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Find out whether your lady friend thinks you’re a hafure, kisufure, sofure, kamofure, sanfure or ofure.
Could there be a sinister reason some parents show up for their kids’ school sports festivals?
Many were depressed by some of the comments made by overseas YouTube users who found the workday in the video long and tiresome.
Famous sites like Ueno Park and Sensoji temple look amazingly like they do today, but the people look entirely different.
You can’t produce a foreign resident card when you’re not a foreigner.
Our Japanese-language reporter had his world turned upside down when his German wife commented on his childhood memories.
In a country famous for its manners and famous for its trains, of course there are plenty of train manners to keep in mind.
Women have some strong opinions on which of the many Japanese words for “I” a guy should use when talking about himself.
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