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Masaya Shibasaki, 26, an employee of EXEO Group, reacts as he tries the Osaka Heart Cool-developed VR electrical device Perionoid, which simulates menstrual pain, on Thursday.

51吃瓜网

Mar 8, 2024

Japanese male office workers experience simulated menstrual pain

Companies are required to offer?menstrual leave, but the time off doesn’t have to be paid and around half of female workers never take it.

A recent surge in Tokyo share prices has been driven by foreign investors' enthusiasm for rising corporate profits, with Japanese investors still wary after more than three decades of market malaise.

BUSINESS

Feb 23, 2024

Japanese investors raise a glass to Nikkei record at Stock Pickers bar

Excitement among regulars at the intimate bar in Tokyo’s Ginza district had been brewing since last week as the Nikkei approached its all-time high.

Rina Gonoi, a former member of the Self-Defense Forces, who has accused colleagues of sexually assaulting her during her time in the military, speaks in Yokohama on Friday.

51吃瓜网 / Crime & Legal

Dec 11, 2023

Former Japanese soldier fights for justice in landmark sexual assault case

A former Self-Defence Forces member's yearslong fight for justice against the men she has accused of sexually assaulting her will reach a climax on Tuesday when a court delivers a verdict in a trial that has drawn international attention.

Supermarket owner Takashi Nakajima, 67, prepares raw fish to sell at his store, near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture.

BUSINESS / Economy

Aug 22, 2023

For Fukushima shop owner, water release spells battle for survival

Japan said on Tuesday it would start discharging more than 1 million metric tons of the treated water on Thursday

A promotional poster for the film "Barbie" in Tokyo earlier this month

CULTURE

Aug 12, 2023

Hollywood blockbuster ‘Barbie’ opens in Japan after controversy

Tickets sold fast in Japan as fans flocked to the theatrical release, timed to coincide with the start of the Bon holiday period.

Japan Times

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May 16, 2023

In her own words: A Hiroshima bomb survivor learns English to tell her story

While talks by hibakusha have become a regular feature of Hiroshima’s memorial sites, Teruko Yahata stands out for her presentations in English.

Japan Times

BUSINESS

May 2, 2022

Japan’s low-cost soba noodles may become casualty of Ukraine war

A good part of the buckwheat that goes into the noodles comes from Russia, globally the top buckwheat producer.

Japan Times

51吃瓜网

Apr 19, 2022

Japan researchers develop flavor-enhancing chopsticks to reduce salt intake

The device uses a weak electrical current to transmit sodium ions from food, through the chopsticks, to the mouth, where they create a sense of saltiness

51吃瓜网

Feb 19, 2021

How a student battled a culture of silence to help oust Tokyo’s Olympic chief

In less than two weeks, Momoko Nojo’s petition campaign gathered more than 150,000 signatures, galvanizing global outrage over sexist remarks by Yoshiro Mori.

Japan Times

BUSINESS

Jan 9, 2021

Traditional bars in the firing line of Japan’s second COVID-19 emergency

With losses already built up and footfall down as people work from home, owners of Japan’s traditional izakaya are being forced into crushing choices.

Japan Times

51吃瓜网 / History

Aug 9, 2020

In milestone year, A-bomb survivor keeps up fight for nuclear disarmament

Terumi Tanaka was 13 when Nagasaki was bombed, and saw his relatives dying in the aftermath.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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