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· Ryan General
Japan Airlines is Giving Away 50,000 FREE Round-Trip Tickets in 2020
Travelers who are looking for an adventure will now have a chance to discover new locations in Japan for free. In a bid to promote the less-visited parts of the country, Japan Airlines (JAL) is set to give away 50,000 free round-trip air tickets to international tourists this…
· Bryan Ke
Japanese YouTuber Invents Light Bulb That Flickers When a Couple Breaks Up
Japanese YouTuber Marina Fujiwara has created a device that blinks brightly whenever someone shares a breakup post online. The device, which aims to make single people feel better during the holiday season, looks like an ordinary bulb connected to the internet through a…
· Khier Casino
Journalist Wins $30,000 in Sex Assault Case That Sparked Japan’s #MeToo Movement
A journalist in Japan who accused a high-profile television reporter of raping her in 2015 won around 3.3 million yen ($30,000) in damages in a Tokyo court on Wednesday. Judge Akihiro Suzuki said in his ruling that he found 30-year-old Shiori Ito’s account in a civil lawsuit of…
· Ryan General
Elderly Japanese Workers Are Now Wearing Exosuits That Make Them Stronger
With the aid of high-tech robotic suits, more elderly Japanese workers are now taking on labor-intensive jobs previously handled by younger, abled bodies. Postponing retirement and continuing to work well into old age are not unusual things to do for many Japanese people. For a…
· Ryan General
Japanese Robotics Student Amazes Twitter With the Most Techie Business Card
A graduate student’s business card has impressed social media users in Japan for its computer-inspired aesthetics. Twitter user @univ00009, who first tweeted an image of the card that took inspiration from a computer circuit board, said that the business card was from a high…
· Ryan General
Former Japanese Diplomat Who Killed Reclusive ‘Violent’ Son Gets 6 Years in Jail
A former top official in Japan was recently sentenced to six years in prison for killing his 44-year-old son, allegedly out of fear that he might cause danger to the public. Hideaki Kumazawa, a 76-year-old retired agricultural vice minister and former envoy to the Czech…
· Ryan General
Japanese KFC Chicken Rice ‘Hack’ Takes Twitter By Storm
A simple rice recipe featuring KFC Original Recipe chicken has apparently sent local Twitter users abuzz in Japan. As we’ve covered before, KFC became a yuletide tradition for many Japanese mostly due to a brilliant promotional campaign during the 1974 holidays season. Japan’s…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Mom Uses a Cardboard Cutout of Herself to Keep Son From Crying
A couple in Japan has managed to prevent their toddler from crying in the absence of his mother thanks to an ingenious parenting hack. The trick, which the child’s father shared on Twitter, involves the use of giant cardboard cutouts, which are placed in strategic locations…
· Bryan Ke
Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe Become the First Japanese NBA Players to Play Against Each Other
Yuta Watanabe of the Memphis Grizzlies and Rui Hachimura of the Washington Wizards made history as the first pair of Japanese players to share an NBA court. The 25-year-old Grizzlies small forward/shooting guard and the 21-year-old Wizards power forward, who are both members of…
· Ryan General
Chinese Footballer Says Japanese Player Hit His Foot ‘With His Head’ After Kicking Him
A Chinese national soccer player is getting backlash from his own countrymen for trying to downplay his apparent unsportsmanlike conduct during an international match. Jiang Zhipeng was one of the players on the Chinese team playing against the Japanese national team at the EAFF…
· Carl Samson
9-Year-Old Japanese Boy is the Youngest to Pass a University-Level Math Test
A 9-year-old boy has become the youngest person to pass a university-level mathematics test in Japan. Shogo Ando, a fourth-grade student in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture passed Suken’s top-level 1st Kyu test, administered by the Mathematics Certification Institute of Japan on…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Doctor Who Helped Bring in Clean Water to Afghanistan Killed by Gunmen
A Japanese doctor who brought canal-building techniques from his hometown to help irrigate arid areas in Afghanistan was killed by a group of gunmen in the eastern part of the country on Wednesday. Tetsu Nakamura, 73, founder of nongovernmental organization Peace Japan Medical…
· Bryan Ke
Japanese Realtor ‘Kidnaps’ Junior High School Girls and Encourages Them to Study
A 37-year-old Japanese real estate business owner was re-arrested for allegedly kidnapping a junior high school girl and keeping her inside his home for two months. Hiroaki Sakaue was arrested on Nov. 27 for keeping a Hyogo Prefecture junior high school student at his home in…
· Ryan General
Blind Japanese Skater Stuns the Internet By Using a Cane to Do Tricks
A purportedly blind skater from Japan has become a social media sensation after videos of him doing impressive skateboard moves emerged online.
