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Japanese surfer Kanoa Igarashi is responding to Olympic viewers' thirsty TikToks about him
Competing for Japan, Igarashi won the silver medal in the Olympic men's surfing competition. On Tik…
Palmer Haasch
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The Japanese government is still trying to phase out floppy disks a decade after Sony stopped making them
Government officials in Tokyo say they are moving data from floppy disks to online storage media, t…
Huileng Tan
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Deep-sea explorers captured the first ever photos of a long-lost Japanese shipwreck from World War II's Battle of Midway
The 855-foot aircraft carrier Akagi was struck by aerial bombs during the Battle of Midway, a major…
Erin Snodgrass
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I stayed at a ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn. I didn't have a bed frame, but I still preferred it to a Western-style hotel.
In Kyoto, I stayed at a ryokan, known for its tatami mat floors, private baths, and multi-course me…
India Kushner
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I moved to Japan and started following 2 basic Japanese healthy-eating principles and it helped me go from food obsession to freedom
One Japanese healthy-eating principle taught me that if I stop eating when I'm 80% full, I would ne…
Kaki Okumura
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A small Japanese town charges visitors to learn its baby-making tips
Births in Japan hit an all-time low last year, but in one small town, population growth is thriving.
Jason Lalljee
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Samurai sword master rates 10 Japanese sword scenes in movies and TV
Kaito Suiju is master of the Hisui school of battōjutsu and instructor at Hisui Tokyo. He rates Jap…
David Ibekwe,Ju Shardlow
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The cultural impact of Sailor Moon: How a '90s Japanese anime inspired generations of fans and spun into a global merchandising empire worth billions
"Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon" first debuted on Japanese television in 1992. In the three decades sin…
Dana Givens
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'Fairly Odd Parents' creator accused of plagiarizing from Japanese Twitter artist for commissions
"Fairly Odd Parents" and "Danny Phantom" creator Butch Hartman was mocked on Twitter after posting …
Steven Asarch
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Japan's overworking problem: A probe into 24,000 Japanese workplaces revealed that 37% had violated overtime laws
Employees at 8,904 of the workplaces surveyed said they were working more than 80 hours of overtime…
Matthew Loh
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I always eat a pescatarian diet — except when I'm traveling. Instead, I ditch my routine to try new cultural foods.
Insider's author has been a pescatarian for seven years, but the moment she crosses country lines, …
Monica Humphries
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Horrific World War II bunker where Japanese scientists experimented on prisoners with biological weapons, found by archaeologists, report says
Japanese scientists exposed prisoners in occupied China to pathogens and dissected them to learn ab…
Alia Shoaib
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Gwen Stefani is only the latest glaring example of cultural appropriation in pop music
Stefani has been accused of appropriating Japanese aesthetics, but she's just one of many pop stars…
Callie Ahlgrim,Yoonji Han
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Gwen Stefani told an Asian-American journalist 'My God, I'm Japanese.' (She's not.)
Stefani defended herself against fresh accusations of appropriation, telling Allure that it "should…
Callie Ahlgrim
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Warren Buffett scores a $570 million gain on his new Japanese stocks in just 2 days
Buffett's company revealed 5% stakes in five Japanese giants on Sunday, sending their stock prices …
Theron Mohamed
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Video shows that 'Murder Hornets' can be cooked alive by a vibrating sphere of Japanese bees
"Murder Hornets" have begun to colonize the United States, but a National Geographic video shows on…
Palmer Haasch
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I grew up overweight and stressed out by my body these 4 Japanese principles helped me find my health again
Growing up stressed out about my body, I hopped from diet to diet but struggled to lose weight &mda…
Reena Koh
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He turned his childhood home in the Japanese countryside into a multipurpose property with 12 round, wooden houses. Now he's trying to sell it for $1.58 million check it out.
The couple's home is on one corner of the property while the smaller domes — which are rented…
Amanda Goh
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A Japanese company will sell whale meat in vending machines for as low as $8 — the average price for a pound of bacon in the US
Kyodo Senpaku Co.'s vending machine sells whale meat in many forms, from sashimi and steak to bacon…
Lloyd Lee
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Japanese theme parks are telling people not to scream on roller coasters to avoid spreading COVID-19
As Japanese theme parks reopen, visitors have been instructed not to scream on the roller coasters,…