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Japan Sees the Fastest Drop in Population Ever Recorded
Japan’s population has fallen at the fastest rate last year since its survey started in 1968. As per government data released on Wednesday, the number decreased by 308,084 from the previous year to 125,583,658 as of January 1, 2017. According to Japan’s Internal Affairs and…
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American Woman Arrested In Japan for Dumping 100 Bullets in Airport Trash
Local authorities in Japan have recently arrested an elderly American woman for dumping a pile of bullets in a trash bin at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. The unnamed woman, who was reportedly in her 60s, arrived in Japan with her husband on Tuesday, July 4, which incidentally…
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Touching Commercials Reveal What It’s Like Living in Japan as an LGBT Person
Tokai Television Broadcasting came out with a series of commercials focusing on what it’s like to live as part of the LGBT community in Japan, which is making progress for same-sex couples. The first two men in the video below, who wished to remain anonymous, have been together…
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Japanese Company Bans Employees From Sitting So They Can Be ‘Creative’
A company in Japan announced that its employees can no longer sit while using their computers at work. Iris Ohyama, which sells nearly everything from electronics to storage goods, will implement the rule at its headquarters in Kakuda City, Miyagi Prefecture. Offices across the…
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Modern Kimonos for Men Fused With Japanese and Scandinavian Styles Are Fly AF
Brace yourselves—and your pockets, maybe—as the kimono gets the modern treatment while keeping its roots in a new product line. The T-Kimono, created by Norway’s T-Michael and Japan’s Y. & Sons, blends the robe’s traditional Japanese silhouette with minimalist Scandinavian…
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White Sushi Chef Entertains Guests By Speaking With Fake Japanese Accent
New York sushi chef David Bouhadana apparently likes to speak English in a Japanese accent, in yet another example of white privilege. Bouhadana, a white man from Florida, apprenticed in Japan for three years before being launched into the spotlight as “the new face of sushi”.
· Ryan General
Japan’s Popular New Anime Figure is Literally a Talking Ass That Fights Crime
A popular book title in Japan, “Oshiri Tantei”, with an unconventional character was recently turned into a web anime by famed animation studio Toei Animation. What makes it unique is that it features a talking butt, who also happens to be a detective.
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Japanese Firm Lets Travelers Release Stress By Karate Chopping Roof Tiles
Japan’s Asakusa district, which is famous for the Buddhist temple Sensō-ji, is among the top sightseeing areas in Tokyo, where many of the shops and businesses cater to spiritual and cultural appreciation. But for the adventurous types who prefer to try other experiences that…
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Starbucks Japan is Opening Up the Most Epic Store in a 100-Year-Old Teahouse
Starbucks customers in Japan were able to get a taste of the Cherry Pie Frappuccino back in April, and now the company is opening a new store in a century-old teahouse in Kyoto. The new store is set to open its doors on June 30 in a converted Japanese teahouse that was built…
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Japan Warns Citizens Of North Korean Nuclear Strike in New Chilling Broadcast
In a new national broadcast, Japan alerted its citizens to seek shelter in sturdy buildings or lie face down on the ground in the unfortunate event that North Korea fires a nuclear missile at the country. The 30-second announcement is being aired on 43 TV stations from now until…
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Japanese Sumo Robots Can Wrestle By Themselves and It’s Scary AF
Japan’s national sport of sumo wrestling could be taken over by robots in the age of technology. Traditional sumo involves two large men pushing each other out of the ring using different techniques, whereas their robot counterparts use slanted metal blades or wide arms to win a…
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Japanese Cockpit Gaming Desk is So Comfortable You’ll Probably Fall Asleep
Japanese company Bauhutte has unveiled a new cockpit gaming desk designed specifically for gamers who play for long hours at a time. Not your normal chair and desk combo, this cockpit configuration makes the gaming experience more comfortable by using a combination of Bauhutte’s…
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Meet the Japanese Man Who Owns The World’s Largest Hello Kitty Collection
With more than 5,000 Hello Kitty memorabilia Masao Gunji holds the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of its kind. In the video below, Gunji, who resides in Yotsukaido, Chiba, Japan, explains that he began collecting Hello Kitty products over the past 35 years,…
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Japanese Diver Has Been Friends With a Massive Fish for 30 YEARS
A Japanese diver has been friends with a fish for 30 years, proving that no sea is too deep to find a companion for life. After being entrusted to look after an underwater Shinto shrine, Hiroyuki Arakawa, 79, got to know the marine creatures that lived in the area. He started…
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Popular Japanese Blogger Dies of Cancer at 34
A Japanese woman who won a myriad of followers after blogging about her cancer has died of the disease. Mao Kobayashi, 34, died at home in Tokyo on Thursday, leaving husband Ichikawa Ebizo, a kabuki actor, and two children, daughter Reika, 5, and son Kangen, 4, behind.
· Ryan General
Why Japan’s Customer Service is the Best in the World
Japan is renowned for its impeccable customer service which has become a standard in almost every industry in the country. Establishments, both large and small, are generally staffed with hospitable and polite employees who aim to fully satisfy customers with world-class…
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Japan is Giving Permanent Residency to Foreigners Working in the Anime Industry
Foreigners working in anime-related fields for at least one year in Japan can soon get permanent residency rights, the country’s Immigration Bureau has announced. The new rule, which takes effect in 2018, follows changes in the bureau’s “points-based preferential immigration…
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Jetstar Airways Invited 40 Spider-Man Cosplayers to Fly in Japan
Low-cost airline Jetstar invited at least 40 Spider-Man cosplayers onboard one of its planes in Japan, making it much easier than using webs to travel around. #スパイダージェット #SpiderManHomecoming #SpiderMan 飛行機内〜✨ pic.twitter.com/BzK5ipRwyv
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Japanese Man Saves Dying Forest in The Philippines By Eating Thousands of Mangoes in the 1970s
Almost half a century ago, a Japanese horticulturist initiated an effort to rebuild a deforested mountain in the Philippines. It was in the early 1970s and Osamu Nakagaki was only 25 when he invited his friends and volunteers to eat as many mangoes as they could so he could…
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New Japanese Perfume Will Make You Smell Like a Sumo Wrestler
A perfume company in Japan, which offers scents that are uniquely Japanese, has finally come up with a fragrance for those people who have always dreamed of smelling like a sumo wrestler. Japanese fragrance manufacturer Luz will be launching three new products as part of their…
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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.