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Japanese police officers officially allowed to wear sunglasses, buy drinks at convenience stores in Shimane

Stay cool, Shimane cops.

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Public high school in Japan’s Gifu Prefecture will no longer take student absences into account for entrance applications

Board of Education doesn’t want students to be penalized for times when missing school is necessary.

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Tokyo’s Shibuya district passes year-round public drinking ban

Ward cracks down on on-the-street boozing in unanimous vote.

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Tokyo government creating its own official dating app, slated to launch this summer

Japan’s biggest city wants to hook you up with someone.

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Daiso to change Japanese closing-time music because foreign tourists aren’t taking the hint

This looks like a job for Semisonic!

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Brand-new Tokyo condo high-rise to be torn down for blocking view of Mt. Fuji【Video】

Residents were supposed to start moving in next month.

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Japanese convenience store allows use of initials on name tags to prevent harassment by customers

Lawson makes move to protect employee’s privacy, also changes policy regarding head coverings.

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Tokyo’s Shibuya proposing year-round public drinking ban, would be first in Japan’s capital

Shibuya looks to expand its Halloween drinking ban while another neighborhood wants to add one of its own.

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Japanese mayor suddenly speaks fluent English with AI video that surprises even him

The city with Japan’s largest U.S. naval base gets an English-speaking AI mayor.

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Japan is ranked the worst country in the world for helping strangers

Japanese kindness leaves a lot to be desired in World Giving Index, but there may be a reason for it.

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Kyoto study finds nearly 500 translation errors for foreign tourists, new guidelines released

Kyoto City Tourism Association wants the town to clean up its translation act.

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Lots of Japanese parents want their kids to work for Nintendo, but not just for the money, survey says

Only one company was a more popular pick among parents and grandparents.

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“Foreign travelers are Japan’s guests” – Governor against charging tourists more than locals

Top politician in Tokyo’s neighbor says higher prices for inbound travelers would be like fining them for coming to the country.

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Japan’s wedding gift etiquette rule is too expensive, young people in survey say

You can’t put a price on love, but Japan does put a price on how much you should give a newlywed couple.

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New Tokyo restaurant charges higher prices to foreign tourists than Japanese locals

With “inbound pricing” becoming a bigger issue, Shibuya seafood restaurant offers discounted prices for domestic customers.

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Japan has nearly 4 million abandoned homes, but where and why?

Number of hochi akiya continues to rise.

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Should married couples in Japan be allowed to have different family names? Survey investigates

The Japanese constitution requires couples to share a family name if they get married, but only one age group in survey comes close to agreeing with it.

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Japanese city loses residents’ personal data, which was on paper being transported on a windy day

Walking a bunch of papers down the street on a windy day. What could go wrong?

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Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society

Such an odd encounter that we’re hoping it was a YouTube prank. 

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Foreign English teachers in Japan pick their favorite Japanese-language phrases【Survey】

Ironically, number-one pick is something many foreigners in Japan hate hearing too.

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