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Natural Disasters in Japan: What Foreigners Need to Know to Stay Safe
Recently, Turkey and Syria have been jolted by severe earthquake natural disasters that tremendously
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Datsuzoku: Deviating From Daily Routine
Datsuzoku (脱俗, だつぞく), a Japanese concept that is often translated as “deviating from routine,” is a
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Overcoming Japan’s Birth Rate Crisis
The declining birth rate, in combination with one of the highest life expectancies in the world have
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Omotenashi: Japan’s Excellent Customer Service
Omotenashi refers to the art of selfless hospitality and anticipating and exceeding guests' needs. I
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Behind Japan’s Declining Birth Rate: More Women in Education and the Workforce?
Recently, Japan has experienced a sense of crisis due to the ongoing decrease in the fertility rate,
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Initiatives to Repopulate the Abandoned Villages/Ghost Towns in Japan
The phenomenon of Akiya, or vacant houses in Japan, has become prevalent throughout the countryside.
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Jouhatsu: Japan’s Mysteriously Vanishing Population
Jouhatsu is a phenomenon that has garnered attention in Japan in recent years. The term jouhatsu, wh
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A Closer Look at Cool Japan
Japan's traditional culture, including ikebana, samurai and geisha, is no longer the exclusive repre
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Hikikomori: A Moral Panic in Japan
Hikikomori (ひきこもり) can be considered an underlying social issue in Japan that has been the cause of
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Which Ninja Hattori Character Are You?
Ninja Hattori was a childhood favourite for many of us. It wasn’t necessarily the best show on telev
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All You Need to Know About the Japanese Emperor
You’ve probably heard of the Japanese monarchy’s existence to some extent. Experts would tell you th
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Powerful But Not Popular: The Puzzling Case of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party
Japanese party politics are puzzling. After the Liberal and Democratic Parties merged to form the Li
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All You Need to Know About the Job Hunting Visa in Japan
If you are a student currently enrolled in a degree school in Japan (this includes Japanese universi
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Consequences of the Reverse Course Policy in Japan – Part 2
As noted in part one of this series, the reverse course in 1948 led to various consequences, chief o
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Consequences of the Reverse Course Policy in Japan – Part 1
At the beginning of the post-war era in 1945, and prior to the Reverse Course, Japan was set on a pa
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What Shaped Japan’s Tumultuous Road to Democratic Consolidation?
With an infant democracy in 1945, Japan had to undergo fundamental changes that were much different