Tag: heroism

Why is China using tourism to Japan as a political cudgel? And how are ordinary Chinese citizens reacting to it?
Is Lawson Store 100's new dish a sign of Japan's dire economic straits? Or is it just responding to consumer demand?
As inbound tourists are poised to cross the 40 million mark a year, locations such as Nagano's Kamikōchi wage war against bad manners.
As debate surges around immigration, new data shows some towns in Japan have foreign populations as high as 36%.
Many called the woman a bad mother and even an evil human being. But other overworked Japanese mothers sympathized.
A recent incident involving a tired rapper and a self-checkout stand reveals anxiety around the growing use of the technology.

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