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No city in Japan is more symbolic of overtourism these days than Kyoto, so is the travel downturn from China having a noticeable effect?
Students studying Japanese as a second language in-country hits historic high, majority of teachers are unpaid volunteers.
Foodies today might be the dishes in a very different light than they did a generation ago as sushi now sits in the number-three rank.
With a diplomatic spat prompting a warning from the Chinese government, we go to see if it’s had any effect on Tokyo’s most popular historical neighborhood.
Proponents say they want to use extra money to improve quality of life for foreign residents, strengthen programs to find and deport illegal residents.
Jiko bukken survey examines the deal-breakers and deal-makers among apartment hunters in Japan.
As foreign visitor numbers and overtourism concerns both reach historic highs, policymakers think they may have found a way to use one to address the other.
Sound-bite version of legal ruling is an imbalanced substitute for a proper meal/understanding of the situation.
Men and women show a difference in opinion on how strongly they need the cinematic romance staple in their real-life love life.
Coca-Cola Japan shows the sad transformation recycling boxes can go through if people are too selfish to use them properly.
Number of international visitors to Japan continues to rise, but spending patterns are shifting as bargains start to dry up.
Percentage is even higher in Tokyo and other areas attractive to foreign residents, and even then doesn’t tell the full story of how Japan is becoming more international.
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