Japanese workers in their twenties turn to resignation agencies
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The life-changing magic of Japanese clutter
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Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past
28 votes -
In Japan, nearly 4,000 who died alone at home not found for over a month
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Kabosu, the beloved Shiba-Inu behind the Doge meme, passes away at 18
36 votes -
The dark reality of Japanese host clubs
10 votes -
Fascinating publication by and for hikikomori (Japanese language)
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A man blew up his apartment in Japan while trying to kill a single cockroach with way too much insecticide, police say
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Population decline in Japan has led to more than 8000 public school closures since 2002
59 votes -
Why are gender pay gaps so large in Japan and South Korea?
21 votes -
Japan's ridiculous weatherwoman fiasco
57 votes -
We moved into a vacant house in the Japanese countryside (and only pay $300/year for rent)
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Looking for decent tatami mats in the usa. I'm (mostly) clueless on this matter.
and a good japanese futon mattress as well. i'm moving from a house into an apartment and am scaling my life down significantly. this seems a pretty good option... but unfortunately i don't know a...
and a good japanese futon mattress as well.
i'm moving from a house into an apartment and am scaling my life down significantly. this seems a pretty good option... but unfortunately i don't know a whole lot about either of these (yet) so i'm looking for some guidance.
thanks!
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Japan’s ‘evaporated’ people: Inside an industry that helps people disappear
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Why Japan is giving away eight million free houses
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Yale academic suggests mass suicide for Japan’s elderly
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Tokyo’s Manuscript Writing Cafe only allows writers on a deadline, and won’t let them leave until finished
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Tokyo: The big city that is also pleasant to live in
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Japanese Self-Defense Forces enlist anime boys to try to attract new human recruits
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Twilight of the Yakuza
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Who buys porn magazines anymore? We asked the editor of one
11 votes -
How Japan's largest earthquakes really felt | Tohoku (2011), Kobe (1995)
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Japanophilia
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Rwandan single mothers turn to online babysitting of Japanese kids
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Can child dolls keep pedophiles from offending? One man thinks so, and he’s been manufacturing them for clients for more than ten years.
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This Buddhist monk is a celebrity makeup artist
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Japan's births decline to lowest number on record
11 votes -
Many Japanese children refuse to go to school
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How Japan copied American culture and made it better
7 votes -
For Japanese, family names are the worst growing pains
21 votes -
After the tsunami
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Widow, 81, sole resident of remote island disputed by South Korea and Japan
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Why some Japanese pensioners want to go to jail
9 votes -
A generation in Japan faces a lonely death
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Binary skin - Exploring Japan’s virtual YouTuber phenomenon
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Japan’s rent-a-family industry
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How to destroy people: Japan's untouchables
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Dying alone in Japan: The industry devoted to what's left behind
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Japan’s vegetable-eating men - A nation of suit-wearing salarymen educates its first generation of stay-at-home dads
7 votes