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Wanna go cashless in Japan? You have options. Almost too many, in fact. Here's what's available - for both tourists and residents.
When the U.S. Civil War broke out in 1861, samurai still ruled Japan. How did the samurai - recently forced into trade with the US and on the cusp of their own war - react?
She was a symbol of prewar prosperity - and controversy. How the "modern girl" of Japan's roaring 1920s defined a new path for women.
In 1938, a disaffected young man stalked his mountain village, killing dozens of his neighbors. Was the Tsuyama Massacre the first incel mass murder?
The island of Odaiba is one of Tokyo's major landmarks. Not long ago, however, it didn't even exist. Discover Tokyo history rising from the depths.
What happens when technology in Japan develops independently from the rest of the world? A brief history of the Galapagos Effect.
A mixi revival?! Fears over Twitter's future since Elon Musk's takeover have led some in Japan to consider social messaging like it's 2004.
The Japanese and New York press' hounding of former Princess Mako and her husband Komuro Kei has been nothing but disgraceful.
Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is sinking rapidly in public opinion polls. Here's why that means nothing will change anytime soon.

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