Tag: fruit

Loose Socks and the Rise of the “Heisei Retro” Trend

Wanna feel old? The Heisei Era just ended and it's already considered "retro". A look at loose socks and other Heisei "throwbacks".

0.86 centimeters. That's all it took for a man in Osaka to be arrested for a pair of scissors a cop found in his car.

Why are there so few women in STEM fields in Japan? Yuko Tamura argues that the bias starts before girls even turn seven.

Death Note voice actress Hirano Aya talked recently about threats against her life. Sadly, her story isn't a rare case in the anime industry.

The namahage are wild, Krampus-like New Year's mountain gods of Akita Prefecture. But what's the story behind the horns and straw coats?

A new service called "Cats Unlimited" will suspend operations after accusations that it amounts to a "cat subscription", its company said.