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91-Year-Old War Vet Has Been Searching For His First Love, A Japanese Women For 70 Years

May 14, 2022 by Japan Informer

Duane Mann, 91, created a post on Facebook on the 1st of May, hoping to locate someone who can recognize the woman in the photo taken in 1953, who he believes is Peggy Yamaguchi. Mann says that he was in japan from 1953 to 1954. He ran into Yamaguchi during the NCO Club, in which he was an engineer for slot machines in his spare time. Yamaguchi was a "hat woman at check." … [Read more...] about 91-Year-Old War Vet Has Been Searching For His First Love, A Japanese Women For 70 Years

Japanese idol singer reveals three simple phrases men need to use to be popular with women

Former AKB48 member also advises against telling a woman “You’ve sure gotten fat recently.”Earlier this year, Japanese vocalist Minami Takahashi retired (or “graduated,” to use the industry parlance) from idol megagroup AKB48. The 25-year-old Takahashi still remains a well-known and widely popular figure in the Japanese entertainment world, though, and last weekend she made an […]

How to make your family live as healthily as the Japanese

They may be renowned for sushi and sumo wrestlers – and more recently for their brilliance at rugby – but the Japanese should be celebrated for a less well known phenomenon: being the healthiest people on the planet. According to a major global analysis in the Lancet, a child born in Japan today will have […]

Japan Is Finally Recruiting Astronauts After 13 Years!

It’s only a tiny move for Japan; however, it’s a massive opportunity for aspiring astronauts: Japan is seeking astronauts for the very first time in 13 years. Applicants do not need to have an undergraduate degree in science. According to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), females should think about applying too for the position […]

Top 10 Best Places To See Autumn leaves Around Tokyo

Thousands of people leave from Tokyo city to traditional autumn-leaf destinations such as Kamakura, Hakone, and even Kyoto from October through December. However, you don’t necessarily need to get out of Tokyo if you want to enjoy the spectacular autumn leaves. Here are some recommendations including parks, gardens, hotels and so on: Meiji Jingu […]

The Most proper way to give and receive business cards in Japan

In Japa, Buisness cards are of big deal. You’ll see them exchanged at every meeting between professionals, and they’re to be treated with the utmost respect, as though they’re a thin, paper extension of their owners themselves. Because of their importance, there’s also a thorough subsection of Japanese etiquette devoted to how exactly you should […]

Kimono-Inspired Underwear Is The Perfect Addition To Your Spring Closet

Japan is never lacking in creative, unique lingerie — from cats to Evangelion, there’s always inspiration for designers out there looking to change things up. But oftentimes we forget to go back to our roots, which is exactly what Japanese lingerie site FUNTY decided to do earlier this year with their kimono-inspired underwear. Although the line of undergarments has since […]

Cats Tattooing Each Other In Surreal Japanese Ink Wash Paintings

Meet Kazuaki Horitomo – a California-based Japanese artist that has two great passions in life – cats and tattoos. The artist decided to combine the two and great new project was born – Monmon Cats. Monmon Cats is Horitomo’s tattooed cat art brand, and it’s absolutely amazing. The artist often uses tebori (Japanese hand tattooing) […]

Japanese Professor Discovers Way to Light LEDs with Urine

A Japanese professor made a breakthrough when he managed to light an LED for several hours using only a small amount of urine during an experiment conducted on April 18. The inventor of the portable fuel cell breakthrough, Keiichi Kaneto, a visiting professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology, created this in the hopes that […]

The legend Of The Super Mermaid In Japanese Mythology

Mermaids often considered to be very beautiful as well as sexy, according to Greek Mythology but Japanese Mythology has different perspective on mermaids, and they are extremely strange. Yes! Japanese Mythology also have mermaids. According to Japanese folklore, there is a creature called Ningyo, which also means fish-man (also known as gyojinn or hangyo-jin). In western […]

Japanese Prank Where Kids Stick Their Fingers Into People’s Butts is Real

In Japan, children can stick their fingers into people’s butts and get away with it — at least in theory. The act, which involves putting together one’s index fingers to form a “gun,” is a socially acceptable prank known as kanchō. The term is a slang adaptation of the Japanese word for “enema.” When used […]