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Is This Ramen Chain Closing Stores Because It Sucks?

Why is this chain about to close a third of its stores in the Tokyo area? Some fans are blaming its lack of consistency.

The group, one woman and two men, reportedly robbed around 54 disabled people of over 80 million yen in a year-long scam.

It's not just foreign influencers causing trouble in Japan. Two girls in Osaka are facing charges after going viral for disgusting behavior.

By day, 49-year-old Takitani Hiroshi conducted life-saving research on earthquakes. By night, he was running an unlicensed sex shop.

The city of Nagoya and the 2025 Osaka Expo may be instrumental in reversing a habit that the 1970 Osaka Expo helped popularize.

SASAYA Holdings, which operates multiple restaurants in Osaka and beyond, says it's taken swift action after the incident went viral.

A couple's vacation to Hokkaido turned out worse than expected when they got stuck at 1,750 meters elevation in street clothes.

The existence at Expo of the carbonated barley drink, whose parent company is almost wholly owned by the Church, caused an online backlash.

Some bars, coffee shops, and taxi services in Japan are experimenting with tips. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?