Last week the Japanese foreign ministry tentatively suggested that language proficiency be connected to long-term visas. Now, the first (an...

The weekend section of Asahi Shinbun has a fun regular feature where they present some recent surprising statistic (ok, I think it's fun...

Deadlines are necessary. They're unavoidable. They are even beneficial - I would not get half as much done if I wasn't occasionally ...

By tradition people put some importance on the first instance of any action of the new year. It is vaguely seen as setting the tone for the ...

Once again a New Year has been inflicted upon us. The glue on the final in-store Christmas tinsel had not yet time to set before it was all ...

If there was any doubt that this country is obsessed with food, Asahi Shinbun reports today that the three most common dog names this year i...

There's been a long string of food safety and other consumer scandals here lately - enough that the "kanji of the year" became...