In the July issue of the RIETI Report, we present the column "Inbound Tourism Boom and Beyond: Travelers exploring everyday life in Japan" by Senior Fellow Yoko Konishi, where she explains Japan's ...

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Philosophy is inherent to everyday life in Japan, even when it comes to breakfast. "Ichiju sansai" is the basic framework ...

Young people in Japan are gaining insight into their future in old age through interactive experiences and conversations held ...

For example, the Man'yōshū, a 1,200-year-old collection of poems about everyday life in Japan, describes people gathering seaweed at low tide. The poem also calls seaweed “precious since the age of ...

Each ball, or “temari,” is a work of art, with colorful geometric patterns carrying poetic names like “firefly flowers” and ...

For now, though, Tokyo is better off staying schtum. The stores known as “conbini” are so deeply embedded in everyday life in Japan they are akin to national infrastructure. The outlets are food ...

Western Michigan University's Soga Japan Center presents information about Japanese culture, society, everyday life and language in local community settings, and organizes activities that foster ...

Japan also moved up to second from fifth in ... they receive less instruction in integrating mathematics with everyday life in their classes, compared to the OECD average. This time, roughly ...

The PlayStation 2 has been officially added to Japan's Future Technology Heritage registry, becoming the 365th item to be ...

For now, though, Tokyo is better off staying schtum. The stores known as “conbini” are so deeply embedded in everyday life in Japan they are akin to national infrastructure. The outlets are ...

KAWARAMACHI Japan - Time seems to stop here Women sit in a small circle quietly painstakingly stitching patterns on balls the ...