Day: August 27, 2025

Why Combini May Become a Tourist Luxury in Japan

As inflation keeps rising in Japan, more residents are deciding that there are better ways to spend their money.

The incident, along with another anime-related collab controversy, is a sign of increasing tensions between Japan and China.

Before Mario, Nintendo sold hanafuda cards to the yakuza. Read the 400-year forbidden history of the flower cards that tricked the Shogun.

The company took pains to reassure its Japanese customer base that information about their masturbatory habits was safe.

70% of women surveyed in Japan don't feel comfortable going into a ramen shop alone. Here's why - and how one store plans to fix it.

PM Takaichi secured a supermajority in the Lower House election as the opposition fractured. What comes next for Japan’s politics?