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Japanese workers reveal their top five mysterious rules they wish would disappear【Survey】
- Elliot Hale
Aug 17, 2026 - Tweet
A single vacation can lead to near-forced souvenirs and apologies to the entire office.
- Japan
- (business • COK • japanese work culture • manners • office culture • social norms • society • survey • work culture)
Foreign tourists in Japan eat far more rice than previously thought, according to new data
- Oona McGee
Jul 30, 2026
The average overseas visitor now consumes more rice in a day than a Japanese local.
- Japan
- (food • foreign tourism • foreign tourists • foreigners • inbound tourism • internationalism • Japan tourism • Japanese food • MAFF • Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries • news • rice • society • survey • tourism)
Survey shows foreigners’ desire to work in Japan long-term dropping, but that’s not the whole story
- Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2026
Annual study finds sharp decline in interest among foreign residents to stick around for the long haul, but it’s probably leaving out some differing voices.
- Japan
- (COK • foreigners in Japan • internationalism • Living in Japan • society • survey • working in Japan)
Why you shouldn’t feel guilty about using manga for studying and the top series for learning
- Krista Rogers
Jul 1, 2026
Survey reveals that the power of storytelling in manga can do a lot for learning more about the world around us.
Japan enters Golden Week vacation period, survey shows one in three plan to ride it out at home
- Casey Baseel
Apr 30, 2026
Japan’s all-for-fun spring holiday season is a little tarnished these days.
- Japan
- (Golden Week • overtourism • society • survey • tourism • travel)
What are the worst things about living in the Japanese countryside?[Survey]
- Casey Baseel
Apr 28, 2026
The slow life isn’t always the easy life.
- Japan
- (countryside • rural • society • survey)
Almost all Japanese women say they dislike random gacha/blind-box toys in survey
- Casey Baseel
Apr 18, 2026
Instead of the supposed excitement and mystery, many fans just want the item they want.
- Japan
- (anime • capsule toys • COK • gacha • gachapon • manga • survey • vending machine toys)
Japan named most sleep-deprived country for fourth year in a row, according to survey
- Master Blaster
Apr 7, 2026
Look, I’m tired. Just think up your own lede for this, OK?
“Online streamer” tops dream job poll for young Japanese kids, older kids not so interested
- Casey Baseel
Mar 25, 2026
Desire to create personal online content rapidly drops among older age groups in survey.
- Japan
- (COK • Instagrammers • kids • online streamers • society • survey • youth • YouTubers)
Nine amazing off-the-beaten-path cherry blossom spots in Japan for yaezakura and shidarezakura
- Casey Baseel
Mar 21, 2026
Yes, Japan’s most famous sakura spots and species draw big crowds for good reasons, but they’re not all that cherry blossom season has to offer.
- Japan
- (beautiful • cherry blossoms • COK • flowers • Jalan • Japan travel • outdoors • sakuram • shidarezakura • survey • tourism • travel • weeping cherry blossoms • yaezakura)
We asked our Japanese team of writers how they deal with seasonal allergies in Japan
- Krista Rogers
Mar 16, 2026
When you’re all choked up and there’s nose way out, take a leaf out of our book to get yourself out of the throes of nose blows.
- Japan
- (allergies • COK • hay fever • kafunsho • pollen • prevention • protection • SNJO • survey)
The top 10 graduation songs in Japan as chosen by current Japanese high school students
- Krista Rogers
Mar 13, 2026
From covers of classics to altogether newer songs, these are the melodies that Japanese youth associate with graduation in this current Reiwa age.
- Japan
- (graduation • high school • sakura • Shibuya Trend Research • songs • spring • survey • Top Ten)
Survey finds that one in five high schoolers don’t know who music legend Masaharu Fukuyama is
- Krista Rogers
Feb 24, 2026
We simply cannot accept the results and now feel compelled to rectify this grievous generational lack of knowledge among the youth of Japan.
- Japan
- (Fukuyama Loss • Fukuyama Masaharu • generation gap • high school students • hit singles • music • musician • survey)
Burning through cash just to throw things away tops list of headaches when moving house in Japan
- Elliot Hale
Feb 22, 2026
Spring relocations in Japan can drain your budget faster than expected, and garbage disposal fees are the biggest surprise.
- Japan
- (COK • garbage disposal • Living in Japan • moving • moving companies • oversized garbage • society • sodai gomi • survey)
Japanese women sound off on their minimum height requirements for a husband【Survey】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 1, 2026
Participants also list other ways a guy can make up for vertical shortcomings.
Japanese young women reveal their top dealbreakers in a man【Survey】
- Elliot Hale
Jan 26, 2026
If you don’t pass this one simple check, you won’t even get past the starting line.
- Japan
- (cleanliness • COK • grooming • relationships • romance • society • survey)
These are Tokyo train lines people most want to live along【Survey】
- Elliot Hale
Jan 24, 2026
In the train-heavy Tokyo area, convenience is what matters most to prospective residents.
- Japan
- (COK • commuting • living • Living in Japan • society • Subway • subways • survey • Tokyo • trains • Yamanote • Yamanote line)
Majority of Japanese women in survey regret marrying their husband, but that’s only half the story
- Casey Baseel
Jan 17, 2026
Questionnaire’s source raises some questions of its own.
Japanese women showing rebounding interest in giving Valentine’s Day chocolate【Survey】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 12, 2026
Annual survey shows nearly a 70-percent increase in two years for number of Japanese women giving chocolate on Valentine’s Day.
- Japan
- (chocolate • COK • food • romance • society • survey • sweets • Valentine's Day • valentine's day chocolate)
What makes a good boss in Japan? Workers sound off in survey
- Casey Baseel
Jan 7, 2026
Technical expertise ranks far below other qualities Japanese workers want in a boss.
- Japan
- (COK • society • survey • working in Japan)
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Starbucks Japan unveils new winter drinkware collection with limited-edition Stanley cups
Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Two Tokyo neighborhoods to gather on bridge and shift their recognized border through tug-of-war
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Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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