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“Learn Japanese”: Tokyo Izakaya Closes After Owner’s Social Media Outburst

A restaurant in Tokyo had to close temporarily after its owner ranted on social media about a non-Japanese couple who came to the store.

Are You Holding Your Backpack on Japanese Trains Wrong?

Common wisdom holds that there's a polite way to hold your backpack on a crowded train in Japan. But is common wisdom wrong?
Japan Railways - customer harassment

Japan Railways Says It’s Cracking Down on “Customer Harassment”

In Japan, they say "the customer is god." Lately, more customers are angry, wrathful gods - and one Japanese company says it's had enough. Here's how Japan Railways plans to fight a rising tide of harassment by customers.
Takaoka's Travels by Shibusawa Tatsuhiko

Review: Takaoka’s Travels – This Surrealist Pilgrimage Delights and Disturbs

A new English translation of Takaoka's Travels by Japanese author Shibusawa Tatsuhiko is a funny, fantastical fever dream.
Unoccupied homes in Japan

Abandoned Homes in Japan Skyrocket to Over 13% of All Homes

As Japan's population ages, it's finding itself awash in a glut of unoccupied homes - and a new report says the country just set a record.
Shogun Minamoto no Sanetomo is faced down by a warrior wielding a sword amidst falling snow in an illustration.

To Kill a Shogun: The Sad Tale of Minamoto no Sanetomo

In 1219, the shogun Minamoto no Sanetomo, samurai lord of all Japan, was slain on the steps of Tsurugaoka Shrine in Kamakura, killed by his own nephew in cold blood. Who was Sanetomo - and why was he assassinated?

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