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What’s up with the Ghibli Park photo and video ban?
When you visit Ghibli Park in Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture, you’ll find a vas...
'Totally hooked': Hong Kong targets claw machine addiction
Claw machine lover Neiki Lee carefully lowers the metal jaws of a crane with a j...
Survey finds generational gap in attitudes to AI romance
Almost 50 percent of young adults in six major economies think AI romantic compa...
Between ballet and war: Japanese dancers pursue dreams ...
En pointe, demi-pointe, entrechat -- for Jotaro Kanazasi and Haruka Takemi, two ...
Nagoya temple blends history, matcha in bid to attract ...
Where samurai once shaped history, visitors now whisk matcha. Nagoya's Banshoji ...
Independent bookstores are multiplying in U.S., althoug...
Allison Hill, CEO of the American Booksellers Association, is used to strangers ...
Keeping the flame of Japanese charcoal making alive
A business owner in Japan is determined to preserve the domestic charcoal indust...
Same name tops lists of most popular dog and cat names ...
Japan’s most famous fictional cat might be the one named Kitty, but when it come...
Used chopsticks upgraded from 'waste' to 'valuable mate...
Every day, millions of people in Japan open a bento or dig into a restaurant’s m...
Gardeners often hear about supposed hacks and quick fix...
Now that the gardening season is in full swing, so is the bad advice. There is n...
Nerima: The Tokyo neighborhood you probably haven’t hea...
A short train ride from central Tokyo, Nerima reveals a side of the city that of...
Experts trace how the world shaped samurai into a globa...
Visitors to the British Museum's highly popular samurai exhibition probably thou...
Bring back the yukata: Japan needs better summer workwear
I hate summer in Japan with a passion that burns as hot as the season itself, or...
Urban composting takes root in Japan with compact home ...
Small compost bins that turn kitchen scraps into soil with the help of microorga...
Japanese woman who scaled world's 14 top peaks says she...
The first woman to conquer the world's second-highest peak, K2, three times has ...
What to know about the Japanese-style scalp massages ca...
Getting a scalp or face massage is often a relaxing highlight of getting a hairc...
