Aika Okita surprises everyone with a very different look offscreen.
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Vicious attack that required 10 stitches is followed by startlingly kind gesture of forgiveness.
Clever trick ensures students will never want to untuck their school shirts for that “cool look” ever again.
Debut work by teen creators smashes crowdfunding goal in less than two hours, aims to be better than made-by-adults titles.
Warnings about “the dangers of social media” have critics saying his statement appallingly misses the point.
Their amazing speed has them joining the ranks of other incredible record-holding skippers from Japan.
Gyoza No Ohsho franchise’s bottomless generosity runs on the simple principle that young people need to eat.
From beer bottles to Pokémon and short-skirted anime girls, these Japanese students know how to celebrate their last day at university.
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With themed rooms and waiters who act as teachers and nurses, you’ll never want to leave elementary school again!
Confectionary maker Suehiroan is hoping these daifuku rice cakes decorated with a four-leaf clover will provide encouragement for students taking entrance exams!
Why do we love Japan so much? What drives us to obsess over its culture, language, food, and everything else? Why do we keep coming back day after day to read articles about a country that, for many of us, is on the other side of the planet? For some the answer is easy, but for others, not so much.
One group for whom foreigners’ love of Japan is especially difficult to comprehend is the Japanese people themselves. Many of them have no idea why so many of us would bother to take an interest in Japan, much less learn its intimidating language. In an effort to try to figure this out, one of our RocketNews24 Japanese writers who lives in England did some investigate journalism and interviewed three students studying Japanese at the University of Cambridge.
Do their reasons for loving Japan match yours? Read on to find out!
Remember those days in school when you just couldn’t focus on your school work, so instead of taking notes you doodled all over your papers? You’re not alone. Students all over the world scribble on their school supplies, much to the teachers’ dismay. Armed with a red pen, one teacher in Thailand has decided to fight back.
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