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Tokyo Tower’s Aquarium is in Trouble

Japan loves the ocean (it's surrounded by it, so it's almost a survival instinct), and a favorite Japanese pastime is going to…

Japanese Restaurant Chain Tests Smoking Ban. The Results…?

Nakada Holdings, which runs a chain of kushikatsu (deep-fried meat skewer) restaurants, decided to get a leg up on the law, and…

My Encounter with an Endangered Japanese Whisky

A fateful encounter in Tokyo with a bottle of Hibiki 17 led me to explore why Japanese whiskey is flying off shelves…