manners (Page 5)
Even people born and raised in famously polite Japan are amazed by Iwate Prefecture’s manners.
The City of Angels gets a new guardian of manners with the bilingual Japanese/English Super Kind series.
Farewells can be sad, but in a Japanese business saying good-bye can be a pain because of the country’s elevator etiquette.
Twitter manga reminds us that if you’re standing in this part of the train, you might be making the ride unpleasant for your fellow passengers.
Office employee poses question to the Internet: Is it wrong to drink a non-alcoholic beer during a break?
Sure, it looks nice, but at least one hospital thinks it’s hiding a gross, unhealthy secret.
Common sense will actually keep you pretty safe when navigating the “etiquette minefield” of a job interview in Japan.
It might seem like the restaurant is just out to make an extra buck, but those veggies could be keeping you from making an old-school sushi faux pas.
Unexpected request changes attitudes about sidewalk manners and being considerate of vision-impaired residents.
The new ad campaign addresses a variety of behaviours that should be avoided while travelling on trains, but so far, this is the only act that they’re calling indecent.
While the widespread presence of public toilets in convenience stores is great, it is also fraught with ambiguous customs and could, technically, even lead to criminal charges.
Celebration’s image tarnished in recent years as partiers leave huge amounts of trash on the streets.
The famous hospitality of Japan’s old capital is being put to intimidating use to combat inconsiderateness outside this building.
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