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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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Japanese rock festival cracks down on mosh pits after multiple fans injured

Organizers want fans to rock out more respectfully.

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What it’s really like to live in a women’s dormitory at a Japanese university

Firsthand account reveals it’s not all pillow fights and gossip sessions.

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Japanese TV issues heatstroke alert, says to avoid exercise, keeps showing high school baseball game

Baffling mixed messages during this year’s coverage of the Koshien tournament.

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Tokyo entertainment complex remodels restroom to remove gender-neutral setup

Tokyu Kabukicho Tower’s genderless restroom had attracted negative reactions since the building’s opening last spring.

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Japan’s Princess Aiko won’t have tiara made for her, in consideration of hard economic times

Break with tradition continues.

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Over half of Japanese students in nationwide test score zero percent in English speaking section

But that number might not tell the whole story of why so many were at a loss for words.

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Japan’s Japanese population dropping in every part of the country, foreign population rising

Study shows fewer Japanese living in each and every prefecture, opposite for foreign resident number.

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Japanese McDonalds’ branch bans an entire middle school from entering the restaurant

Kids’ bad behavior gets the whole school barred from the fast food restaurant down the street.

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Japanese city allows residents to cut mayor’s salary based on public opinion survey

But Osaka politician could still see a boost to his bank account.

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Kyoto merchants want city to install more trash cans to fight litter in historic neighborhood

But an increase alone isn’t likely to completely solve the problem.

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