Tag: Japanese Social Norms

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

Inside vs. Outside: Japan’s Unwritten Rule of Space - Metropolis Japan

Inside vs. Outside: Japan’s Unwritten Rule of Space

Why uchi and soto still shape how people connect, communicate, and move through everyday life in Japan

Why Does Japan Drive on the Left? - Metropolis Japan

Why Does Japan Drive on the Left?

A journey from samurai practicality to British train operations

Why Does Japan Have So Few Trash Cans? - Metropolis Japan

Why Does Japan Have So Few Trash Cans?

A surprisingly clean mystery

Why Do Japanese People Think Fish Don’t Have Feelings? - Metropolis Japan

Why Do Japanese People Think Fish Don’t Have Feelings?

Exploring cultural views, science and sushi in the fish-and-feelings debate

Growing up in Japan as a Westerner With Joshua Thomson - Metropolis Japan

Growing up in Japan as a Westerner With Joshua Thomson

Based in Japan: Japanese? British? Aussie? Kiwi?

This Japanese Walking Trend Boosts Fitness in Half the Time - Metropolis Japan

This Japanese Walking Trend Boosts Fitness in Half the Time

Backed by science and TikTok hype, Interval Walking Training is transforming everyday walks in Tokyo

How “Sex Toy” Brand TENGA Is Changing Sex Talk in Japan - Metropolis Japan

How “Sex Toy” Brand TENGA Is Changing Sex Talk in Japan

This iconic “pleasure item” is pushing the conversation forward and normalizing masturbation

Decoding Tokyo’s Urban Design: Why Tokyo Works - Metropolis Japan

Decoding Tokyo’s Urban Design: Why Tokyo Works

Understanding how urban design makes this city work

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?

Her Body, Not Her Choice: Do Women in Japan Need Consent From Their Partner to Get an Abortion? - Metropolis Japan

Her Body, Not Her Choice: Do Women in Japan Need Consent From Their Partner to Get an Abortion?

The issues and human rights violations surrounding abortion in Japan

Based in Japan: Life as a Married Gay Couple With Seigo & Bren - Metropolis Japan

Based in Japan: Life as a Married Gay Couple With Seigo & Bren

A Japanese/American love story

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

Is Same Sex Marriage Legal in Japan? - Metropolis Japan

Is Same Sex Marriage Legal in Japan?

The courts say it’s unconstitutional, but same-sex couples still can’t legally marry in Japan

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

When Can Japan Have a Military Again? - Metropolis Japan

When Can Japan Have a Military Again?

Breaking down what’s next for Japan's military future

Review of “Too Big To Care: Adopt Sustainable Business Practices or Embrace Defeat” by Glen S. Wood - Metropolis Japan

Review of “Too Big To Care: Adopt Sustainable Business Practices or Embrace Defeat” by Glen S. Wood

Can big business be kinder to society?

Love Hotels in Japan: From Edo-Era Eroticism to Modern Retreats - Metropolis Japan

Love Hotels in Japan: From Edo-Era Eroticism to Modern Retreats

The storied past and present-day role of Japan’s love hotels