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Has The Media Hounded Ex-Princess Mako Into Hiding?

The media is aghast that the Komuros, Kei and Mako, have gone "missing." But the press has no one to blame but itself.

Thanks, scammers. Due to some people exploiting the system, Japan will now change how it handles duty-free purchasing by tourists.

Not all of Japan's wealthy residents live in cities. Learn how a small Hokkaido village of 2,700 found itself swell with cash.

Learn how "pien" became the in-fashion word of 2020 - and how its use spread through popular media and Kabukicho street culture.

Mt. Fuji may lose its World Heritage Status if it can't control overtourism. But one proposed solution - a railway - has critics up in arms.

An increasing number of Japanese women are finding it harder to enter the US and are getting turned back at the border. Learn why.