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Just when it looked like it might circle the drain, Krispy Kreme appears to be roaring back to life in Japan. What explains the sudden turnaround?
Convenience stores ("combini") in Japan are everywhere. But what do people use them for? A look at combini and everyday life in Japan.
Dialects are fun. But in the case of this one word from Aichi Prefecture, they can also lead to some hilarious misunderstandings...
A new tax system in Japan may expose creators' identities - and a voice actor says it could cause many of her colleagues to quit.
The city of Sendai launches Japan's first-ever drone-based system to alert citizens in hard-to-reach locations of impending disaster.
Stereotypes of Japan as a land of vague meaning and blunted expression are just straight up Orientalism that obscure a complex reality.

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