TECHNOLOGY
A Subway Train in Japan Gets a Second Life…as a Vending Machine
A long-serving train car on Tokyo Metro's Ginza line isn't heading entirely for the scrapyard: a part of its gets to live…
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TECHNOLOGY
SOCIETY
“Wild Beast” of Japan Women’s Judo Retires to Sell Ice Cream
A judo champion leaves a room full of reporters in shock with her plans for the future.
LAW & CRIME
Keio University Students Arrested Five Separate Times Won’t Be Charged with Rape
A Net backlash in Japan swells with news that several students of well-connected families at Keio University won't face multiple charges of…
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
Why Subway is Dying in Japan – and Why Starbucks Keeps Growing
While Subway stores in Japan shutter left and right, Starbucks thrives. Why has the one failed where the other succeeded?
CULTURE
Hatsumode: Japan’s First Shrine Visit of the New Year
How Japan's most popular New Years custom has changed over the centuries.
WOMEN
Kimura Komako: The Dancing Feminist
Born in an era in Japan when women's rights were more oppressed than ever, Kimura Komako never gave up the fight -…
LAW & CRIME
50 Years Later, Japan’s Most Brazen Robbery Remains a Mystery
50 years ago, someone managed to steal 300 million yen without firing a shot. Was it, as some say, the perfect crime?
POLITICS
Japan Tackles Challenges Ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics
How is Japan preparing to handle not just the sudden influx of foreign visitors, but the excitement of hosting the biggest international…