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Discount retailer Don Quixote ignited a social media firestorm when it claimed it would retire its beloved mascot Donpen.
There are basic rules you should follow when riding Japan's shinkansen bullet trains. But is abstaining from Pokémon card games one of them?
Japan's small shops are struggling to stay afloat. A new service lets you give them a helping hand - without even setting foot in Japan.
A park in Japan will close thanks partly to one resident - and it has some up in arms about the country's hostility towards parents.
LDP politician Sugita Mio finally apologized for years worth of discriminatory statements towards LGBTQ+ people and minorities. But why now?
The hottest new words and phrases of 2022 tell a story of political and economic upheaval, as well as a tale of foxes and baseball gods.

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