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Pedestrians always should walk on the right in Japan?

I had a bit of a problem on the pavement recently. I was passing someone coming from the other side of the road and we bumped shoulder to shoulder. The other person ran towards me and bumped into me. The other person's argument was that pedestrians should walk on the right side of the road. […]

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Live in Japan: Japanese lifestyle and its social culture
About Yakuza, Japanese Mafia, Organized Crime Syndicates in Japan

Yakaza on the verge of extinction by Ryoji Shimada, staff writer There are two yakuza movies "Yakuza to Kazoku" (Yakuza and its Family) and "Subarashiki Sekai" (Splendid World) that have been shown this year. They are both highly rated and seen by many people, but they all have one thing in common that the life […]

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Live in Japan: Japanese lifestyle and its social culture
Natto: the Most Popular Fermented Food in Japan

Produced 12 million packages a day in Japan Perhaps every country has some kind of fermented food, whether it is popular in that country or not. There is Vegemite in Australia and Marmite in the UK and New Zealand, as well as surströmming in Sweden, which is rarely found in other countries but nonetheless famous […]

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Live in Japan: Japanese lifestyle and its social culture
“No other country is more unique than Japan.” by Miguel Angel Navarro, Spanish Ambassador to Japan

By Ryoji Shimada, staff writer After a hiatus of 26 years, Ambassador Navarro returned to Japan last January, but he didn’t see that many changes. “Maybe Japan’s youths have become less constrained about expressing themselves. It appears in their fashion and all. They were more restrained before. And certainly, new and modern buildings have appeared, […]

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What you need to work in Japan
What you need to work in Japan?

There are many types of visas needed to stay in Japan. Recently, the number of foreigners working in Japan has been increasing. Most of them have recently acquired new visas. Please see the red part in the table below. Japan's aging population is the most advanced in the world, and the working population is decreasing. […]

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