This idea of otetsutabi is not limited to Japanese nationals, but seeing as participants are receiving money, even if it is ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, many foreign workers came to Japan because the economy was strong and there were not enough Japanese ...

Washoku [Japanese food] is registered as a UNESCO intangible cultural property, and is a Japanese cuisine that attracts attention from around the world. Whether you're on a trip, or at a place meeting ...

A small group of BYU nursing students traveled to Japan this summer with professor Ryan Rasmussen, graduate program ...

I'll never forget the first time I went to city hall in Japan to talk about the national health insurance plan. The man behind the desk explained the whole scheme in perfect Japanese, which at that ...

Photo/Xinhua] Japan's accelerated militarization of the southwestern islands is not a matter of routine policy adjustment ...

The idea that a conflict involving Taiwan could qualify as a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan is fully consistent ...

The first coffee shop in Tokyo opened its doors in 1888 and, while it's no green tea, the Japanese have been refining their taste for the drink ever since. Known as the Kahiichakan, it was the ...

For roughly the past two decades, I’ve woken up every morning and asked myself the question “How can I use more Japanese vocabulary today?” That desire was the major reason I decided to study abroad ...

Adamu from Mutantfrog Travelogue collects and explains a list of Japanese vocabulary for describing the financial crisis. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how ...