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The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology says that in three years teachers might get their holidays to themselves.
Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education continues mental gymnastics and insists that undercuts cause harmful incidents and accidents.
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Pocari shows they’re the kings of both sports hydration and sentimentality — and want other school kids to get singing, too.
Proposed revision, which allows for consummation of “serious relationships,” would actually be stricter than existing ordinance.
Pays thoughtful youth a compliment while demonstrating how sometimes “kindness flies like a boomerang.”
Even in a country that values following the rules, many say cutting off lines of communication following disaster is going too far.
Vicious attack that required 10 stitches is followed by startlingly kind gesture of forgiveness.
Japanese government votes to amend laws, bringing down age of legal adulthood but raising marrying age for women and gender reassignment surgery.
Brand-new middle school to let students of any gender wear whatever uniform components they feel comfortable in out of consideration to LGBT youths.
While Japanese teens are on the train headed to the once-a-year Center Test, some predators see a rare opportunity.
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How to speak Japanese like a gyaru【2024 edition】
Five different ways to say “children” in Japanese
What’s at the top of this giant escalator in Japan?
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Studio Ghibli unleashes Turnip Head on the world
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Tokyo event lets you travel back in time, for free, to celebrate 100 years since Showa era start
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Japan’s deadliest food claims more victims, but why do people keep eating it for New Year’s?
We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home
Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
Put sesame oil in your coffee? Japanese maker says it’s the best way to start your day【Taste test】
The top 10 annoying foreign tourist behaviors on trains, as chosen by Japanese people【Survey】
No more using real katana for tourism activities, Japan’s National Police Agency says
Starbucks Japan reveals new sakura drinkware collection, inspired by evening cherry blossoms
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“Earn your own money, you jackasses!” host billboard appears above lottery ticket shop in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli unleashes Turnip Head on the world
We troll a scammer online, make him wish he’d never tried to take our money
Electric matcha whisk from Japan serves up frothy green tea in seconds
Never oversleep again under the stern supervision of Japan’s Threatening Red Panda Nap Cushion
7-Eleven Japan starts new temporary luggage storage service in over 300 branches
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Tokyo store that only sells black shirts sheds light on why it’s opening mid-pandemic
What is Japan’s “blue Hawaii” shaved ice, the flavor everyone knows but can’t describe?
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