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Tourism Pollution in Japan Sparks Strife – and Bans

How can Japan reduce "tourism pollution" problems without reducing tourism? And how can travelers help reduce friction when visiting?

A Buddhist Temple in Kyoto Gets Its First Android Saint

If you were planning to join the Buddhist priesthood because a robot took your job...welp, I've got some bad news for you.

Murasaki Shikibu: The First Lady of Japanese Literature

How a grieving widow came to write two classics of world literature: a sprawling novel, and an 11th-century Twitter account.