LIFESTYLE

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A foreign woman’s guide on how to discuss sex with your Japanese guy

A foreign woman’s guide on how to discuss sex with your...

Sex is an essential topic that will — better sooner than later — come up in your...

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What goes into designing that popular teapot or water bottle? 2 top creators discuss the process

What goes into designing that popular teapot or water b...

Ever wonder how some of the stuff we use every day came to be? I think about it ...

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Do you have to pay the NHK fee?

Do you have to pay the NHK fee?

Many foreigners in Japan know the feeling: you’re enjoying a quiet evening at ho...

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6 things I wish someone had told me about job hunting in Japan

6 things I wish someone had told me about job hunting i...

Looking for a job in Japan, especially if you don’t have native English teaching...

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Setsubun: Japan’s beloved bean-throwing tradition

Setsubun: Japan’s beloved bean-throwing tradition

Setsubun no Hi (節分の日), celebrated annually on February 2, 3 or 4, is a tradi...

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Japanese junior high students make air freshener from stink bugs

Japanese junior high students make air freshener from s...

A couple years ago, I was out on my veranda when I spotted a cute little green b...

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Romance across cultures and languages can be difficult — but never impossible

Romance across cultures and languages can be difficult ...

Dating someone from a culture different from your own while living in that cultu...

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Hundreds of millions in Asia celebrate Year of the Snake

Hundreds of millions in Asia celebrate Year of the Snake

Hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year with the...

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Ghibli Park announces new ticket system, adds flexibility and low-priced options

Ghibli Park announces new ticket system, adds flexibili...

The appeal of Ghibli Park is easy to see, as it’s a theme park where you can imm...

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10 tourist mistakes in Japan

10 tourist mistakes in Japan

For those traveling to Japan for the first time, the research and preparation ca...

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Life experiences of nonagenarian 'hibakusha' resonate on social media

Life experiences of nonagenarian 'hibakusha' resonate o...

A 95-year-old atomic bomb survivor who lost five family members in the 1945 Naga...

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Letters From Japan: 'We’re dating, but he won’t let me call him my boyfriend. Is something wrong?'

Letters From Japan: 'We’re dating, but he won’t let me ...

Savvy Tokyo's resident "Love in Japan" columnist, Hilary Keyes, answers anonymou...

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Super-detailed cherry blossom forecast maps for 2025 show warm winter doesn’t mean early sakura

Super-detailed cherry blossom forecast maps for 2025 sh...

There’s no bigger, more fervently anticipated event in Japan than cherry blossom...

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Young Japanese adults show lowest dating experience level yet in annual survey

Young Japanese adults show lowest dating experience lev...

Every year in January, Japanese marriage-minded matchmaking service O-net announ...

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Could you date a Japanese host? Here’s my experience

Could you date a Japanese host? Here’s my experience

There are so many things to experience when you’re new to Japan. Dating is alway...

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How Costco succeeded in Japan: The story behind its 1999 market entry

How Costco succeeded in Japan: The story behind its 199...

On April 23, 1999, Yoshiami Abe, a 74-year-old Fukuoka rice farmer, stood in sui...