Ten same-sex couples are filing a joint lawsuit against the Japanese government, calling for real marriage equality.
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Dress code detail is a waste of time to even discuss, frustrated junior high teacher says.
These six New Year’s taboos mean you’ll be doing a lot less cooking, fighting and random spending at the start of the year.
500-restaurant chain closes all branches to give employees’ time to spend with families at New Year’s.
Broken Gundam and broken trust sparks Internet debate about whether or not her actions were justified.
Gamer father showed his power, but the Japanese Internet thinks he might not have displayed much wisdom.
Throwing planet-smashing energy beams at one another is OK, but those martial arts masters better keep their middle fingers down.
Attending the company’s “forget the year party” is all but required in Japan, but there are ways out, say the people who came up with these five fibs.
Surprising amount say they’re OK with splitting the bill, but numbers might not tell the whole story.
When gauging appropriateness in a foreign land, using a drunken mob as your baseline is usually a bad idea.
What’s obvious for some is far less so for others, and can lead to frustration when the listener doesn’t get the speaker’s message.
Country’s last-remaining pager company announces it’s shutting down its service, but users still have a couple more months to say their good-byes.
It’s not fire, and it’s not food, but every Japanese person immediately understands the symbol that has the rest of the world scratching their heads.
Dialogue in new Nintendo Switch video game is just fine for little kids, but “a form of harassment” for older fans.
Towns in the rest of the country can’t compete with the lure of the biggest city in Japan.
Sure, it sounds nice, but critics say the deeper meaning behind his choice of words spells trouble ahead.
Unless you read all the way to the bottom, the poster might look like it’s sending the wrong message.
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