For many years it was a tradition for local stud...  ...ven by this driver, who famously did not fall (in Japanese fall/fail can be the same word). Everyone remembe...  ...025 Wrath of Gnon, a culture critic who lives in Japan , shares this story about the Great Hanshin Earthq...  ...e Great Hanshin Earthquake,...

Due to Japan 's shrinking population, some schools are closing...  ...portunity. Would it not be fun to pretend to be a Japanese high school student, just in your favorite anime...

Strictly speaking, all mayonnaise is drinkable if...  ...n. The British newspaper The Times reports that a Japanese food company is offering a smooth-sipping variati...  ...company is offering a smooth-sipping variation of Japan 's favorite condiment.The convenience store chain...

Okay, that headline is a lot, but it is about as s...  ...y.A taishoku daikou is a company that a worker in Japan will hire to inform his/her current employer that...  ...itting. This is apparently a thriving industry in Japan for cultural reasons that elude my understanding....

グラスに満ちた月 pic.twitter.com/uh8tfTY...  ...ay, September 17, is harvest moon festival day in Japan . It is a traditional time, a Japanese tourism website explains, for viewing the moon at...

I had two hamburgers for breakfast this morning. T...  ...s exotic as this culinary marvel from, of course, Japan . Perhaps I should have scrounged for a pear, slic...  ...ks.Dom Dom, a well-established hamburger chain in Japan , now offers Asian Pears (pyrus pyrifolia) on teri...

And I do mean famous, not infamous.The Lazy House...  ...amous.The Lazy House in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan is widely known for its very rude staff. As a dir...  ...ervice experience is that a refreshing break from Japan 's famously excellent customer service.The waitsta...

Found a very cool bookstore in Tokyo! Each square on the bookshelves is rented to a different person. The renters are free to curate and sell whatever books they want in their shelf space. My favorite was the shelf fille...

Tettyo Saito, 30, has spent many years as a hikikomori--a socially reclusive person. He failed college entrance exams and so stayed at home with his parents, rarely leaving. He watched a lot of movies during that time, i...

The Nakizumo Crying Baby Festival is an annual rit...  ...annual ritual conducted in Shinto shrines across Japan . Sumo wrestlers carry babies into a dohyo (a sumo...  ...baby that cries the loudest is the winner.Why do Japanese families do this? Traditionally, an innocent baby...