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Anyone who has navigated Japan’s rental market has probably received the same piece of advice from someone who learned it […]

Pet Culture in Japan: How the Country Loves — and Pampers — Its Animals

Walk through a Tokyo neighborhood and you might see a dog riding in a stroller. A toy poodle in a

Ask a young child in Japan to name their favorite character, and the answer is likely not Pikachu. It is

When most foreigners picture Japan, they picture Tokyo. The skyline, the scramble crossing, the trains running on time. That image

Foreigners who drive in Japan for the first time tend to arrive at two conclusions quickly: the roads are narrow,

Foreigners invited to a Japanese friend’s home for the first time tend to notice the same thing: it is smaller

The first shock of renting an apartment in Japan is rarely the monthly rent. It is the amount due before

Visit a home in Japan and the instruction is immediate and wordless. The front door opens onto a small lowered

Japan is an island nation. That fact is well known. What it tends to obscure is another fact: Japan is

In most of the world, you sign your name to confirm something. In Japan, you press a small cylindrical stamp