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The secret lives of Japanese families: 8 unusual household rules revealed
- Oona McGee
Oct 24, 2017 - Tweet
From bathtime rituals to unconventional eating habits, these families take pride in upholding their unique traditions.
Japanese girlfriend gets a lesson in culture from foreign boyfriend
- Oona McGee
Oct 23, 2017
Never before has the sentence “Fold my laundry” caused such a stir.
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- (culture • culture clash • culture shock • dating • international relationships • Japanese women • love • relationships)
Sake ads show what it’s like to have a long-distance relationship with a Japanese woman 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Oct 17, 2017
Your beautiful girlfriend gets changed, has dinner and drinks sake while chatting to you on a video call.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • dating • Gekkeikan • girlfriends • Japanese women • love • marketing • relationships • sake • video)
Halloween is the perfect time to pick up Japanese women, according to new survey
- SoraNews24
Oct 17, 2017
Poll results show the majority of women are happy when men strike up conversations with them at Halloween.
- Japan
- (dating • halloween • Japanese women • love • nanpa • relationships • romance)
Japanese women rank the otaku obsessions they can most forgive in a partner
- Oona McGee
Oct 16, 2017
From manga to figurines, this list shows how 14 otaku hobbies fare in the romantic world.
Do women who love manga have a harder time finding real-life romance?
- Casey Baseel
Oct 13, 2017
Survey finds a big gap in the dating histories of women who enjoy Japanese girls’ comics and those who don’t.
- Japan
- (anime • dating • manga • relationships • romance • shojo manga • survey)
Lists of what gives Japanese women a good or bad first impression of men are confusingly similar
- Casey Baseel
Oct 11, 2017
Look but don’t stare, be relaxed but energetic, and other seemingly conflicting advice has bachelors wondering if it’s all just about looks in the end.
- Japan
- (funny • ideal man • ideal woman • relationships • romance • society)
Japanese women reveal the worst ways they’ve been dumped by their partners
- Oona McGee
Oct 11, 2017
Surprisingly, discovering their partner in the arms of another lover is not at the number-one spot on this list.
Japanese woman punches boyfriend, charms Internet following his terrible restaurant manners
- Casey Baseel
Sep 16, 2017
Just one more example of why you should always be nice to food service employees.
- Japan
- (family restaurants • funny • Japanese language • manners • relationships • restaurants • romance • society)
“Nine grooming steps guys need to do to be popular with women in Japan” sparks online debate
- Casey Baseel
Sep 14, 2017
According to the list, the guy in the photo above already has two strikes against him.
- Japan
- (grooming • relationships • romance • society)
Are separate shampoos key to a successful relationship in Japan? Some women think so
- Richard Simmonds
Aug 1, 2017
Equality for all! Except when it comes to the bathroom and its contents.
34 things that happen when just guys drink together in Japan, according to our eternal bachelor
- Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2017
Pointless competitiveness, unbridled perversion, and mysterious sadness are all on the menu, says our experienced expert.
Japanese employees show almost unanimous support for in-office romances in survey
- Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2017
Idea of finding love at the office receives especially strong support from older workers.
- Japan
- (business • relationships • romance • society • working in Japan)
Is it OK to take your girlfriend to Yoshinoya on a date?
- Casey Baseel
Jul 8, 2017
Japanese Internet users discuss the possibility of love amongst the beef bowls.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • dating • food • gyudon • relationships • romance • society • Yoshinoya)
Test your boy’s love knowledge! Can you pick the “uke” and “seme” in each relationship?
- Scott Wilson
Jun 26, 2017
Sometimes figuring who’s on top and who’s on bottom isn’t easy.
Eight reasons otaku men are unpopular with women, according to Japanese Twitter list
- Casey Baseel
Jun 21, 2017
Looks only cited as one of many problems.
- Japan
- (dating • otaku • relationships • romance)
Our reporter Seiji’s first date in years is recreated in adorable web manga form!
- Casey Baseel
Jun 14, 2017
Seiji’s already-disarming looks get an SD manga makeover in this bittersweet episode from his less-than-active love life.
- Japan
- (cute • Find Seiji a Girlfriend Project • funny • manga • relationships • romance • Seiji Nakazawa)
Japanese survey reveals having a significant other slows your pace, makes you lazier
- Koh Ruide
Jun 12, 2017
Meanwhile, single men and women rush through their daily lives as if it’ll end tomorrow.
- Japan
- (health • lifestyle • relationships • single life • survey • walking)
Twitter manga is a declaration of Japan’s singles’ and childless couples’ right to be happy
- Casey Baseel
Jun 7, 2017
Illustrator spreads the word about a happiness that comes from choosing not to get married or have kids.
- Japan
- (illustration • kids • manga • marriage • relationships • society)
100 Ways to Get a Guy to Use a Condom illustrated booklet released in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jun 3, 2017
From shouting “Condom!” to more romantically delicate methods.
- Japan
- (Condoms • health • relationships • romance)
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Two Tokyo neighborhoods to gather on bridge and shift their recognized border through tug-of-war
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Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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