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Pattato Seiza aims to take the discomfort out of a part of Japanese etiquette that many Japanese people hate: seiza.
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Our reporter worried she and her baby would be harassed on the trains, but what she experienced was quite unexpected.
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Japan Tourism Agency uses ninja, sumo and geisha to demonstrate what to do and what not to do in Japan.
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