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As shorts are increasingly allowed in the Japanese workplace, could hairy legs be harassment?

Master Blaster
Aug 26, 2025
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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.

Japan
(COK • foreigners in Japan • society • survey • tourism • travel)

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.

Japan
(Kyoto • Nara • overtourism • society • tourism • travel)

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.”

Japan
(crazy • health • heat • heat stroke • heat wave • society)

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.

Japan
(food • politicians • rice • society • weird)

Tokyo prostitution ring members who targeted foreigners arrested

Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2025

In possibly related incident, Tokyo Metropolitan Police received complaint from foreigner that “I paid the woman the money, but didn’t get to have sex.”

Japan
(COK • crime • foreigners in Japan • prostitution • society)

Japanese schoolteacher losing job for misconduct after being caught in convenience store…working

Casey Baseel
Jul 25, 2025

Board of education issues apology to children for emotional damage over their teacher having a part-time job.

Japan
(convenience stores • education • schools • society • Teachers • weird • youth)

Japanese pop star Ado wants to know if Americans actually eat one of Japan’s favorite “Western foods”

Casey Baseel
Jul 25, 2025

It sure seems like Americans would like it.

Japan
(Ado • anime • food • hamburger • hamburger steaks • J-Pop • manga • music • society • yoshoku)

Video game spending is less attractive for a lover than gambling, Japanese survey says, but why?

Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2025

Gambling regularly tops lists of unattractive behaviors in Japan, so how did one of the country’s most notable hobbies surpass it?

Japan
(COK • gacha games • gambling • relationships • romance • society • survey • video games)

Why is self-censoring tape appearing all over Tokyo’s host club ads?【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jul 22, 2025

New law means that one of the host club industry’s standard marketing ploys is now illegal.

Japan
(crime • host bars • host clubs • hostess barsm • hostess clubs • hostesses • hosts • society)

World’s most popular emoji ranking shows something missing from Japan’s top picks

Casey Baseel
Jul 20, 2025

Multi-country study has one element in every nation’s top five emoji, but not Japan’s.

Japan
(COK • emoji • Japanese language • linguistics • society • World Emoji Day)

Tokyo man arrested for setting go-karts on fire, follows discovery of threatening English note

Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2025

Says stress from engine noise drove him to do it.

Japan
(arson • crime • go-kart tours • go-karts • kart tours • karts • Mario Kart • society)

New Japanese train etiquette point arises from high temperatures and high handy fan sales

Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2025

Personal electric fans are an imperfect solution to packed-train heat.

Japan
(COK • etiquette • fans • gadgets • handy fans • society • subways • tourism • trains • travel)

Japanese government urging citizens to use generative AI more

Master Blaster
Jul 12, 2025

Government would be happy if you at least tried generating a mildly bawdy limerick.

Japan
(AI • generative AI • IT • Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications • society • technology)

Restaurant payment app starts its second attempt to make tipping a thing in Japan

Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2025

Second tip option added to service that also has Oshi Support.

Japan
(COK • culture • food • restaurants • society • tipping)

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