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Hokkaido man vaccinated 4 times: ‘I thought it would be more effective’

HOKKAIDO| An elderly man living in the town of Keshikaga has been vaccinated four times for COVID-19, the town government has revealed, reports HTB News (July 8). According to an official from Keshikaga, the man, aged in his 80s, received his first two vaccinations while serving as a health care worker outside the town in […]

First case of coronavirus in Olympic Village confirmed six days before Opening Ceremony

TOKYO| The first positive coronavirus case inside the Olympic Village has been confirmed just six days before the Opening Ceremony, officials said Saturday, amid growing fears about the spread of the virus during the Games. Tokyo Olympics organizing committee officials declined to identify the person infected with the virus but said the individual had traveled […]

53-year-old Japanese woman arrested for squirting water gun at Olympic torch

JAPAN| A 53-year-old woman in Japan has been arrested after she sprayed a water gun at the Olympic torch as a runner carried it past her, Japanese media The Mainichi reported. Police have said that the woman has since admitted to her actions and said that her motive was to protest the Olympics. Shouted anti-Olympic slogans as […]

Japan princess’ boyfriend made issue in imperial succession debate

A money row tied to the boyfriend of Japanese Princess Mako has apparently been influencing Japan’s debate over whether to change its male-only imperial succession rules amid a shrinking number of heirs. A government advisory panel heard from a total of 21 experts from various fields in its meetings from April 8 through June 7 […]

Japanese Stationery Company Develops Translucent Eraser

The rubber eraser is said to be roughly 250 years old. But for all its old age, the partner to any pencil has always had one major flaw. You can’t see what you’re erasing. Until today. Osaka-based stationery company Seed, who has been making erasers since the 1950s, has developed a translucent eraser. Seed says […]

Why Are Japanese Men Not Dating Japanese Women?

JAPAN| A quick glance at the British press recently and you’d be forgiven for thinking that we can’t have too many people in our romantic relationships. So popular are stories of polyamorous pansexuality that it feels like being in a couple is so much fun, we just want to share. The truth is that the […]

Olympic ‘watch parties’ turn Tokyo parks into booze fests

TOKYO| While millions of Tokyoites are watching the Olympics from their homes, many others enjoy the Olympics in the parks, drinking beer, and cheering on the Japanese athletes to win the most recent medals. This is the reality of an expanded state of emergency that the government has declared as COVID-19 cases continue their rapid […]

Japanese Male Geisha Called the ‘King of Hosts’ Reportedly Makes $370,000 a Month

A 26-year-old man has been called the “King of the Hosts” in Tokyo, Japan for a good reason. Roland started working at host clubs — where people meet modern geishas — at 18. At the time, Roland had just dropped out of a prestigious Tokyo University, according to Maison de Beaute. He quit school simply […]

Photos Of 1908 Japan, Before Wars And Devastation

Back in 1908, a German photographer Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) spent six months in Japan, documenting the everyday life of the Japanese during the Meiji period. Genthe was known for his photo series, documenting San Francisco’s Chinatown. After his death, the Library of Congress acquired approximately 20,000 never before seen photographs from his studio, and buried […]

Israeli soldiers spark controversy for evocative poses

Israeli soldiers were criticized for uploading “naughty” poses after hundreds of people lost their lives in a conflict near Gaza. The videos uploaded onto social media show that young Israeli soldiers are wearing seductive outfits dancing with weapons by their sides. Natalia Dadeevy, a Tiktok account holder, shares that she is a substitute soldier of […]