Female Actors

The Top 15 Most Popular Female Actors in Japan in 2023

June 5, 2022 by Japan Informer

Bunshun, a prominent Japanese magazine, conducts polls each year to determine the most popular female actors. Haruka Ayase, 36, a previous gravure idol, topped the ranking for the second year in a row, and she won by a large margin. While several newbies came into the Top 15 for the first time, veteran performers kept their ground to keep the top slots. Annual Bunshun … [Read more...] about The Top 15 Most Popular Female Actors in Japan in 2023

10 Ways To Say ‘I Miss You’ in Japanese

How to Say “I Miss You” in Japanese well, there is no exact equivalent expression in Japanese for i miss you . In fact, we don’t have the same expression for “I miss you” when we say it to our boyfriend or girlfriend and when we say it to our friends and family. There are also […]

Dual Bus-Train Vehicle To Start Operating In Shikoku Islands

The first dual-mode operational vehicle, which is a bus that can run on railway tracks and also has tires made for roads, will be put into service from the Shikoku region, which is the smaller of Japan’s four major islands. Asa Seaside Railway Corp in Tokushima Prefecture said it would begin the rollout of the […]

This Japanese Museum Has the Most Flexible Schedule in the World

JAPAN| A small museum in Kyoto has a sign that everyone can appreciate. It’s called the Ukiyoe Small Museum and is owned by Ichimura Mamoru. The hours are flexible. A simple and charming sign is located outside the front door of the museum that states, in clear terms: “Open when I wake up and close […]

Learn What Japanese Do So That Their Children Are Not Picky With Food

Children can be very fussy in regards to food, and sometimes it gets way out of hand. The food we eat, as you know, is crucial to the health of a person. However, how do you ensure that you give your child the nutrients they need when they’re determined to provide you with a difficult […]

Hiroshima : Just after the atomic bombing 1945

At the time of its bombing, Hiroshima was a city of both industrial and military significance. A number of military units were located nearby, the most important of which was the headquarters of Field Marshal Shunroku Hata’s Second General Army, which commanded the defense of all of southern Japan, and was located in Hiroshima Castle. […]

Japanese Workers Are Very Upset About Their Upcoming 10-Day Holiday

It’s no secret that Japan is an industrious nation. The place has some of the longest working hours in the world, with nearly one quarter of companies requiring employees to work more than 80 hours of overtime a month, according to CNBC. Moreover, a 2017 survey by Expedia Japan found workers only used about half […]

20 Most Fascinating Facts About Life in Japan

Many of us know that Japan is a distant and almost mythical country that we might never get the chance to visit during our lifetimes. But the internet likes to reveal it as the land of anime, crazy fashion, and Gundan robots, and the basic fact is that Japan is more than just that. However, […]

Free Bullet Train Rides For Kids In Japan To Help Rejuvenate Tourism

Children can take a ride on bullet trains that travel through most of Japan’s largest cities at no cost as part of a plan to revive tourism in Japan affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The week-long campaign, which runs from Wednesday through Dec 19, will be centered around Nozomi super express services scheduled to stop […]

A Visit to Aoshima, a Japanese ‘Cat Island’

Aoshima Island is one of about a dozen “cat islands” around Japan, small places where there are significantly more feline residents than people. In Aoshima more than a hundred cats prowl the island, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in the quiet fishing village. Cats outnumber humans six to one on the island. […]

Japan To Reduce Quarantine Period To 7 Days From 10 Days For Close Contacts

Japan is reducing the quarantine period to seven days instead of the current 10-day period for those who have come into close proximity to someone infected by the coronavirus novel, PM Fumio Kishida said on Friday. The 10-day strategy was previously revealed because of Omicron, a highly transmissible coronavirus variant that continues to spread quickly […]