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In work-till-you-drop Japan, company is coming to the aid of distraught employees who say “I want to die.”
Will the equivalent of one vending machine drink an hour be enough to gather the 80,000 volunteers the event is seeking?
Twitter debate shows that one person’s eye candy is another’s visual garbage.
The life of the stressed-out main character in the live-action Winnie the Pooh film is one of leisure compared to many Japanese adults’.
”This is what I hate about Japan” remarks commenter as regulations prevent kindhearted gift.
Most would call Japan’s famously long life expectancy a good thing, but for these Japanese women it’s more than a decade more than they want to stick around.
Being in the biggest city in Japan means you’re probably sharing the walkway with more people than you’d like, but here’s how to make things easier.
Father is shown doing so little to help around the house some people wonder if he’s even alive.
Maybe they should stop worrying about what’s on TV, and start worrying about why their kids aren’t asleep, says critic of critics.
P.K. Sanjun takes a look at some of the common criteria used to define what makes a person “Japanese,” and whether they’ll still be used in the future.
Ministry of Justice proposal aims to let foreign students stay in Japan after they finish school and work their way up the professional ladder.
Sadly, quintessential anime scenes of rooftop swimming classes may be coming to an end soon.
Rice is part of almost every traditional Japanese meal, but should the rest of the meal be part of the rice?
Town ranks in last place for second survey in a row, but there actually are some things to love about the place.
Guidebooks love to say it’s because Japanese people think tipping is rude, but that’s not even close to the whole story.
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Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
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