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Japan’s foreign resident population hits record high as Japanese population hits record low
- Oona McGee
Aug 1, 2026 - Tweet
The number of Japanese citizens falls below 120 million for the first time in 42 years, but the foreign community continues to grow.
- Japan
- (demographics • foreigners • foreigners in Japan • foreigners living in Japan • Japan permanent residency • Living in Japan • permanent residency • population • population decline • society)
Foreign tourists in Japan eat far more rice than previously thought, according to new data
- Oona McGee
Jul 30, 2026
The average overseas visitor now consumes more rice in a day than a Japanese local.
- Japan
- (food • foreign tourism • foreign tourists • foreigners • inbound tourism • internationalism • Japan tourism • Japanese food • MAFF • Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries • news • rice • society • survey • tourism)
Japan Airlines is giving away free domestic flights to international tourists
- Oona McGee
Jul 10, 2025
Find out how you can take advantage of this special offer.
- Japan
- (Air travel • airplanes • ANA • COK • domestic flights • domestic travel • flights • foreigners • free flights • free travel • JAL • Japan Airlines • plane travel • special deal • special offer • tourism • tourists • travel)
Foreign street kart driver crashes into taxi after ignoring road sign in Tokyo
- SoraNews24
Jun 13, 2024
Go-kart tour accident reveals the dangers of driving on foreign roads.
- Japan
- (driving • Driving in Japan • foreigners • foreigners in Japan • go-kart • go-karting • go-karts • news • police • Tokyo • tourism • tourists • travel)
Complaints against foreign go-kart drivers increase in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Mar 24, 2024
Police want to crack down on traffic incidents caused by visitors on go-karts.
- Japan
- (driving • Driving in Japan • foreigners • foreigners in Japan • go-kart • go-karting • go-karts • news • police • Tokyo • tourism • tourists • travel)
Japanese restaurant chain causes a stir with foreigners online, but is it any good?
- SoraNews24
Aug 3, 2023
We find out if this yakitori chain is really worth visiting.
- Japan
- (chicken • COK • foreigners • izakaya • Japanese food • Japanese restauramts • restaurants • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Torikizoku • tourists • yakitori • YouTube)
The best and worst Japanese food for foreigners
- Oona McGee
Mar 30, 2021
After catering to people from over 15 countries at events, there are some clear winners and losers in the world of Japanese cuisine.
- Japan
- (food • foreigners • Japanese food • recipes • SNJO)
Minnesota riots prompt people in Japan to protest against racial profiling by police【Videos】
- SoraNews24
Jun 1, 2020
Shibuya protest comes eight days after a foreigner was filmed being detained by police on the road in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (crime • foreigners • foreigners in Japan • Japanese Police • news • police • police brutality • protestors • protests • racial profiling • racism • Shibuya)
Vietnamese workers get scolded by boss in Japan, retaliate by punching him in the head 【Video】
- SoraNews24
Nov 28, 2019
Workers are said to be participating in the government’s Technical Intern Training Program.
- Japan
- (crime • fighting • foreigners • foreigners living in Japan • interns • Japanese workplace • news • Technical Intern Training Program • trainees • video • working in Japan)
Japanese news agency under fire for announcing Nobel Prize goes “to foreigners”
- Master Blaster
Oct 13, 2019
They’re technically not wrong though.
- Global, Japan
- (foreigners • Haruki Murakami • headlines • Kyodo • news • Nobel Prize • Nobel Prize in Literature)
New commercial shows people in Japan offending foreigners with their stinky breath【Video】
- Oona McGee
Jun 23, 2019
Survey says one in two foreigners have been bummed out by meeting Japanese people with bad breath.
- Japan
- (ads • bad breath • commercials • foreigners • izakaya • marketing • mouthwash • omotenashi • ryokan • Sunstar • teeth • toothpaste • travel • video)
Report reveals that more than 40 percent of Tokyo Olympics volunteers are made up of foreigners
- Koh Ruide
Nov 26, 2018
Disproportionate amount of foreign volunteers is perhaps the first of its kind in Olympic history.
Study reveals staff shortage in Japanese firms, suggests a need to accept low-skilled foreigners
- Koh Ruide
Nov 20, 2017
60 percent of small and medium-sized companies in Japan are understaffed, and it’s time to take a hard look at the situation.
Renowned Japanese calligraphy teacher ranks the top 10 kanji that foreigners like
- Koh Ruide
Oct 23, 2017
Proves that we have a soft spot for flowers, wind, and little wavy boats.
- Japan
- (calligraphy • foreigners • Japanese language • kanji • top 10)
Looking for a job in Japan? New “Sugoi Kawaii” maid cafe in Akihabara now hiring foreigners!
- Oona McGee
Jun 21, 2017
As long as you fill certain requirements, you too can be a maid in Japan.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • cafes • foreigners • foreigners in Japan • jobs • maid cafes • maids • moe • Tokyo)
National Garden employee says he let 160,000 foreigners in for free because he was scared of them
- Master Blaster
Jan 23, 2017
Sometimes it pays to look intimidating.
- Japan
- (customer service • foreigners • funny • gardens • Shinjuku Gyoen • Tokyo)
“Ordinary” foreigner tries to become famous in Japan in new documentary
- Corey Gold
Nov 30, 2016
A “really ordinary person from Australia” attempts to become famous in Japan and is making a film about it.
- Australia, Japan
- (australian • becoming famous • big in japan • bob sapp • DIY • documentary • fame journey • film • film maker • foreigners • gaijin • lady beard • popular)
5 things about Japanese customer service that surprise foreign visitors
- Oona McGee
Oct 6, 2016
In Japan, the customer is God, and sometimes that means going above and beyond to please with distinctive styles of service.
- Japan
- (culture • customer service • foreigners • restaurants • shopping • tourism • tourists • tradition • traffic • travel)
Japanese people react to “weeaboo cringe videos” on YouTube【Video】
- Evie Nyan
Apr 21, 2016
Even when they’re at their cringiest, do Japanese people give hardcore Japanophiles a free pass?
Japanese people react to “But we’re speaking Japanese!” video, and it’s kind of stunning
- Evie Nyan
Mar 25, 2016
What do ordinary Japanese people think of a viral video which depicts a situation wherein a Japanese person is unable to process foreigners’ fluent Japanese?
- Internet, Japan
- (culture • David Ury • English • foreigners • gaijin • Japanese • react • video • YouTube)
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