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In Aichi, This Japanese “Dirty” Word Means Something Different

Dialects are fun. But in the case of this one word from Aichi Prefecture, they can also lead to some hilarious misunderstandings...

Pachinko in Japan: The Game That Definitely Isn’t Gambling!

How the game of pachinko in Japan become one of the country's primary forms of legalized...well, let's not call it gambling, shall…

Nagoya City Suggests the Disabled Use Drones to Scale a Castle

When the city of Nagoya announced the renovated Nagoya Castle would lack an elevator for disabled access, the response was...left than uplifting.