JAPAN| Many Japanese women still consider their looks the most important. It is evident from the beauty pageants held here. The idea that you should not wear makeup is considered impolite. Also, it is apparent from the creepy obsession that high school girls have with uniforms and high school girls. Japanese women are known to […]
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16-Year-Old Japanese Girls Will No Longer Be Allowed To Marry, Age Of Legal Adulthood Moves To 18
JAPAN| Japanese government votes to amend laws. This will lower the legal age, but raise the marital age for women, and allow gender reassignment surgery. The House of Councillors is the upper house of Japan’s National Diet and has approved a bill that lowers the legal age of adulthood in Japan. The legislation was first […]
Top 20 Crazy Things Can’t Be Seen Anywhere But In Japan
Elements from Japanese culture are in our lives right now. What associations arise in your head, when you hear the word Japan? Perhaps you instantly remember about sushi?Everyone represents Japan in their own way, but by the end of this video you will have a different look at this country.
Japanese town will give you two million yen for having your third kid there in birth-boosting plan
Japan’s birthrate has been slumping for decades, and while anyone packed into a crowded Tokyo commuter train might momentarily be fine with the concept of fewer people, long-term it presents problems for Japan’s pension, health insurance, and other social welfare and economic systems. Because of that, both the national and local governments are constantly investigating […]
Bizarre Japanese TV Show Is All About Women Running Up Steep Streets
JAPAN| Having been running for the last 15 years, TV Asahi’s Zenryokuzaka is one of Japan’s most longstanding television shows, which is a bit strange considering its simple premise. Every night at 1:20 a.m., Monday to Thursday, thousands of people tune in to TV Asahi to watch the latest episode of Zenryokuzaka, a bizarre show […]
How being arrested in Japan works out
Since the actor Kazuya Iseya was arrested for possession, I thought it’d be a great time to share my experience. (throw away account) Disclaimer: I’m not going to say whether I’m JP or non-JP. This is in order to decrease the amount of bias for you, the readers, and more importantly, to protect my identity. […]
Meet Ikuta Kana, Japan’s Prettiest Taxi Driver
While getting stuck in traffic is often considered hell on Earth by most, it can well be the opposite if you’re riding in one particular taxi in Japan driven by the beautiful Ikuta Kana, the country’s most popular taxi driver. Ikuta, who is also a model by profession, took cab driving as a second job […]
How to Become A Model As A Foreigner in Japan
One of the biggest industries in the world is Fashion. Clothing and accessories make up a huge percentage of sales in many countries. In order to sell these products, models are hired to wear them and show them off in the hopes of enticing the public to buy these things. While it may seem like […]
My Bad Experiences in Japan as a Foreign Woman
TOKYO| For a lot of people, most of the time, Japan being a safe country is a cliche that’s hard to argue with. Japan, in general, is considered a safe country because of low crime rates. And with regards to serious offenses such as rape and murder, there isn’t a lot of such crimes here, […]
Japanese Company Wants to Lease Young Women’s Armpits as Advertising Space
JAPAN| off all the places to advertise on a living human being, the armpits are probably at the bottom of the list for most people, but one Japanese company believes they are prime real-estate and is currently recruiting young female models willing to walk around with ads on their armpits. Living, breathing advertising billboards are […]
Japan is now planning to restrict chinese apps including tiktok
JAPAN| Japanese politicians are reported to be trying to restrict the use of Chinese-made apps like TikTok owned by ByteDance on data security issues. After the U.S. and India, Japan considers banning TikTok Last month, India and America banned TikTok. Recently, another news broke that Japan is also looking into the matter of banning TikTok […]
I legitimately hate whenever my country(Japan) is discussed on Social Media
Reddit| I am Japanese, I live in Japan. I am English/Japanese bilingual and I have lived and worked in both Japan and the United States. And do you know what really bothers me? Any time reddit talks about my country. Every so often a post about Japan will pop up in trending, like the post […]