Opinion: The superficial notion of Japanese as 'polite people'
The Lunar New Year holiday, a prime time to travel for many in China and Taiwan, is over.With the weak yen making Japan ...
Japanese mark the end of winter with bean-throwing ritual to ward off evil spirits
Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...
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People in Japan scammed out of record ¥126.8 bil on social media in 2024
People in Japan were swindled out of a record-high amount of money in romance and investment scams on social media in 2024, ...
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Anonymous disclosures on harassment in Japanese workplaces
A wave of anonymous workplace harassment posts has flooded social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in Japan, triggered by ...
Japanese Americans returned from prison camps 80 years ago to face one of the country’s ‘greatest swindles’
Japanese Americans held in prison camps were allowed to return home. But much of what they'd left behind was gone: homes, ...
Japanese aquarium places cardboard cutouts of people near tank of singular sunfish to cure its loneliness
Without its usual crowd of spectators, Kaikyokan’s sunfish essentially started to fall into a deep-sea depression.
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Japanese cardinal supports efforts to aid Gaza, but questions plans to bring injured to Japan
Japanese Cardinal Isao Kikuchi says it is important to help the suffering people in Gaza but questions a proposal by Japan’s ...
1.2m people told not to do laundry in Japan as authorities race to save man in sinkhole
More than a million people in Japan have been told to cut back on showers and laundry to help rescuers reach a pensioner ...
Japan’s Foreign Workforce Hits Record as Labor Crisis Deepens
The number of foreign workers in Japan reached a new high, underscoring the country’s growing reliance on people from ...