Jay Allen, Author at Unseen Japan

Japan still has no official sexual offender database. Someone just launched one - and experts say it may well be illegal.

It's not just old people who are grousing. Even young Japanese say they resent restaurants sucking up their battery life and bandwidth.

The chain apologized for failing to inform the public about the two-month-old incident, which just went viral in the past few days.

The move will also remove other small (and silly) gender differences, such as rank insignia being smaller on women's uniforms.

Clear majorities say that Japan needs to provide better financial support as well as more flexible working options.

A Japanese politician says some foreigners are coming to Japan to get high-cost healthcare for free. The facts say otherwise.

The scandal has shaken the faith of many employees - and station insiders say other companies are using the opportunity to poach…

JR Tokai says it's adding even more luxury options to some runs of its critical line between Tokyo and Osaka.