Love Liver stretches his anime idols out for a relaxing ride, but online critics aren’t a fan of his manners.
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With midwinter-level cold and rain at the outdoor Tokyo Marathon awards ceremony, Yuriko Koike wanted to warm her hands, but started a firestorm.
These new train safety ads tell travelers that any friends who’d drop you for a late response aren’t friends at all.
Pretty much everyone agrees that soy sauce for fish is a must, but what about the most popular kind of non-seafood sushi?
Rice is part of almost every traditional Japanese meal, but should the rest of the meal be part of the rice?
Intended penalty for bad manners backfires, prompts pub to make drastic change to its beer pricing policy.
Guidebooks love to say it’s because Japanese people think tipping is rude, but that’s not even close to the whole story.
Second-generation fried food eating aid is available now, makes signature dish glove-licking good!
Buddhist monk who also tends bar says to take complements from Kyoto with a grain of salt.
Do you have what it takes to rub shoulders properly in Japan? Not literally though, that would be rude.
Movement started by Japanese soccer fans spreads beyond Japanese team’s opponents and group, could be changing the face of sports fandom.
Following victory by Japan, Colombian fans take part in a Japanese tradition.
Help keep Japan’s convenience stores convenient by learning and following these six Japanese etiquette points.
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