I spent a year teaching English in Japan. The experience was thrilling and a total culture shock. Living in Japan as an American is a 24-hour immersive learning experience. I returned to the US for my ...

Experience the realities of living in Japan beyond common stereotypes. Explore the diverse aspects of life in Japan through engaging short videos.

In winter, Japan’s northernmost main island Hokkaido is a place of snow-covered forests and white-crested volcanoes mirrored ...

The first thing I learned about Japan was that the summers are hot. Extremely hot and extremely humid. I learned this in August 2022 the hard way—pushing an overweight suitcase and backpack up steep ...

I moved to Japan three years ago and started working a corporate job. Hanging out with coworkers at nomikai is important, and they often involve a lot of alcohol. Fax machines are surprisingly popular ...

Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise: the incredible shrinking country. Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo. But the ...

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A closer look at Japan’s maximalist web design shows how cultural values and practical needs create an online world richer ...

Sanae Takaichi drew criticism for requiring staff to work in the wee hours in a country scarred by “death from overwork.” By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Japan’s new prime ...

After decades of political sensitivities and threats kept it from screens, Schrader’s Yukio Mishima biopic, considered by many his masterpiece, will finally play for Japanese audiences. By Patrick ...