Company is tired of people thinking the chime means “Feel free to knock people over if they’re standing between you and your train.”
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Japan is usually willing to look the other way about booze on the rails, but not this time.
After repeated visits to indoor amusement park for kids, son feels just like a lot of grown-ups do.
Seven out of ten say they enjoy anime and manga, and over 15 percent spend more than 90,000 yen a year on their otaku hobbies.
Secular summer festival’s wishing tree gets taken down, clever complaints from students go up instead.
In the busiest city in a country famous for working employees to death, Tokyo Workers hopes to help people find the work/life balance they desire.
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Buddhist monk who also tends bar says to take complements from Kyoto with a grain of salt.
Governmental organization says your potential boss shouldn’t ask if you want to get married, where you were born, or what kind of car you drive.
School asserts that it will accept female-identifying students even if they are listed as male on their legal family registry.
After standing up for classmate and becoming bully’s target herself, elementary schooler decided to send a message that took years to be heard.
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