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Last month, a Ukraine-born Karolina Shiino won the Miss Japan title and it became controversy since she was born overseas to non-Japanese...

During the samurai era in Japan, homosexuality was considered as something normal. Many famous Shogun had young lovers. People were much ...

Japanese pupils clean their own classrooms is something that impresses outside world. Japanese education system is known as quite strict ...

This is a documentary of a Japanese prison, Fuchu Prison in Tokyo, where inmates who have repeatedly committed crimes or who are foreigne...

In Edo period Yujo, prostitutes were the fashion icons and started many new styles that are still used in the current Japan. First let's ...

Japanese tattoo is well-known because of Yakuza films. But there are also tribal tattoos that have been a tradition of Ainu and Ryukyuan ...

My mum just celebrated her 60th birthday. I was planning to send her a red vest for her Kanreki which she refused to receive. What is spe...

Samurai, despite of their serious face, they must´ve had some romantic moments and a wedding to celebrate. How did they find a partner an...

Yakuza is now a universal word and known as a Japanese mafia. But where they come from? How they started? Here is a little bit of history...

Japan is officially the oldest country in the world. The country was founded in 660.B.C. and the current Emperor in Japan is the descenda...

Japanese tattoo design is impressive. Despite of the discrimination, it´s considered as an art. But do you know the meaning of the tattoo...

Hatsugeiko is the first day of training in the martial arts. On the New Year´s day, the practitioners fill the Dojo and put themselves Ki...

Being mixed race can be tough. In TV they are popular and have lots of fans but in the reality, they are discriminated. But they are Japa...

Japanese tattoo is gorgeous but often associated with Yakuza. In Japan, having tattoos isn´t always welcomed because of the historical ba...

Have you ever wondered why many Japanese people carry transparent plastic umbrella? It´s a really good invension and here is a history of...

In a café, over a cup of tea, a friend suddenly brought up a conversation about Dragon Ball, to be more exact, about Bulma, the girl who...