Japan is a safe country, but it is true that only umbrellas are stolen?!

Japan is a country where the probability of being robbed is low, even if you leave your bag alone at your table while you use the bathroom. A country where a person who picks up a wallet ...

What’s happening to Japan? “Kodokushi” (lonely deaths) are rapidly increasing among young people.

The “seismic intensity” scale in earthquake-prone Japan. How is it different to Magnitude?

Are Japanese police artists?

Japan, where everything is anthropomorphized, is crazy. Are Japanese people who see this as a beautiful girl insane?

Kotodama (the spirit of words). Will believers be saved?

Japan has an ancient belief called “kotodama” (the spirit/power of words). The idea is that words uttered from the mouth have a mystical power and their benefits appear after they are spoken. It ...

More popular abroad than in Japan? What is so great about ukiyo-e?

Bushido 5: Hagakure – The Samurai Mind

The Japanese thinking of “necessary evil” (hitsuyo aku). You are not judged a bad person just because you have broken the law!

Bushido 5: Hagakure – The Samurai Mind