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As LGBTQ+ awareness spreads in Japan, more businesses are grappling with how to respond to it in their own sales

A Kumamoto Prefecture legislator who previously made news for smoking in public is now out of a job after harassing

After a long lockdown, domestic and foreign tourism are active in Japan once more. While a welcome boon for local

On May 1st, 2019, Emperor Akihito officially abdicated the throne and the “Reiwa” era began. This ended the Heisei era,

Japan is well known for its strict gun laws. But it also severely restricts carrying any blade that can be

“He’s a boy but he likes Frozen and Elsa!” My 5-year-old daughter exclaimed the other day, catching me off guard. It

It’s an old refrain in entertainment industries the world over: speak up about harassment and risk losing work, or stay

During oshogatsu (New Year), people in Japan huddle outside of temples and shrines to pray for an auspicious year, hands warmed by

Edo-period artist Katsushika Hokusai’s most famous individual woodblock print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa has been reproduced in many forms of media, including functional ones for everyday life,