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Japan to make foreign driver’s license conversions more difficult, exclude tourists from eligibility

Tests to become more like regular Japanese license exams, which is to say, crazy hard.

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Summer in Japan doesn’t sound like summer in Japan right now

There’s something missing from Japan’s summer soundscape.

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Rental grandma service growing in Japan, can help cook or break up with boyfriends

Get a grandma delivered right to your door.

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Lucifers Japanese street gang holds official disbanding ceremony inside police station

Now-former gangsters promise to stop raising hell.

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Hachiji juppun mae – A Japanese phrase that even Japanese people can’t agree on the meaning of

Survey results show big gap in how younger and older respondents interpreted this seemingly simple phrase.

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Elementary and junior high students speak out on Japan’s strangest school rules


Underwear must be a certain color, or if in gym class, removed entirely.

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All you need to know about Japan’s unasked-for restaurant appetizers that you have to pay for

Otoshi is a unique part of Japan’s restaurant culture that can feel like a scam if you’re not ready for it.

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Japanese pro baseball team’s Father’s Day message misses strike zone, triggers traumatic memories

Tokyo team asked for memories about dads and baseball, found out they’re not all good ones.

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Japan Shogi Association’s Queen’s Gambit for the future of female pro players

Critics claim it’s an unfair advantage, but it’s one step closer to equality for Japan’s top women players in a male-dominated world.

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Foreign tourists outnumber Japanese ones at Kyoto hotels for first time ever

Japan’s former capital experiences a historic first as inbound travel boom continues and Japanese travelers avoid staying in the city.

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Why you should be worried if someone calls you “Uehara-san” in the Japanese workplace

You got a lot of nerve calling me Mr. Uehara!

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Bento bankruptcies increasing as Japan’s boxed lunch shops struggle in the new dining landscape

Walls are closing in for boxed lunch shops, especially small and independent ones.

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With arrests of foreigners in Japan increasing, police no longer guarantee in-person translators

Getting arrested in Japan is never a good idea, but it’s about to become even more inadvisable for foreigners.

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“Bumping men” are a uniquely Japanese class of criminals that are hard to deal with

This peculiar Japanese crime leaves its victims wondering what to do.

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Fewer Japanese people traveling domestically, government blames birth rate, others blame foreign crowds, costs

Japanese domestic travel numbers have shrunk by more than the population has.

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Japanese city pays people to stand on escalators for six hours a day【Video】

Nagoya Stop and Stand Corps is looking to change escalator etiquette.

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Japanese host and host clubs no longer allowed to take advantage of customer’s romantic feelings

New law seeks to address women being pressured into prostitution to pay off host club debt.

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Japan’s top agriculture politician resigns after backlash to saying he’s never paid for rice

Bizarre remark and confusing backtracking lose politician his job in less than a week.

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“I have never purchased rice” – Japan’s agriculture head says he gets it for free, flip-flops

Public dealing with rampant price increases for rice unhappy with minster’s claim he gets more than he can eat from political supporters.

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Japan’s Rental High School Student Project is more wholesome than it sounds, good for its community

Program creates connections and offers help for senior citizens.

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