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ENTERTAINMENT

Japanese Influencer Gets Bigger Breasts, Owes Millions in Damages

Japanese YouTube entertainer Tenchim owes a sizable chunk of change to a bra manufacturer. The online star sold a successful line of…

NEWS

Japan Will Demand Parents Explain Kids’ “Kira Kira” Name Pronunciations

The days in Japan where you could casually name your kid "Nausicaä" or "Pickachu" are coming to an end: a new revision…

JAPANESE LANGUAGE

Can Japanese Stores Use Signs to Keep Tourists Out?

A store in Kyoto made headlines when it posted a sign in English and Chinese saying it was closed - but, in…

LGBTQ

Votes Exist to Pass Marriage Equality in Japan: Report

Could marriage equality finally pass in Japan? A ruling from the Fukuoka High Court last week is putting pressure on legislators to…

RACE IN JAPAN

Does Tokyo Medical Clinic Form Discriminate Against Chinese People?

A Chinese family says a medical clinic in Tokyo engaged in anti-Chinese discrimination when it handed them a survey that asked if…

LAW & CRIME

Marijuana Somehow Becomes Even More Illegal in Japan

If you've never smoked marijuana in Japan...well, don't start now. While possession and sale of the devil's lettuce has been illegal in…

LGBTQ

Japanese Nonbinary Person Asks Court to Change Their Family Registry

A Kyoto resident is asking a court to allow them to update their family registry to reflect their nonbinary gender identity. The…

LAW & CRIME

She Searched for “Perfect Crime.” A Japanese Court Found Her Not Guilty of Murder

Sudo Saki stood accused of murdering her husband - a notorious playboy who went by the flamboyant nickname "the Don Juan of…