CULTURE
Resellers Turn Hello Kitty 50th Anniversary Exhibit into Chaos
A new exhibit honoring Hello Kitty on her 50th anniversary devolved into chaos in Tokyo thanks to resellers looking to make a…
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CULTURE
A new exhibit honoring Hello Kitty on her 50th anniversary devolved into chaos in Tokyo thanks to resellers looking to make a…
SOCIETY
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit against a daycare brought by residents of Nerima who claimed the kids' noisiness violated their…
LAW & CRIME
Yami baito - dark part-time jobs - are surging in Japan, with police investigating 14 cases in the Kanto region alone. Learn…
HISTORY
Want a rare peak into Japan's pre-history? An expanded exhibit at Tokyo National Museum is celebrating Haniwa, funerary statues from the country's…
TRAVEL
Street go-karts are Japan's most hated tourist attraction. Now, they're also drawing attention from the cops: police have charged a vendor in…
CULTURE
A matchmaking party advertised by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government rejected a man with a mild disability because he wasn't "healthy." Is Tokyo's…
NEWS
The book Tokyo Swindlers is the basis of a new series from Netflix. Our reviewer says that unless you're a fan of…
ENTERTAINMENT
You've probably seen a maid cafe - but where did they come from? A look at the history of maid cafes, how…