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After job-quitting service, leave-of-absence-request pr...
Job-quitting services have been a thing in Japan for several years now. Essentia...
Tai chi practitioners seek balance and well-being in fa...
One arm raised and the other lowered, hundreds of people move every morning like...
Enoshima’s magical night lantern festival is back this ...
Summer heat in Japan can be pretty brutal for some people, so it means that a lo...
Costs, customs pose challenges in Japan's promotion of ...
Japan is planning to introduce national qualifications for housework services to...
Lolita fashion from Japan finds growing fan base in China
Japanese Lolita fashion, with its lace-trimmed dresses, ruffled collars and volu...
Tokyo’s Giga Mart lets visitors 'steal' from a convenie...
A new immersive exhibition opening in Tokyo is giving visitors permission to do ...
Japan's first pro street dance league aims for global a...
Breakdancers and other performers in Japan's first professional hip-hop dance le...
Set sail on top of a giant pirate ship to watch Japan’s...
Combining “summer” and “Japan” together, most people will think of one of three ...
Tofu vendor delivers much more than healthy food to an ...
Akiko Sugaya wheels a cart through the alley-like streets of eastern Tokyo selli...
How a British man became Japan’s cheese guy in Okinawa
Look at a map of Okinawa, and you probably think of blue sea and palm trees. A l...
Japan’s Pokémon hot spring reinstalls all damaged statu...
Japanese folk wisdom holds that visiting a hot spring isn’t just a fun and relax...
5 dangerous bugs in Japan and how to avoid them
After Japan’s rainy season ends, you may want to keep an eye out for some unwant...
Chinese repairwomen smash stereotypes with power tools
The sound of pliers clicking filled a workshop in eastern China's Hangzhou as a ...
Who says a vegetable garden needs full sun? Some plants...
Conventional wisdom says vegetable gardens need full sun, but a productive garde...
Tochigi man shares his family’s process for creating 16...
For the 16th year, the Nakano family in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture creates...
As South Korean Buddhism woos Gen Z, how hip is too hip?
In fast-secularising South Korea, Buddhism is regaining popularity thanks to a "...
