Spike in bad customer behaviour in Japan sees firms like 7-Eleven push back
An increase in abusive customers, which in extreme cases has driven workers to suicide, is seeing some Japanese companies ...
What impact will postage price rise have on Japan's New Year greeting card tradition?
New Year's greeting cards for 2025 have begun to be sold in Japan. With a postage rate increase last month, regular cards now ...
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How Japan’s innovative Nakagin Capsule Tower is finding new life
That idea of impermanent permanence remains irresistible, however – at least in Japan. Which was one reason Metabolism ...
Japan opposition gets 1st key Diet post in 30 yrs, in blow to PM
Nobuyuki Baba, head of Japan's second-largest opposition party, has announced his intention not to run in its leadership race ...
Japan's defense chief steps aboard visiting South Korean warship as the two nations strengthen ties
Japan’s Defense Minister Gen Nakatani was welcomed aboard a South Korean warship during its port call near Tokyo on Wednesday ...
Married to fiction: Japanese man’s relationship with virtual star Hatsune Miku sheds light on fictosexuality and rise of parasocial bonds
Akihiko Kondo, a 41-year-old man from Japan, has been married to Hatsune Miku, a fictional 16-year-old pop star created ...
Chiba Lotte Marines to post Japanese star Roki Sasaki to MLB
Roki Sasaki, the Japanese right-hander considered one of the most talented pitchers in the world, will be posted to MLB, the ...
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Japan plunged into political uncertainty after voters deliver dramatic defeat to longtime ruling party
The funding scandal involved millions of dollars in undocumented political funds, and lawmakers allegedly lining their own ...
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Japanese-inspired post and beam in Topanga asks $2.1 million
The company Haiku Houses designed the post-and-beam structure reminiscent of a 16th century Japanese country house.
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Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki to be posted, and every MLB team is going to want him
Roki Sasaki is officially coming to MLB. The Chiba Lotte Marines announced Saturday in Japan that they will post the ...
Roki Sasaki, coveted Japanese ace, will be made available to MLB teams: Will Dodgers strike again?
Sasaki, 23, is the No. 3 ranked player on The Athletic's top 40 MLB free agent big board, behind only Juan Soto and Corbin ...
Japan's prime minister vows military buildup and deeper ties with the US as regional tension rises
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has renewed a pledge to build up his country’s military and deepen its alliance with the United States under President-elect Donald Trump ...