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Married couples in Japan must have the same surname, so does Mr. Sato regret taking his wife’s?
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2025 - Tweet
10 years after legally giving up his Sato-hood, would he make the same choice again?
- Japan
- (COK • culture • family names • last names • marriage • Mr. Sato • relationships • romance • SNJIO • society • surnames)
Foreign tourists spending at Japanese department stores dropping rapidly, study says
- Casey Baseel
Sep 11, 2025
Tax-exempt spending falls for fifth consecutive month compared to previous year.
- Japan
- (COK • department stores • foreign tourists • foreigners in Japan • shopping • society • tourism)
Why is this entertainment complex skyscraper in Tokyo almost deserted in the afternoon?
- Casey Baseel
Sep 8, 2025
Kabukicho Tower is supposed to be a landmark for the neighborhood, but we sat more employees than customers on our recent weekday afternoon visit.
What’s the most satisfying part of Japan to visit? Japanese locals make a surprising pick【Survey】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 6, 2025
Kyoto drops out of the top 10 in annual survey.
Temple-heavy Kyoto presenting a unique challenge for travelers looking for Muslim prayer rooms
- Casey Baseel
Sep 5, 2025
Kyoto City Tourism Association extends help to those looking for a place to pray the Islamic way.
- Japan
- (COK • Kyoto • Muslim prayer rooms • religion • shrines • society • temples • tourism • travel)
Parents of 10-year-old in Kyoto who spent 4.6 million yen on TikTok and more seek reimbursement
- Krista Rogers
Sep 3, 2025
Them’s the breaks…even when you’re breaking the bank.
Foreign tourist steals offering and chugs booze in Japanese cemetery, sparking police investigation
- Casey Baseel
Sep 2, 2025
People both living and dead in Japan have reason to be very angry at this moron.
- Japan
- (Buddhism • cemeteries • crime • culture • foreign tourists • graves • religion • society)
Rent-a-scary person company appears in Japan, seems an awful lot like a straight-up gang
- Casey Baseel
Sep 2, 2025
If you’re paying people to intimidate others into doing what you want them to do, doesn’t that make you a mobster?
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • crime • gangs • rent a person • rental person • society • weird • yakuza)
Dating app full of AI people very popular among 40-something married men in Japan
- Master Blaster
Aug 30, 2025
Meet the partner of your digital dreams.
- Japan
- (AI • dating apps • generative AI • Loverse • relationships • romance • society • technology)
Japan’s post office refuses to ship certain packages and gifts to America due to tariffs
- Casey Baseel
Aug 27, 2025
U.S. president Donald Trump’s unclear tariff policies prompt indefinite suspension of services.
- Japan
- (Donald Trump • Japan Post • politics • society • tariffs)
As shorts are increasingly allowed in the Japanese workplace, could hairy legs be harassment?
- Master Blaster
Aug 26, 2025
It’s a hairy situation to say the least.
- Japan
- (business • employment • harassment • law • leg hair • power harassment • shorts • society • summer • working in Japan)
City in Japan proposes ordinance with daily smartphone usage limit, even for adults
- Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2025
Ironically, this really doesn’t seem like the best way for civic leaders to be using their time.
- Japan
- (COK • Smartphones • society • technology • video games • weird)
Foreign population in Japan hits record high as Japanese population falls to record low
- Oona McGee
Aug 13, 2025
The face of Japanese society is rapidly changing.
There are now zero Japanese live-action films in the country’s top 10 highest earning movies, but why?
- Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2025
The new Demon Slayer anime movie knocks the final Japanese live-action work out of the country’s top list.
- Japan
- (anime • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba–The Movie: Infinity Castle • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • movies • society)
How true to life is the trailer for Brendon Fraser’s movie about Japanese rental families?
- Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2025
Rental families are thing in Japan, but is Rental Family going to show what life in Japan is really like?
- Japan, USA
- (Brendon Fraser • movies • rental families • Rental Family • society • video)
Japanese travelers losing interest in Kyoto, top sightseeing spots slip behind Nara at peak season
- Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2025
Kyoto may be the historical heart of traditional Japanese culture, but current conditions are making it a less attractive placer for locals to visit.
The 8 most annoying things people do on Japanese trains, according to local commuters
- Oona McGee
Aug 1, 2025
In a country renowned for good manners, these are the train etiquette rules to watch out for.
- Japan
- (COK • etiquette • Japanese trains • manners • society • subways • tourism • train etiquette • train manners • train travel • trains • travel)
Japan just had its hottest day ever in its recorded history
- Casey Baseel
Jul 31, 2025
Town north of Kobe and west of Kyoto experiences heat one resident describes as feeling “homicidal.”
Brand-new theme park in Japan charges foreign tourists 25 percent more than locals for tickets
- Casey Baseel
Jul 31, 2025
Welcome, to two-tier pricing park!
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • dinosaurs • foreigners in Japan • Junglia • Junglia Okinawa • Okinawa • outdoors • overtourism • society • theme parks • tourism • travel • two-tiered pricing)
Japanese politician offers official apology for saying town’s rice tastes bad, had to be in-person
- Casey Baseel
Jul 30, 2025
Over-the-phone sorry rejected, prompting face-to-face apology to farmers.
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