· Ryan General
Japanese Ramen Linked to Heart Attack and Stroke Risk, Study Says
A recent study in Japan has reportedly found a link between eating ramen and dying from heart attacks. Researchers from Jichi Medical University investigated the association between the prevalence of ramen restaurants and stroke mortality in Japanese prefectures, Quartz reports.
· Carl Samson
Pope Francis Wears Custom ‘Anime’ Coat While in Japan
Pope Francis received a coat designed with an anime-style figure of himself as a gift on his Japan trip on Monday. The 82-year-old religious leader accepted the gift in Tokyo’s St. Mary’s Cathedral, where he spoke before a notably young crowd of Catholic followers.
· Ryan General
Japanese Supermodel From Netflix’s ‘Queer Eye’ Unveils Her New Bra for ‘Morning Cleavage’
A Japanese lingerie label has unveiled a new bra specially designed by American Japanese model/designer Kiko Mizuhara to accentuate a woman’s “morning cleavage.” Mizuhara, whose real name is Audrie Kiko Daniel, recently starred alongside Queer Eye “Fab Five,” after acting as…
· Bryan Ke
Prayer Boards in Japan’s Shrines are Being Vandalized With ‘One China’
The number of vandalized ema, or small wooden plaques where worshipers can write their prayers and wishes, containing messages in support of Hong Kong in many Shinto shrines in Japan is rising. Staff at the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, Japan have been finding ema that have messages…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Hotel Offers Rooms for $1 a Night if You Let Them Livestream Your Stay
A hotel in Fukuoka, Japan is offering its rooms to guests for an unbelievable price of less than a dollar per night — albeit with one tricky catch. Business Ryokan Asahi, located in the city’s Chuo ward, charges 100 yen ($0.92) for a regular, Japanese-style room with basic…
· Ryan General
Japan’s Epic ‘Walled City’ Arcade Closes Down
Last Sunday marked the end of an era for Anata No Warehouse (“Your Warehouse”), Japan’s most extraordinary arcade. Run by the GEO Corporation, the five-story amusement facility in Kawasaki was designed to specifically resemble the back alley of Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City,…
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Tokyo Disney
Tokyo Disney connects to Oriental Land, the company that runs the resort and the spending around it.
Company · Japan · TYO:7832
Bandai Namco Holdings
Bandai Namco sits behind toys, anime IP, games, and licensing that turn fandom into everyday consumer products.
Company · Japan · TYO:9697
Capcom
Capcom is a good read on how long-running game worlds keep producing sales, streams, and fandom years after launch.
Company · Japan · TYO:4751
CyberAgent
CyberAgent runs ABEMA streaming and Cygames' hits like Uma Musume and Granblue Fantasy — a media-and-games force in Japanese pop culture.
Company · Japan · TYO:9983
Fast Retailing
Fast Retailing matters because Uniqlo is an everyday consumer habit, not just a stock story.
Company · Japan · TYO:9468
Kadokawa
Kadokawa ties publishing, anime adaptation, games, and fandom discovery into one listed media company.
Company · Japan · TYO:2801
Kikkoman
Kikkoman is how Japanese flavor went global — the soy sauce that became a default condiment on Western tables and made 'umami' a kitchen word.
Company · Japan · TYO:9766
Konami Group
Konami sits on a vault of iconic IP — Yu-Gi-Oh cards, Metal Gear, Silent Hill — plus a huge trading-card and mobile business.
Company · Japan · TYO:7974
Nintendo
Nintendo turns beloved game worlds into hardware, software, parks, merch, and repeat family spending.