Illustrator spreads the word about a happiness that comes from choosing not to get married or have kids.
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Sure, it looks nice, but at least one hospital thinks it’s hiding a gross, unhealthy secret.
They say you’ve got to take the good with the bad in a relationship, but in these cases, they’d rather pass on the whole thing.
Much has been written about the experience of being a Western-looking foreigner in Japan. But what is the situation like for foreigners of Asian backgrounds?
Says messages from overseas admirers “almost make me swoon.”
Things that “can’t be helped” in Japan, but are maybe a little different elsewhere in the world.
Respondents in the U.S., China, and four other countries’ top 10 answers included Pokémon, military leaders, and adult film actresses.
After staring at his phone and almost crashing into a blind pedestrian in Tokyo, our reporter decided to walk a mile in his shoes.
Common sense will actually keep you pretty safe when navigating the “etiquette minefield” of a job interview in Japan.
Seiji Nakazawa, our Osaka-raised correspondent, shares what he thinks the region-based criteria are for ikemen in Japan’s two major cites.
Both sides of the debate express concerns about children’s mental and emotional development.
Japan’s infamous bar barkers often won’t take no for an answer, but one veteran says this response will stop them in their tracks.
Japan’s nonsmokers hit back against “smoking etiquette”, suggesting the best etiquette would be to quit once and for all.
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