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Tag: Being Foreign in Japan

Does It Feel Weird To Be Naked in an Onsen? - Metropolis Japan

Does It Feel Weird To Be Naked in an Onsen?

What the Japanese bathhouse can teach us about body image

International Summer Schools in Japan for 2026 - Metropolis Japan

International Summer Schools in Japan for 2026

Key dates and fun options for your little ones

Japan Now Allows Joint Custody After Divorce—Here’s What Actually Changed - Metropolis Japan

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 - Metropolis Japan

Being Chinese in Japan

Interviews with Chinese residents in Tokyo 

So I Married a Japanese Man…and These Are the Questions I Get - Metropolis Japan

So I Married a Japanese Man…and These Are the Questions I Get

Intercultural relationships come with plenty of rude assumptions.

Want to Start a Business in Japan? - Metropolis Japan

Want to Start a Business in Japan?

Free consultation with Sea and Forest Plan Company

Shibuya to Introduce ¥2,000 Littering Fines and Mandatory Trash Bins for Restaurants - Metropolis Japan

Shibuya to Introduce ¥2,000 Littering Fines and Mandatory Trash Bins for Restaurants

Shibuya City will introduce on-the-spot littering fines

How to Live in Japan - Metropolis Japan

How to Live in Japan

Visas, jobs and the real way people make it work

English-Speaking Clinics in Tokyo 2026 - Metropolis Japan

English-Speaking Clinics in Tokyo 2026

The ultimate guide to healthcare

Giving Birth in Japan as a Foreigner - Metropolis Japan

Giving Birth in Japan as a Foreigner

Five women share their pregnancy stories 

Why Do 84 Percent of Women in Japan Think Cheating is Healthy? - Metropolis Japan

Why Do 84 Percent of Women in Japan Think Cheating is Healthy?

Understanding infidelity in Japan

Why Does Japan Use So Much Plastic? - Metropolis Japan

Why Does Japan Use So Much Plastic?

Why is Japan so behind other countries, and how can it change?

Why Japanese People Don’t Say “I Love You” - Metropolis Japan

Why Japanese People Don’t Say “I Love You”

Unpacking the quiet ways love gets expressed in Japan

Best Room Fans in Japan - Metropolis Japan

Best Room Fans in Japan

Top Picks for Every Need, From Small Spaces to Quiet Options

Can Japan Embrace Multicultural Coexistence? - Metropolis Japan

Can Japan Embrace Multicultural Coexistence?

Uzbek-born bar owner and politician Babakhodjaeva Orzugul is challenging exclusion in Japan—one policy, one conversation at a time