As many countries around the world are busy unwrapping Christmas gifts and keeping that yuletide log burning in the fireplace, Japan is ever at work during...
Christmas doesn’t have the same relevance in Japan compared to many other countries, but New Year’s celebration comes close enough. And with it comes a film...
Fans of technology, manga, animé, and pop culture, do I have news for you: it’s Comic Con time. Tokyo Comic Con 2019 is...
When I flew home to Italy for the Christmas holidays, I had a friend ask me: “You’re Japanese, right? Have you seen the new Marie...
The pub — short for “public house” — has long been established as part of daily life in Britain. Not only a place to...
Carlos Ghosn, the 64-year old ex-chairman of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. arrested last November 19, 2018 when he arrived in Japan and detained since by prosecutors...
Krispy Kreme’s Japan branches have really been delivering when it comes to seasonally appropriate doughnuts. Spring, Christmas, Halloween, they’ve got it covered, and as the biggest...
I bet you won’t guess the shapes that the lights make at the Oi Racecourse this Christmas! In Tokyo’s Shinagawa ward, the Oi Racecourse...
Centuries ago, a luxurious way of repairing ceramics emerged in Japan: kintsugi. The technique involves bonding cracked ceramic pieces with lacquer and dusting...
Source: Lawson Of all the legendary convenience store snacks in Japan, fried chicken must be one of the most popular. Sitting there, bathing...
By Yukihiro Watanabe The Kanda Myojin Shrine is dedicated to a guardian god that has protected shoguns and citizens of Japan since the...
Megumi and Sakie in 1966. Dear Megumi, The new year has finally come. Despite our desperate pleas with the government for the rescue of...