ENTERTAINMENT
How Yakuza 0 Memorializes Japan’s Bubble Economy
How 2015's Yakuza 0, dated in Japan's 1980s, highlights the successes - and excesses - of the country's Bubble Economy before it…
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ENTERTAINMENT
BOOK REVIEWS
Underground: The Stories of Japan’s Sarin Attack Victims
How the Murakami Haruki book UNDERGROUND captured the impact of the Tokyo sarin subway attack on survivors.
ENTERTAINMENT
Funeral Parade of Roses: Five Facts About Japan’s New Wave Masterpiece
Equal parts seriousness and absurdity, Matsumoto Toshio's 1960 countercultural classic captures a tumultuous time in the history of modern Japan.
FOOD
Sushi Restaurant CEO Defeats Pirates, Sets Tuna Records
Sushi restaurant CEO Kimura Kiyoshi second-bests his own record and earns online love - complete with re-enactments of some of his greatest…
CULTURE
Sumida Aquarium Gives Love Advice with Sea Metaphors
A popular aquarium in Japan has found a clever marketing gimmick: turning its staff's experience with sea creatures into relationship advice.
FOOD
Japan’s Top 5 Ramen Shops…As Chosen by AI?
A Japanese firm noodled on how to track down the country's top 5 ramen shops - and found a unique way to…
POLITICS
Japanese Public Postpones Abe’s Pricey Party
Prime Minister Abe Shinzo's pricey cherry blossom party is on hold over questions of who's invited - and why Japanese taxpayers are…
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…