Tofu Prices In Japan Being Affected By…
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Japanese Yen Surges 3% After Foreign-Exchange Intervention
Officials in Tokyo issued stark warnings to the markets (specifically a polite heads up to FX traders from...
Japan Breaks with Post-war Pacifism by Easing Arms Exports
Last week, the Japanese government revised limits on defense equipment exports that will allow the sale of more...
M7.7 Earthquake – Iwate Prefecture Sanriku Coast (Subsequent Quake Advisory Issued)
UPDATE (April 27): This subsequent earthquake advisory ended as expected on April 27th at 5PM JST UPDATE: The...
Anti-war Protests Grow in Japan
While protests in Japan seem rare, they do happen. Some in smaller numbers while others that are much...
Fuji News Breaks Down T.A.C.O.
This is freakin hilarious… Fuji News Network (one of Japan’s news broadcasters) took the time to explain the...
Shibuya Scramble Crossing Arsonist Apprehended
A Nagoya man in his 50’s was apprehended by police after he lit a fire in the middle...
Japan’s Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae Meets with Convicted Felon Troll in Washington D.C.
This is what every single news article and report should be bluntly stating. The U.S. does not have...
15th Year Since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
15 years ago on March 11, 2011 at 2:46PM JST, a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in...
Artisan Spotlight: Choclatbob
For the longest time, I had a difficult time deciding how to approach this particular writeup (initially, it...
LUNA SEA’s Drummer Shinya (真矢) Passes Away [UPDATE]
The band announced on their website that Shinya (real name Yamada Shinya) had passed away several days ago...
LUNATIC FEST 2025 (Japan at the Last Possible Moment)
The Journey to Get There; Ichi-go Ichi-e Moments/Thanksgiving Edition Hard to believe 3 weeks (since the publishing of...