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Japan bad train manners survey reminds us of three things to watch out for while riding the rails

Participants pick the most unpleasant parts of public transportation.

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Akutai Matsuri: Japan’s Verbal Abuse Festival, where insults and bad behaviour are encouraged

People in Japan are known for being polite, but not at this weird winter festival.

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Japan’s Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular People holds anti-Christmas protest in Tokyo【Pics】 

Annual Shibuya gathering brings together dateless demonstrators.

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Nearly half of young Japanese men in survey have never had a girlfriend, zero-boyfriend women rise too

Number of women with boyfriend holds steady as one femle demographic shrinks across all age groups.

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Japan’s Kanji of the Year for 2023 reveals the worries of Japanese society

A single character says a thousand words.

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Tokyo’s Shibuya district bans public drinking on New Year’s Eve, cancels countdown celebration

Just like Halloween, the New Year’s party is over in Shibuya.

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Tokyo makes high school free for all families, even the rich ones

Even public high schools charge tuition in Japan, but that’s going to be ending soon in the nation’s largest city.

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17 percent of anime workers in survey have/have possibly had depression, other mental issues

Japan Animation Creators Association survey gets troubling responses.

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Kyoto’s “ikezu” culture of backhanded compliments explained in hilarious souvenir sticker series

Behind the calm, polite face of a Kyotoite is an angry woman who wants to shout at you for being so uncultured.

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“Men-only train car” to run in Tokyo as part of “Weak Men’s” association awareness campaign

Women also allowed onboard.

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Japan’s most popular revolving sushi chain relaxes employee dress code, allows dyed hair, beards

Sushiro wants to create a more individualistic work environment.

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Inventor of the punch perm awarded Medal of Honor

Osakan inventor attributes idea to those damn long-haired Beatles.

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Tokaido Shinkansen removing smoking rooms, going entirely smoke-free

End of the line for smoking on the Tokyo-to-Fukuoka bullet trains.

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“Japan needs more public trash cans!” – Our Japanese reporter sympathizes, though he doesn’t agree

Why aren’t Japanese locals more bothered about this common complaint from overseas visitors?

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Okinawa pub posts “Japanese only” admission sign based on some shaky logic

Sign was up since at least a year ago.

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Ghibli-themed dating event organized by government in Japan gets flooded with applications

Matchmaking event with a twist will have people looking for love while they look for Ghibli art.

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28 things that surprised SoraNews24’s Japanese founder on his trip to San Diego

A trip to visit Big Sis takes Yoshio an ocean away from Japan, and in some ways a world apart.

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Moving to Japan as a foreigner to work as a taxi, bus or truck driver may be getting easier soon

Japanese government looking to open a path for immigration to Japan to work in transportation sector.

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Kyoto village dealing with poo on floor as Japanese-style toilets confuse foreign travelers

Public restroom trash containers overflowing with used wiping papers also a problem.

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Japanese educators want to allow students to use robot substitutes to attend school

Kumamoto City Board of Education thinks robots can help ease kids with anxiety issues back into social interaction.

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