Jay Allen, Author at Unseen Japan

Say bye-bye to pancakes: high egg prices are ruffling feathers in Japan - and taking several staple items off of restaurant menus.

It was intended to protect women. But is Japan's new AV law working? Some signs say yes - but detractors still exist…

You'd expect to find things like natto in an English language ranking of the world's worst foods. So what's naporitan doing here?!

Selfie sticks are now ubiquitous. But did you know that the first one appeared on the scene in Japan way back in…

As Japan prepares to leave masking to individual discretion, some people say they fear being judged for keeping up the practice.

A team of researchers set out to discover the true identity of a "mermaid mummy" enshrined in a Japanese temple. The result?

A new survey shows that women in Japan are often shut out of government, not just at the national level, but the…

A spate of account freezes has Japanese Twitter users lamenting the service's "Ice Age" and once again asking: should we stay or…