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Teacher disciplined for drinking alcohol during class in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 19, 2021
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Students driving you to drink is no excuse to open a cold one in the classroom.

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• Japan
• (chu-hi • education • elementary school • Japanese schools • Japanese students • news • Okinawa • school • teacher • teaching)

Insider tip leads us to one of the best obento lunchbox finds in Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Mar 29, 2021

Value-for-money bentos so good we were tempted to keep the secret to ourselves.

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• Japan
• (bento • bento box • food • Japanese food • local specialties • lunch boxes • obento • Okinawa • okinawan cuisine • SNJO • supermarkets • taste test)

We visit one of Japan’s top pompadour barbers, learn a secret about those Coming of Age Day photos

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2021

Our mild-mannered reporter gets hooked up with the king of bad-boy haircuts in Japan, the “regent.”

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• Japan
• (barber shop • COK • Coming of Age Ceremony • Coming of Age Day • cool • crazy • hair • hair salons • hairdos • hairstyling • makeover • Masanuki Sunakoma • Okinawa • pompadour • Seijin no Hi • seijinshiki • SNJO)

We experience what a real Okinawan beach party is like with the help of a local

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 20, 2021

The party was a far cry from what our reporter had envisioned, but it was just as satisfying in its own way.

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• Japan
• (barbeque • beach • Beach party • Ikuna Kamezawa • locals • Ocean • off the beaten path • Okinawa • travel)

Japan’s favorite Pokémon types by prefecture–which types are the most popular?

• Dale Roll
  Jan 7, 2021

You might guess the most popular Pokémon type in the country, but each prefecture might surprise you!

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• Japan
• (anime • Chubu • Chugoku • Hokkaido • Japan • Kansai • Kanto • Kyushu • Okinawa • Pokemon • popular • prefectures • ranking • Shikoku • survey • Tohoku)

First new Japanese cockroach species in 35 years discovered by scientists【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 26, 2020

Eureka!

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• Japan
• (animals • bugs • cockroaches • COK • Okinawa • roaches • science)

Top 10 most desirable Japanese prefectures to live in may show new trend toward small-city living

• Dale Roll
  Nov 22, 2020

Two largely rural prefectures gain ground against Japan’s biggest metropolis.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • Japan • Kanagawa • Living in Japan • Okinawa • prefectures • Shizuoka • survey • Tokyo)

We travel to a mysterious power spot in Okinawa, where a “heart rock” floats in the sea

• Oona McGee
  Oct 19, 2020

Mother Nature attempts to reclaim the path at this rugged tourist site filled with mystery and beauty. 

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• Japan
• (heart rock • Kouri Island • Okinawa • power spot • Ryukyu • sea • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

Kandaba, moui, and sakuna: We have fun taste-testing Okinawan fruits and vegetables

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 14, 2020

Our reporter samples 11 types of produce unfamiliar to her in order to crown the overall victors and losers of the island diet.

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• Japan
• (cooking • food • fruit • Itoman • market • Okinawa • produce • ranking • taste test • vegetables)

Japanese police ask drunk people to please stop sleeping in the middle of the street

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2020

Liquored up naps, sometimes in car lanes, are so common in one part of Japan that there’s a new vocabulary word for it.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • awamori • COK • crazy • crime • Okinawa • safety • sleep • society • weird)

Online survey sheds light on prefectural personality rankings of Japanese people

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 14, 2020

Ranking reveals Japanese impressions of which prefectures seem to boast residents with the best personalities.

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• Japan
• (COK • Hokkaido • Okinawa • Personality • prefectures • ranking • society • survey)

Okinawa’s new STEM Resort educational play center now open, is a kid’s colorful dreamland

• Dale Roll
  Jul 24, 2020

Need a place in Okinawa to bring your kids? This is it!

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• Japan
• (activities for kids • creative play • dinosaurs • fun • fun for kids • kids • museum • Okinawa • playground • rooftop bar)

As Japan’s largest holiday approaches, one island in Okinawa bans guests from local restaurants

• Eli Pang
  Apr 27, 2020

Sadly for certain tourist hotspots, stricter measures must be enacted to protect their residents.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • Golden Week • Miyakojima • Okinawa • public health • restaurants • restrictions • society)

Okinawan man arrested for buying cigarettes with currency of the dead

• Master Blaster
  Apr 17, 2020

Poor exchange rate with the metaphysical plane was not enough to cover his pack of smokes.

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• Japan
• (crime • fraud • Okinawa • tradition • uchikabi • Uruma)

Outrage sparks as investigation on burned Shuri Castle is closed with no conclusive results

• Eli Pang
  Feb 2, 2020

Many can only speculate as to what happened to Okinawa’s beloved castle.

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• Japan
• (castles • culture • fire • history • Okinawa • Shuri Castle • world heritage sites)

We visit the “Island of the Great Gods” in Okinawa, soak in spectacularly stunning scenery

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 27, 2019

Our reporter leaves convinced that Ogami Island is the hidden home of countless gods. 

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• Japan
• (gods • kami • Miyako Island • nocchi • Ogami Island • Okinawa • power spot • Ryukyu • sea • travel)

U.S. Marine Corps posts sympathetic message over burned Shuri Castle, Twitter debate ensues

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 6, 2019

Did this one particular response cross a line?

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• Internet, Japan, USA
• (culture • fire • history • military • Naha • Okinawa • Shuri Castle • U.S. Marine Corps • World War II)

Crowdfunding campaign opens to rebuild fire-ravaged Shuri Castle, raises over 290 million yen

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 5, 2019

Governor of Okinawa gives hoped-for target date for repair of symbol of Okinawa.

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• Japan
• (castles • crowdfunding • culture • donation • fire • history • Naha • Okinawa • Shuri Castle)

“We will, absolutely, rebuild Shuri Castle” Okinawa governor promises after devastating fire

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 2, 2019

Castle’s main hall, two other buildings completely consumed by flames.

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• Japan
• (castles • culture • fire • Okinawa • Shuri Castle)

Fire at Shuri Castle destroys sacred shrines at World Heritage Site in Okinawa

• SoraNews24
  Oct 31, 2019

Blaze broke out during castle festival period. 

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• Japan
• (fire • Naha • news • Okinawa • shrines • Shuri Castle • world heritage sites)

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