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Torii gate with a mountain looming in the background and sun rays shining through

Visit These Four Japan Locations That Rank Among the World’s Greatest Places

Wanna see some of the best that Japan has to offer? TIME Magazine says these four stops are must-adds for anyone's list.
Japan Post ad - man tries delivering a box to a woman with no makeup on; she refuses to open the door all the way

Japan Post Pulls “No Makeup” Ad That Critics Say Mocked Women

The company has apologized - but social media users are asking why they used an ad company with such a poor track record on women's issues.
Sato Airi (aka Mogami Ai) in front of a picture of Takadanobaba Station

Murder of Japanese Woman During Livestream Yields Sympathy – For The Murderer

Sato Airi, a 22yo livestreamer known as Mogami Ai, was murdered in Tokyo during a stream. So why are people feeling sorry for her killer?
Long light novel titles - "The Exiled Cheat-Granting Magician Enjoys a Second Carefree Life" and "The Incompetent Prince Who Has Been Banished Wants To Hide His Abilities"

When Did Japanese Light Novel Titles Become So Insanely Long?

Help! I Was Researching This Post About Light Novel Titles When I Got Reincarnated In Another World As Their Strongest Harem Leader!
Hepburn Romanization- woman in front of a picture of downtown Shinjuku thinking it could be spelled "Sinzyuku" but changing her mind

Japan Prepares Official Hepburn Romanization Switch, Changing 70-Year Tradition

Japan will likely abandon its Kunrei-shiki romanization system that even most of its government doesn't use.
Nakai Masahiro

[Insider] Why Did The Nakai Masahiro Scandal Blow Up?

Why did the Nakai Masahiro scandal become so big when previous celebrity sexual assaults in Japan had been swept under the rug?

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