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Apple Releases Limited Year Of The Tiger Airtags For New Year In Japan

December 29, 2021 by Japan Informer

Apple has announced a 2-day promotion to celebrate the Japanese New Year. Customers in Japan will receive a free Apple gift card worth up to 24,000 yen when they purchase eligible Apple products on January 2 and January 3. Apple also announced a special edition Beats Studio Buds, which celebrates the new year. It features an all-red design and gold accents with tigers print. … [Read more...] about Apple Releases Limited Year Of The Tiger Airtags For New Year In Japan

Japan’s muscle idol continues to turn heads with body that looks like it could crush stone 【Pics】

buff beauty poses for spread in Japan’s Weekly Playboy. Back in January, we took a look at Reika Saiki, a model attached to Japanese pro wrestling organization WRESTLE-1. But there’s more to Saiki than just a pretty face, as she also regularly shows off her muscular biceps, sculpted abs, and powerful quads. Television audiences across […]

A look into the most popular Japanese Online Dating Sites

JAPAN| Online dating sites like Match.com don’t really have clear equivalents in Japan, at least not ones that people talk about using openly. Online dating is still less common here and even a little frowned upon. But thanks to the rise of social networks, especially Facebook, more people feel safe about meeting someone new online. Here are […]

15 Facts You Didn’t Know About Aokigahara, The Japanese Suicide Forest

Aokigahara is 13.5 miles northwest of Mount Fuji. It’s a forest so dense with leaves that it’s called the “sea of trees.” Many people walk into the sea of trees without any intention of returning and mark the place as their resting site. The forest is infamously also known as the “Japanese Suicide Forest”. For […]

Why the yakuza are not illegal

THE Yamaguchi-Gumi, one of the world’s largest and most ferocious gangs, is estimated to earn over $6 billion a year from drugs, protection, loan-sharking, real-estate rackets, and even, it is said, Japan’s stock exchange. This year, the organization’s 100th, over 2,000 of its 23,400 members split away, leaving police nervous about what fallout might follow; […]

Japanese Black Light Experiment Shows How Quickly A Virus Like Covid-19 Can Spread At A Restaurant

It’s often easy to forget just how quickly viruses can spread when they’re invisible. For this reason, NHK, Japan’s national broadcasting corporation, has shared a video showing how germs can be transmitted to a room full of people when there’s only one person who’s infected. The experiment aims to simulate a space at a buffet […]

This is how clean Japan is ( 22 photos to show )

Japan remains to be one of the cleanest places to live in despite having some of its own environmental issues. One of which is the problem they face when it comes to putting away garbage such as the situation in the Seto Inland Sea (瀬戸内海). However, overall, it is a pretty clean country. It has […]

One of the Most Beautiful Libraries in Japan -Nakajima Library in Akita

Located within Akita International University there is a library well-known for its meticulous design. Nakajima Library is a treasure trove of Akita that shouldn’t be missed! With all classes conducted in English, Akita prefecture’s (※1) Akita International University (AIU) is always spearheading philosophical thinking. The Nakajima Library stands within the university campus, surrounded by woods […]

Japanese Stray Cat Who Tried To Get Into A Museum For 2 Years Finally Found A Home

A couple of years back, an incident involving two cats trying to get into a museum had gone viral on the internet. This event took place at Onomichi City Museum of Art, located in Hiroshima prefecture in Japan. Since 2016, their jokes have caught the attention of people across the globe. The cats have been […]

Tokyo in the black eye of a dutch photographer

Before a recent trip to Tokyo, Dutch photographer Patrick Ebu-Mordi found himself becoming more and more disengaged from the art of taking pictures. “After living in Amsterdam for so long”, he tells Lonely Planet, “I felt like there was nothing more to see. I’d been looking at the same things over and over again, and […]

Hungry Hippos Chow Down On Whole Watermelons At A Zoo In Japan

Everyone has their favorite snack that they like to treat themselves to now and again. For me, it’s always been fresh strawberries. My grandpa grew them on his own farm before I was born, so I guess the craving must have seeped into my gene pool along the line. Whatever your own preference might be, […]