Tag: meiji era

Tokyo Police say they're taking action as social media users continue to brag about committing crimes as female students rush to exams.
People say you can buy old abandoned homes in Japan for cheap. That may be true. The downside is, many of them look like this.
A sexist symbol of Japan's past is no more: As of February 2025, Kanagawa Police say new female recruits will only receive slacks.
Narita Airport and Chiba Prefecture want travelers to rely more on taxis - and they want you using ride-hailing apps to do it.
For the first time, a court in Japan rules that hosts taking kickbacks from routing indebted customers to sex shops breaks the law.
In a bid to fund train station improvements, Kyoto will raise the top tax on the city's most expensive hotel rooms to 10,000 yen per night.

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