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4 Amazing Shows & Movies Coming To Netflix This July

July 6, 2023 by Japan Informer

We're seeking ways to stay entertained inside during the summer. Netflix's coming lineup of Japanese films and shows that will be released in July could make the perfect companion to your summer escape in an excellent air conditioner. The selection ranges from romantic tales of love to disturbing real-life crime shows. The new releases offer an array of new stories to … [Read more...] about 4 Amazing Shows & Movies Coming To Netflix This July

Bake-Off Japan Is Here To Treat Everyone With Delighful Pastries

April 30, 2022 by Japan Informer

The Great British Bake Off is an extremely well-known show in the UK, running for the past decade and still fascinates people worldwide with its tasty delights. With the numerous spin-offs that have been aired internationally in the past year, there was speculation of a Japanese variation of Bake Off that would crop up And here we are with it! From the 22nd of April, you can … [Read more...] about Bake-Off Japan Is Here To Treat Everyone With Delighful Pastries

9 Japanese School Rules That Are Shocking, But True

Schools differ a lot from each other, but schools from different countries are a total mass of varieties. While Japanese people are beautiful and fashionable, like the little girl who is an Instagram fashion star, they cannot be fashionable at school. Japanese schools have pretty strict rules, and you must obey them if you want […]

Seal in Japan falls in love with stuffed animal look-alike

Seal in Japan falls in love with stuffed animal look-alike More It’s hard not to squeal when looking at this seal and its sweet stuffed-animal seal best friend. The perfect pair lives in the Seal Paradise exhibit at Mombetsu Land in Japan. Zoos Duke It Out on Twitter Over Who Has the Cutest Animals, […]

Japanese Woman Returns The Lost 1 Million Yen And Does Something Even Nicer!

After a long day at work and getting back home at the last train, you’d be pretty exhausted. You’d even fall asleep ignoring your surrounding. However, a Japanese woman who goes by the Twitter username Mikan looked around and found a wallet underneath her seat. Since she was the only one on the carriage, she […]

11 things Japanese women want men to know about their breasts

But all that ardent admiration still doesn’t mean you actually know anything about the moon, does it? That’s not too far from the relationship some men have with women’s breasts, according to this list of 11 things Japanese women wish more men understood about their chests.Internet portal My Navi Woman recently polled its female users, […]

The Japanese city with a Christian history

THE WORLD’s most beautiful treasures aren’t always in plain sight; we find them in most unsuspecting places sometimes, tucked away and hidden but shining with potential. Nagasaki city, in the Kumamoto Prefecture of Japan, is the perfect example of this.The treasures found on this island come in the form of century-old Christian churches, each one filled […]

3,000-Year-Old Skeleton Is Oldest Shark Attack Victim Ever Found

JAPAN| A study reveals that a man who died almost 3,000 years ago is the oldest known and found shark attack victim with 800 injuries. Archaeologists have discovered this skeleton from a burial site in the Seto Inland Sea in Japan. On investigation, the body was found to have had around 800 injuries. This is […]

Jinji Ido – The Employee Shifting Tradition In Japan

The time for Jinji Ido is swiftly coming as spring approaches. There is no standard method to describe Jinji Ido in English since this extensive re-distribution of staff is unique to Japanese corporations (with the probable exception of Korea, where businesses have based their strategies on the Japanese model). “Staff shuffling,” “staff rotation to other […]

Don’t Forget to do these things when you meet some adorable mini frogs at a Japanese vending machine

Even amphibians love Japan’s unmanned drink dispensers, but what do you do if you want your change? Among the many great things about Japanese vending machines is that they never fail to take paper money. When you slide your 1,000-yen bill into a Japanese vending machine, you can be certain it will accept your payment as surely as […]

Incredibly Realistic Sculptures By A Japanese Artist Kazuhiro Tsuji

Kyoto-based artist Kazuhiro Tsuji has been shocking people with his incredibly lifelike sculptures of famous people. His perfect bust of Abraham Lincoln looks so real you’d swear he traveled back to 1865 to capture a color photograph. The same goes for his likenesses of art legends Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali. While these sculptures may […]

Japanese Cat Water Cake Is Taking Over Twitter In Japan

Ever heard of a water cake? It’s a clear and jiggly Japanese dessert that looks exactly like a huge drop of water. This water mochi was first served and made popular by a confectionery in Yamanashi. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, now Twitter user mithiruka shared a pic of a clear water cake in […]