Tag: Japan

For those not familiar with Ichiban Kuji (一番 くじ), or "number one lottery" games, they're a staple of Japanese convenience stores. ...

The internet is always full of surprises and recently a new trend has taken the Japanese side of the internet ...

I went to Japan in 1991, sure I’d stay for “a year or two.” Then I met my wife and ...

Riding on the hype of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Anime Tourism Association has opened its online survey to determine ...

Japan has always been creative when it comes to advertising—from everyday products to advocacies. Recently, the Japanese government has got ...

Last year the Senran Kagura video game franchise teamed up with popular ramen restaurant based in Akihabara, Yaro Ramen. These ...

I'm sure you're all aware of the Japanese mascot, Chiitan, who has been stuck in the spotlight of various controversial ...

Growing up, my MP3 player would shuffle between full versions of Naruto opening themes and songs from punk rock and ...

If you’re a fan of the Seishun Buta Yarou and happen to be located in Japan, you don’t want to ...

I've really enjoyed my nearly three decades in Japan, learning Japanese and getting to know Japan and its culture as ...

Spotify has become the go-to music streaming platform for finding old and new songs from various artists. Now there’s good ...

Japan is quite an interesting country but could be really stressful if you’re a student. Bizarre school rules are nothing ...

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are less than a year-and-a-half away now, and as expected, the ticket details have been released. ...

Social Media has become an avenue for all of us to express our opinions, views, art, and so on. Whether ...

On the edge of Greater Tokyo, down on the Miura Peninsula that guards the entrance to Tokyo Bay, lies the ...

The new Imperial Era is here, as Japan prepares to bid farewell to the sitting Emperor Akihoto and hello to his ...

As we've been covering for a few months, the current Japanese Emperor Akihito, age 85, is slated to abdicate his ...

Japan is buzzing this week after the release of the World Happiness Report, a publication put out every year by ...

A lot of people in Shibuya station last week were met with quite an awkward situation as a lot of ...

Men's team coach Kosei Inoue, center, and women's team coach Katsuyuki Masuchi, right. The Japanese Judo Federation had chosen the ...

You never know when a cool new trend will take root on the Internet, like that one year that everyone ...

If you’re into Japanese culture and love Japan, then there’s nothing like traveling to the country and experiencing it first-hand. ...

With the new year of 2019 comes the reality that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are only a year (and a ...

During January of 2019, I was lucky enough to come across a SEGA Arcade that was doing beta tests of ...