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Tokyo governor wants to start study abroad grant system, includes monthly activity allowance

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 15, 2025
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Proposal comes as fewer young Japanese people are showing interest in going overseas.

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• Japan
• (academics • COK • internationalism • school • society • study abroad • Tokyo • youth)

Japan’s wildest Seijinshiki Coming-of-Age ceremony celebrates new adults in Kitakyushu 【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 15, 2025

Crazy kimono fashion attracts big fans worldwide.

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• Japan
• (bosozoku • coming of age • Coming of Age Ceremony • Coming of Age Day • cosplay • culture • fashion • hakama • kimono • Kitakyushu • seijinshiki • SNJO • society • Yankee • youth)

Japan’s most competitive neighboring prefectures are revealed in a recent survey

• Elliot Hale
  Jan 13, 2025

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Tokyo and Osaka might be two of the biggest cities, but the most intense competition is felt somewhere more remote.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • prefectures • rivalry • society • survey • tourism • travel)

Anime Industry Report shows overseas anime market is bigger than Japanese one, but is this a cultural tipping point?

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 9, 2025

Latest statistics from industry group show overseas revenue surpassing domestic for only the second time in history.

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• Japan
• (anime • Anime Industry Report • Association of Japanese Animation • COK • manga • society)

Police called out to investigate suspicious Santa in Wakayama

• Master Blaster
  Dec 23, 2024

Santa Claus came to town and police are called in to find or if he’s naughty of nice.

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• Japan
• (candy • Christmas • COK • police • Santa • society • suspicious person • weird)

Japanese government will check and judge new baby name pronunciations, presents guidelines

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 21, 2024

Many are assuming this is a backlash against trendy kirakira names, but is that really the case?

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• Japan
• (COK • family register • family registry • Japanese language • Kirakira names • koseki • linguistics • names • society)

Major Japanese city is abolishing extracurricular activities at all of its middle schools

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 19, 2024

No more school-run sports teams or cultural clubs in Kobe.

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• Japan
• (education • extracurricular activities • Kobe • schools • society • youth)

“Not paying any dating expenses at all” listed as domestic violence by Japanese government agency

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 16, 2024

Beyond embarrassingly cheap and infuriatingly cheap, is it possible to be abusively cheap?

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• Japan
• (COK • dating • domestic violence • relationships • romance • society)

Smoking marijuana is now illegal in Japan, can get you 7 years in prison

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 13, 2024

New Cannabis Control Act rules loosen some restrictions while adding a new one.

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• Japan
• (cannabis • Cannabis Control Act • COK • crime • Drugs • marijuana • medicine • society)

Japan’s Kanji of the Year announced, shows the bright and dark spots of 2024【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 12, 2024

Top pick is a familiar one, but third-place finisher is surging this year.

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• Japan
• (culture • Japanese language • kanji • kanji of the year • Kanji of the Year 2024 • linguistics • society)

Where’s the happiest place for foreigners to live in Japan? Study investigates

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 12, 2024

Ibaraki’s first Foreign Resident Happiness Index finds some surprising variety in its three subcategories.

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• Japan
• (foreigners in Japan • Ibaraki • internationalism • Living in Japan • society)

Japanese city paints well-known prostitution street bright yellow, adds fish art【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 11, 2024

Osaka thinks it has a bright idea to combat tachinbo.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • Osaka • society • tachinbo • video • weird)

Shibuya’s Hachiko statue will be covered up for New Year’s Eve, pedestrian barricades installed

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 8, 2024

Shibuya Ward really doesn’t want people crowding the neighborhood to ring in 2025.

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• Japan
• (COK • countdown • Hachiko • Hachiko statue • New Year's • New Year's Eve • Shibuya • Shibuya New Year's • Shibuya Scramble • Shibuya Station • society)

Tough times for Japanese pubs as izakaya bankruptcies come at highest rate in more than a decade

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 6, 2024

More Japanese pubs are declaring bankruptcy now than in any year of the pandemic, study says.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • COK • izakaya • pubs • restaurants • society)

Yakuza family speaks out against rise in organized crime

• Master Blaster
  Nov 28, 2024

Not their kind of organized crime, the bad kind.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • fraud • Organized crime • social media • society • weird • yakuza • yami baito • yamibaito)

Japan’s workplace drinking party communication is unnecessary, says majority of workers in survey

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 27, 2024

A long-standing part of Japanese work culture may have passed the tipping/tipple point, especially in women’s eyes.

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• Japan
• (business • COK • drinking parties • nominication • society • survey • working in Japan)

How often do Japanese people search for their ex online?【Survey】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 26, 2024

And are they happy with what they find?

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• Japan
• (COK • dating • relationships • romance • society • survey)

Celebrating Good Couple’s Day in Japan…by getting our significant others to dress us

• SoraNews24
  Nov 23, 2024

You don’t want to be in an argument when your partner has control of your outfit of the day.

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• Japan
• (COK • Couple's Day • couple's outfits • couples • good couples day • love • married couples • romance • SNJO • society • working in Japan)

Japan’s biggest manga magazine is raising its minimum payment rate for creators

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 20, 2024

New manga artists will be earning more for their work at Weekly Shonen Jump.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • manga • Shonen Jump • Shueisha • society • Weekly Shonen Jump)

After cancelling Halloween, Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood cancels New Year’s Eve too

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 14, 2024

More than 100,000 people used to party in the Shibuya Scramble of New Year’s Eve.

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• Japan
• (COK • countdown • New Year's • New Year's Eve • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble • society)

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  2. Studio Ghibli’s Calcifer is ready to light up your home as a magical-looking candle lamp [Photos]
  3. Japan’s first-ever conveyor-belt Sushi Bus announces Tokyo tour start date, reservations now open
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  2. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  3. Starbucks Japan unveils new Pokémon collaboration with Pikachu Latte and exclusive goods
  4. Studio Ghibli’s Calcifer is ready to light up your home as a magical-looking candle lamp [Photos]
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  7. Studio Ghibli releases new plush mascot character collection with a focus on friendship
  8. Studio Ghibli releases new onigiri rice ball-shaped lunch bag for Kiki’s Delivery Service fans
  9. Do Japan’s new single-minded convenience store bento show depressing poverty or satisfying focus?
  10. How to watch Studio Ghibli’s new anime in Japan, with a special after-dark outdoor screening for Halloween

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
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  5. Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
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  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
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