It was fun while it lasted. But it seems that Japan’s boom of classy shokupan bread shops (yes that’s a thing) has worn out its welcome.
A Japanese technology startup turned heads with its new hoverbike at the Detroit Motor Show. Just don’t look at the price tag…
A woman was worked to death – but since it was “just housework”, Japan’s government won’t acknowledge it. How her family is fighting back.
It’s been known as the “kingdom of vending machines” for years. So why is the number of vending machines in Japan falling rapidly?
The 2022 annual Global Gender Gap Report by the WEF ranks Japan’s gender gap at 116 of 145 countries. What accounts for this downward trend?
Learn how tragedy inspired Shirota Minoru, father of popular Japanese drink Yakult, to pursue a career in preventive medicine.
Support for Internet Explorer officially ended in June 2022. So why are some workplaces in Japan still writing code for it?
Adults in Japan took to social media to lambaste a new backpack accessory. And then the kids who designed it clapped back.
How the game of pachinko in Japan become one of the country’s primary forms of legalized…well, let’s not call it gambling, shall we?
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