Society
Woman Marries ChatGPT AI Character After He Proposed
AI marriage in Japan and the future symbol of love
Why Did America Choose to Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Women Reviving Hajichi, Okinawa’s Traditional Hand Tattoos
What the hands remember
Tokyo’s Original Tattooed Tough Guys Weren’t Yakuza, They Were Firefighters
Inside the wild, brawling, tattooed world of the men who protected the "City of Fires"
Based in Japan: Luke Bridgford on Starting His Camping Car Venture
Finding freedom on four wheels
Mi Kasa Es Su Kasa? The Unspoken Rules of Umbrellas in Japan
From unspoken etiquette to environmental headaches—what’s really going on with umbrellas in Japan?
What It’s Really Like to Work as a Hostess in Tokyo’s Kabukicho
Life behind the neon
Your Official “Hometown” Is the Imperial Palace? Welcome to Japan’s Honseki System
The bizarre loophole that's turning castles, stadiums and airports into official family homes
The Bullet Train, A Loaded Story
Japan likes to say the Shinkansen arrived just in time for the Olympics. But in truth, it arrived in spite of everything.
Why So Many Japanese Married Couples Sleep in Separate Beds
Exploring sleep culture, relationship dynamics and how space shapes intimacy in Japan
Does It Feel Weird To Be Naked in an Onsen?
What the Japanese bathhouse can teach us about body image
Is Japan’s Cultural Aversion to Public Noise Suppressing Its Birth Rate?
Is Japan’s silence pushing families away?
San-chan: The Shiba Inu That Saved the World
How a man, a dog and the internet united for good
Japan’s Captive Capital: Trillions Locked Up In “Dementia Money”
The growing crisis of inaccessible wealth for Japan’s economy and families
The Door Knockers: Jehovah’s Witnesses in Japan
*bing bong*
Based in Japan: Arthell Isom on Building the First Foreign-owned Anime Studio in Japan
Storyteller, entrepreneur and artist
“They Ripped Up My Resignation Letter”: 1 in 5 Japanese Workers in Their 20s Turn to Resignation Agencies
Young workers turn to resignation agencies for their mental health
Based in Japan: What’s Wrong with Sex Education in Japan?
An interview with sex ed teacher June Low
The Samurai’s Legacy in Japanese Corporate Culture
The power of harmony and collaboration
Based in Japan: From Stay-at-Home Mom to Hotel Country Manager
The hardships of rejoining the Japanese workforce for stay-at-home-moms
Japan Now Allows Joint Custody After Divorce—Here’s What Actually Changed
A landmark revision to Japan's Civil Code took effect April 1, 2026, ending a sole-custody system that had been in place for over a century
Being Chinese in Japan
Interviews with Chinese residents in Tokyo