[ad_1] Universal Music LLC officially announced on October 18, 2022 that they had postponed the release of “Hyakuyaku no Cho,” the latest album from Japanese singer-songwriter Shiina Ringo. The cause of this delay is a controversy related to the designs of free card cases and mask sleeves packaged with the limited edition of the album. …
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[ad_1] Universal Music LLC officially announced on October 18, 2022 that they had postponed the release of “Hyakuyaku no Cho,” the latest album from Japanese singer-songwriter Shiina Ringo. The cause of this delay is a controversy related to the designs of free card cases and mask sleeves packaged with the limited edition of the album. …
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[ad_1] Recently, Unseen Japan’s Editor-in-Chief, Noah Oskow, and I participated in Kalani Scarrott’s Compounding Curiosity podcast. We talked a lot about the origins of UJ – but also about how we run UJ month to month as a content publishing business. When we do podcasts and YouTube appearances for UJ, we often talk about our …
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[ad_1] [SEPTEMBER 2022 UPDATE] We have rewritten most of this blog to reflect the current situation. Many cafes have closed or moved during the pandemic, and some new ones have opened. We present you with a new and improved list of cafes to visit in Japan. And watch out… it’s not 7 coffees anymore, it’s …
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[ad_1] On October 16th, Shignobu Fusako, the newly-released former leader of the now-defunct Japanese Red Army, stood on an outdoor stage in Kyoto. In front of her sat dozens of onlookers, many elderly – perhaps former comrades and supporters from the heady days of Japan’s New Left movement. Above hung a red banner bearing the …
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[ad_1] What do you do when you ruin one of the objects you were meant to preserve? That’s the situation facing one poor worker in Japan who took out what used to be one of Japan’s oldest toilets. The toilet A monk once asked Yunmen Wenyan, a 9th century Chinese Chan master, what the nature …
[ad_1] With Japan at long last reopening for tourists following the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are planning a trip over the next year or two. Whether this is your first or dozenth trip, you’ve probably heard of onsens. But do you know the best onsen in Japan? Onsens are public bath houses, often hot-spring fed, …
[ad_1] National Coming Out Day is on October 11th. It’s a day for members of the LGBTQ+ community to take initiative and come out to their friends and family. And those who are out can share their stories to help encourage others who may be struggling. It is not, however, an opportunity for corporations to …
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[ad_1] In the center of Aichi Prefecture is the old city, Okazaki. Known as the birthplace of Hatcho Miso, Okazaki is the home of Okazaki Castle, where the infamous warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu was born. Okazaki Castle Okazaki: The Home of Ieyasu Okazaki in Aichi Prefecture is really far from Osaka. Luckily, the …
[ad_1] America routinely exports its worst ideas. That’s certainly the case with multi-level marketing monstrosity Amway, which has been plying its trade in Japan since the late 1970s. But Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency has put a temporary halt to their hustle over what it says are deceptive business practices. Amway’s long rap sheet of borderline …
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