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Don’t miss an opportunity when kikkake comes knocking

By Hitomi Tashiro and Akemi Tanahashi

Mar 7, 2016

Kore-o kikkake-ni futari-ga nakayoku naru-to ii. (It would be nice if you took this chance to get to know each other better.)

Situation 1: In the morning at the office, Ms. Gray talks to Ms. Tamachi, who has just arrived at work. (Gray knows that Tamachi really likes Mr. Tien, but her love is unrequited.)

グレイ：　ティエンさんと一緒に歩いているのを見たわよ！これをきっかけに二人が仲良くなるといいと思って、私、別の道を通って来たのよ。どうだった？

Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night’s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.

Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot sleepless nights

By Tomoko Otake

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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