and MovePhysical activity is seamlessly integrated into daily life in Japan. Many Japanese people walk or cycle as part of ...

From finding the best restaurants and directions to getting early earthquake warnings, these mobile apps can help make life ...

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 ...

What Is Kaizen? The concept of kaizen means constant, incremental improvement, reported Business Insider. It’s an important ...

A big part of improving your Japanese skills is to integrate the language into other aspects of your life. Beyond textbooks ...

provides a rare glimpse of daily life in prewar Okinawa. At the time, Okinawans were trying to adjust to a Japanese way of life after the Meiji government (1868-1912) ended rule of the ...

Image via ghibli-park.jp, under policy of fair use The photographs reveal snippets of everyday life in these studios ... come to define the architecture of Japan, a country that has long served ...

"My study abroad experience has heavily influenced my passion to return to Japan," Hemmen said. While studying abroad, Hemmen was able to utilize language and culture skills directly from the ...

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 ...

The short anthology "MANGA Day to Day" is a collection of reflections by 109 manga artists on how the onset of the coronavirus pandemic quickly changed daily life as we know it. The artists ...

Masashi Ogawa, president of the Japan-China Friendship Center, noted that China's 55 ethnic minority groups, many of whom ...