Accidents

Japanese F-15’s Pilots Found Dead After 2 Weeks Of Crash Into The Sea

February 15, 2022 by Japan Informer

Japanese ASDF released a statement regarding the missing crew members after their F-15 crashed into the sea about two weeks ago at the end of January. They have discovered the bodies of two crew pilots that went missing during the crash. One body was found on Friday, and the second one was found on Sunday close to the crash site, about 5 kilometers to the west and northwest … [Read more...] about Japanese F-15’s Pilots Found Dead After 2 Weeks Of Crash Into The Sea

Japanese Woman Falls On Two Men While Watching Another Man Fall From Same Building

January 24, 2022 by Japan Informer

A strange but dangerous incident happened on a building in Yokohama that injured four people but could have gone fatally wrong! During the early evening of 21st January, police got an emergency call about a man who had fallen out from the fifth floor of a building. He apparently fell in a reasonably narrow space between two adjoining buildings, in addition to his height. On … [Read more...] about Japanese Woman Falls On Two Men While Watching Another Man Fall From Same Building

Japan Airlines’ Boeing 777 Makes Emergency Landing After Catching Fire Seconds After Take-Off

October 24, 2021 by Japan Informer

Right after take-off from LA International Airport on October 15, a Boeing 777-3300ER Of Japan Airlines suffered a fire in its engine. Flight JL15 took off to Haneda, Japan, after departing from Los Angeles. According to Aviation Herald, this specific Boeing is from 2008 and registered under JA740J was speeding through LAX's runway 25 when the right-hand engine started … [Read more...] about Japan Airlines’ Boeing 777 Makes Emergency Landing After Catching Fire Seconds After Take-Off

14 ways to say “I or Me ” in Japanese

Long ago, when the majority of the Japanese vocabulary I knew came from reverse engineering the English subtitles on anime tapes, I was patting myself on the back for having figured out that “watashi” means “I.” So imagine my shock and disappointment when I came across a different scene showing a character so overcome with emotion he’d […]

Japan Kept The Train Station Running for Just One Passenger

HOKKAIDO| Situated in Japan’s north island of Hokkaido, the Kami-Shirataki train station has only two trains that stop by every day on a special timetable. It all started three years ago, when Japan Railways decided to shut down it’s services in the remote location, as ridership had dramatically fallen. That is until they noticed a […]

Poor Support Has Led 40% of Afghan Evacuees To Leave Japan

Approximately 40 percent of the 169 Afghan evacuees who came to Japan after the Taliban regained control in August last year have abandoned the country, citing pressure and a lack of help from the Japanese Foreign Ministry. Although Japan has given refugee status to 98 persons, 58 of the possible Taliban victims returned to Afghanistan. […]

The Japanese art of (not) sleeping

The Japanese don’t sleep. This is what everyone – the Japanese above all – say. It’s not true, of course. But as a cultural and sociological statement, it is very interesting. I first encountered these intriguing attitudes to sleep during my first stay in Japan in the late 1980s. At that time Japan was […]

Japanese Mom Creates Awesome Miniature Hot Pot Cookies For Her Daughter

Japanese hot pots come in different styles, with a various selection of soups to complement the ingredients. Twitter user @96ck_d was recently offered a Japanese hot pot from her mom Masako, but found it to be uncooked, colorful, and super small… Her mom called it the “Icing Cookie Pot,” which still made little sense to @96ck_d, but […]

Volcanic Activity In Japan Exposes The Sunken World War II Ships

Recently, undersea volcanic and tectonic activities around the Ogasawara Islands in Japan have raised the island of Iwo Jima. This has exposed some of the partially sunken World War II ships. Ghostly wrecks can be seen partially submerged on many occasions. They now lie on small volcanic islands’ black sandy beaches. Aerial footage taken by […]

A Thai Model From Japan Shows Behind The Scenes Of Perfect Photos

Ever saw a photo on Instagram and wondered how you could take photos like those too? Well, you might be in for a surprise. Instagram photos aren’t always a reality. Many models and influencers do something or pose in a particular way just to get a good photo. The rest of their life is as […]

Japan To Accept Afghan Evacuees Despite The Border Restrictions

Afghan personnel who worked at Japanese organizations that wish to be evacuated from Afghanistan will receive a unique authorization to travel into Japan with no COVID-19 border restrictions, officials announced on Wednesday. The decision, which applies to the staff of the now-closed Japanese Embassy located in Kabul and employees at the Japan International Cooperation Agency […]

A Dinner In Prison : Kangoku izakaya

Have you been a bad boy or bad girl lately? Well, maybe you should turn yourself in for your heinous crimes at a kangoku izakaya. Kangoku (監獄) means prison, and izakaya (居酒屋) is a Japanese style drinking restaurant. So a kangoku izakaya is a Japanese restaurant/bar that has been styled to look like a prison! And if the thought of […]

10 things foreigners in Japan notice about Japanese phone culture

Is Japanese smartphone culture really so different from other countries? Foreigners weigh in… Life’s really changed since we all graduated from flip-phones to smartphones. Now we all have tiny computers in our pockets which we can use to stay connected (and browse funny cat videos). But in Japan, which has always had its own unique […]