BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
Zero-Second Chicken Ramen?! How Instant Ramen’s Creator is Bringing Sexy Back to Its Products
How do you boost sales of an instant noodle product that's been around for 60 years? Nissin found a way.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
Is Disneyland Japan’s Latest “Black Industry”?
Disneyand Japan becomes the latest in a long line of Japanese companies accused of abusing employees.
ENTERTAINMENT
Manga Artist Sakura Momoko, Chibi Maruko-chan Creator, Dead at 53
The author of the manga behind one of Japan's most long-running animes is dead of breast cancer at the young age of…
NEWS
You Don’t Know Gunma! Series Pokes Fun at “The New Jersey of Japan”
A comic book about the quirks of "the prefecture that time forgot" received a movie version last year, and is now airing…
NEWS
Watch Palmes d’Or-Winning Director Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Previous Hit on Amazon
Japanese hit director Kore-eda Hirokazu's latest isn't scheduled for US release until later this year, but you can see some of his…
ESSAY
Platonic Sex: The Wild Ride of Japanese Porn Star Iijima Ai
Middle school dropout. Troublemaker. Hostess. Porn star. Author. Media darling. The wild journey of Japan's Iijima Ai.
ESSAY
Nara Dreamland: How It Became a Nightmare
It was meant to be a paradise. But it ended up a nightmare instead. The story of how Nara Dreamland came to…