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Learn how to treat others in Japanese and let them treat you with ‘ogori’ and ‘mochi’

By Hitomi Tashiro and Akemi Tanahashi
Special To The Japan Times

Aug 15, 2016

Konya-wa boku-no ogori-da. (Tonight’s bill is on me.)

Situation 1: At a bar, Mr. Mita and his colleague and good friend Mr. Sere are drinking together.

三田 : 今夜は、ぼくのおごりだから、好きなだけ飲んでよ。

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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