Mainichi (Google Translate version in English) rep...  ...r Hiroshi Yoshida of Tohuku University in Sendai, Japan argues that the most common surname, Sato, will b...  ...due to declining population, although everyone in Japan

'Rumors are circulating the internet with the exci...  ...ting the internet with the exciting news that the Japanese division of McDonald's will soon offer perfume th...  ...s from the official Twitter account of McDonald's Japanese branch, so it's probably true.When do we gaijin g...

Fifteen demonstrators in Tokyo marched through the...  ...their protest of the celebration of Christmas in Japan . This was not a nationalist objection to a holida...  ...of Unpopular People.Sora News 24 explains that in Japan , which has only a very small Christian population...

Being a civilized, sensible, and well-informed peo...  ...ivilized, sensible, and well-informed people, the Japanese have an appreciation for Texas. Twitter user @cha...  ...s, discovered this on his ongoing journey through Japan .He reports that his hosts, upon learning that @ch...

If I had known this was a sport when I was younger, I'd be a world champion by now.Spoon & Tamago informs us that there was a "spacing out" competition in Tokyo. For an hour and a half, competitors lay still and did...

Does this building look like a chocolate bar stand...  ...al. This is the Meiji Chocolate Factory in Osaka, Japan . The facility dates back to 1955. When it was ref...  ...is chocolate factory is one of seven buildings in Japan that are shaped like the products sold from or ma...  ...at looks like a dog.-via Nag...

When death comes to families, there is often a nee...  ...so they may hire professionals to do the job. In Japan , there's a growing industry of people who respect...  ...University, has studied the cultures of death in Japan for many years. She describes the ihinseiri indus...  ...iri industry at LitHub.Animism...

Sora News 24 encountered a rumor that a particular...  ...lace?It turns out that the imperial government of Japan gave it to, well, the imperial government of Russ...  ...e Soviet Union wanted to make use of the area and Japan granted Moscow extraterritorial control of it. No...  ...ough, and the Soviet Union co...

If you're young and broke and living in the city, do you really need a shower? I mean, occasionally, you should take a shower. But do you need an apartment that has its own shower?Sora News 24 reports that increasing num...

In Japan , a bow conveys a lot of messaging into a brief an...