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Mr. Sato is sorry for not taking your compliment well

Our reporter’s done a lot of work on his outside. Now, it’s time for the inside.

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Japan abolishes skirts from policewoman uniforms nationwide

After nearly a half-century run, skirts to no longer be part of uniforms.

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A century of love – How dating and marriage have evolved in Japan

From arranged marriages to dating apps, relationships in Japan have gone through a big transformation over the last 100 years.

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Is “Nagoya skipping” a cause of the exodus of young people from the city?

Data suggests that a relative lack of live music and performances is a contributing factor as to why many young people move to Tokyo or Osaka.

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Japan’s new trading card game hit has pictures of real-life middle-aged men on every card【Video】

“Ojisan trading card game” brings smiles to young and old in Fukuoka town.

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American reporter blown away by cheap food prices at Tokyo baseball stadium, locals less impressed

With foreign media in town for the Major League Baseball season opener, Tokyo Dome’s concession stands shine bright.

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People in Tokyo found over 4 billion yen in lost cash last year and turned it in to the police

Apparently there’s a whole lot of money just lying around in Japan’s capital.

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As more foreign visitors visit Kyoto’s top sights, Japanese travelers increasingly staying away

Study finds locals avoiding famous temples and other spots booming with overseas tourists, heading elsewhere instead.

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People in Japan are eating a lot less fish now than they used to, but why?

Japan’s per-person fish consumption has dropped by almost 50 percent in just a generation.

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What jobs would make a woman an attractive wife to Japanese men?【Survey】

Survey asks men to pick professions they’d like for a woman they’d like to marry.

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Do Japanese kids need to wear special slippers at school? One part of Tokyo doesn’t think so

Uwabaki are becoming less and less common in Minato Ward.

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American tourist arrested in Japan on charges of pushing sexual services worker down stairs

Senior citizen arrested at ski resort three hours away from fuzoku establishment where incident allegedly took place.

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Thousands of convenience stores in Japan to end sale of print magazines this spring

Move comes as one in four municipalities in Japan has no bookstore.

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As many Japanese elementary school kids want to be VTubers as schoolteachers in survey

VTuber passes YouTuber on list of jobs kids say they want to do when they grow up.

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Young Japanese adults show lowest dating experience level yet in annual survey

But just because they haven’t dated anyone yet doesn’t mean that don’t want to.

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Tokyo governor wants to start study abroad grant system, includes monthly activity allowance

Proposal comes as fewer young Japanese people are showing interest in going overseas.

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Japan’s wildest Seijinshiki Coming-of-Age ceremony celebrates new adults in Kitakyushu 【Photos】

Crazy kimono fashion attracts big fans worldwide.

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Japan’s most competitive neighboring prefectures are revealed in a recent survey

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Tokyo and Osaka might be two of the biggest cities, but the most intense competition is felt somewhere more remote.

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Anime Industry Report shows overseas anime market is bigger than Japanese one, but is this a cultural tipping point?

Latest statistics from industry group show overseas revenue surpassing domestic for only the second time in history.

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Police called out to investigate suspicious Santa in Wakayama

Santa Claus came to town and police are called in to find or if he’s naughty of nice.

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