Power harassment is a relatively newly defined but widespread form of workplace harassment in Japan where people abuse their rank by demeaning their subordinates. But why do people do it?
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Living together before marriage is becoming more common in Japan, but this poll suggests there’s still a big gap between how men and women feel about it.
Infographic argues that today’s youth really isn’t so different from the pre-smartphone generation.
Apparently people in Japan are finding it harder and harder not to assault their friendly neighborhood train station staff as incidents of assault are on the rise.
With rules regarding everything from tea to elevators, some new employees think it’s all too much.
Follow-up interviews to the dramatic Marriage Market Takeover documentary shed light on the beliefs of China’s “Leftover Women” and their parents’ eroding difficulties in accepting them.
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Internet users offer counterpoints that suggest disgruntled high school student may, in fact, not know everything.
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Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
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