unanimous votes draw praise from Minister in Charge of Women’s Empowerment, but will anything really change?
Move would balance marriage age for men and women, make sex-change operations more easily available.
Proposed tax hike aims to reduce the number of people lighting up before the Olympic flame comes to Tokyo.
The pallor of smoke that covers so many restaurants and bars in Japan may become a thing of the past.
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Tokyo bento boxed lunch shop charges different prices depending on how heavy your laptop is
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Ghibli Museum clock is now yours to take home with you
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Survey asks foreign tourists what bothered them in Japan, more than half gave same answer
Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan
Japan’s deadliest food claims more victims, but why do people keep eating it for New Year’s?
We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home
Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
Put sesame oil in your coffee? Japanese maker says it’s the best way to start your day【Taste test】
The top 10 annoying foreign tourist behaviors on trains, as chosen by Japanese people【Survey】
No more using real katana for tourism activities, Japan’s National Police Agency says
One of Japan’s most beautiful hot spring towns announces new limits on number of day trippers
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