Day:

You'll find a lot of natural beauty on Okinawa's outlying islands. There's something that's harder to find, however: women.
A change a few years back brought the Western alphabet to Japanese license plates as custom plates exhaust unique combinations.
Want an alternative to Duolingo now that they're firing workers and resorting to AI slop? Here's a much better way to study Japanese.
A small cosmetics company in Japan was using its official account to attack the band number_i, as well as McDonald's and Suntory.
Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture is a village of 1,400 people that sees over one million tourists yearly. And they want more.
Nakai Masahiro isn't talking about the eyebrow-raising lawsuit he settled. In response, some TV stations seem to be taking him off the air.

Before You Go...

Let’s stay in touch. Get our free newsletter to get a weekly update on our best stories (all human-generated, we promise). You’ll also help keep UJ independent of Google and the social media giants.

Want a preview? Read our archives.

Read our privacy policy