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Hanafuda: How a Banned Card Game Defined the Pre-Pokémon Era

Before Mario, Nintendo sold hanafuda cards to the yakuza. Read the 400-year forbidden history of the flower cards that tricked the Shogun.

The company took pains to reassure its Japanese customer base that information about their masturbatory habits was safe.

70% of women surveyed in Japan don't feel comfortable going into a ramen shop alone. Here's why - and how one store plans to fix it.

PM Takaichi secured a supermajority in the Lower House election as the opposition fractured. What comes next for Japan’s politics?

Planck Stars isn't a group to shy away from controversy. Indeed, it seems to be reveling in its latest affront to Japanese society.

It's common for fans to become obsessed with their idols. But what happens when an idol is worried about one of her fans?