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A surprising number of young adults are considering trading the hustle and bustle of Tokyo and other cities for a slow-paced rural lifestyle.
Movement started by Japanese soccer fans spreads beyond Japanese team’s opponents and group, could be changing the face of sports fandom.
Even in a country that values following the rules, many say cutting off lines of communication following disaster is going too far.
The results of a recent survey come with Twitter horror stories about power-hungry superiors pushing their staff around, even mid-crisis.
Following victory by Japan, Colombian fans take part in a Japanese tradition.
It might have been made into a board game, but here are 10 reasons why the game of life shouldn’t get a PC or console port.
A survey revealed that more than half of adults weren’t planning to give their dads gifts, leaving them sadly un-celebrated.
Help keep Japan’s convenience stores convenient by learning and following these six Japanese etiquette points.
Pretty Cure encourages boys who feel like it to wear dresses and be princesses, hotel apologizes for not being progressive enough.
Japanese government votes to amend laws, bringing down age of legal adulthood but raising marrying age for women and gender reassignment surgery.
Researcher says more than half of central Tokyo convenience stores have foreigners working the graveyard shift.
Close to half say they weren’t in a relationship with the guy at the time.
Programmer from overseas leaves change out in public to test Japanese honesty, ends up with more money than he started with.
Distressing video recorded in Tokyo’s busiest station shines light on a problem women have been complaining about for years.
Frustrated professional busts up her office’s outdated “tea squad” tradition with a perfectly salted comeback.
Respondents also discuss whether it’s cheating on your boyfriend if you hug or hold hands with someone else.
Exasperated mom says cute animal characters are showing young students exactly what not to do in life.
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