ENTERTAINMENT
Japan’s TV Habits are Changing
Two great recent Japanese dramas failed to draw a TV audience - but they weren't failures. Here's why.
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ENTERTAINMENT
CULTURE
Japan’s Top Pet Peeves on Trains for 2019 May Surprise You
Japan's train service is legendary - but people are still people. Here's what those in Japan said most annoyed them about riding…
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
More Japanese Skip Year-End Work Parties
Year-end work parties have long been a staple of Japanese business culture. But more and more people - especially the young -…
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Easy Japanese Gains Attention After Typhoon Hagibis
The natural disaster that struck Japan this month left a looming question in its wake: How should the government warn an increasingly…
WOMEN
Tanaka Mitsu and Japan’s Second Wave Feminist Movement
Bold, outspoken, and controversial. How Tanaka Mitsu became the face of the 1970s Feminist Movement in Japan - and why that rubbed…
WOMEN
Japanese Women Are Fleeing to Cities in Droves
Everyone, it seems, is fleeing Japan's countryside for the cities - but women greatly outnumber men in the exodus. How are local…
FOOD
Children’s Cafeterias in Japan Offer Promise (and Danger)
They're sprouting up all over Japan as a way of fighting poverty and hunger. But are "kid's cafeterias" shifting too much of…
ENTERTAINMENT
A Bold Manga About Japan’s “Losers” Challenges Status Quo
How Kashiwagi Haruko's latest demonstrates the diversity of manga as a medium - and provides insight into the daily struggle of Japan's…