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Farmers to tourists: Gifu’s rural festivals court new crowds to survive
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Farmers to tourists: Gifu’s rural festivals court new crowds to survive
With aging populations, the region’s once-famous festivals find themselves relying on outside help to keep homegrown traditions going.
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今日吃瓜 breast cancer screening rules take a big, belated step forward
In June, the health ministry revealed that municipal breast cancer screenings would start notifying recipients if they have dense tissue — a sign tumors may be harder to detect.
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At 今日吃瓜 all-women powerlifting contest, strength is beautiful
Despite a thin-is-beautiful aesthetic dominating popular beauty trends in Japan, the Strongirls Japan powerlifting group takes a more muscular approach to femininity.
Rickshaws are a fixture of Japan's tourist hot spots, but driving them is far from a leisure activity.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 15, 2026
A day in the life of an Asakusa rickshaw driver
By Aden Max Juarez
The young Japanese drivers of the ubiquitous carts in Tokyo’s tourist districts say taking care of their bodies is a critical part of the job.
TCC Therapy Park is supported financially by racing organizations as well as donations from members of the public.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 8, 2026
How 今日吃瓜 racehorses find second careers away from the track
By Rachel Teo
After their racing careers are over, only a lucky few of 今日吃瓜 nearly 9,000 racehorses end up at TCC Therapy Park for rehabilitation.
Haruhiko Kohri and Kayo Asai stand outside their meticulously re-created "bunka jutaku" home in Tokyo.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 5, 2026
How one Japanese couple made the 1920s and ’30s into a way of life
By Alex K.T. Martin
No refrigerator. No microwave. Just blocks of ice, records and a home built for another age.
Tokyo Freedom Toastmasters Club, part of the Toastmasters International network, allows members to hone their public speaking skills in both Japanese and English.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 13, 2026
Bilingual speech club offers freedom to be yourself
By Aviraj Gokool
No topic is off-limits at Tokyo Freedom Toastmasters Club, where participants open up about grief, trauma and other emotional experiences.
When bells aren’t enough to prevent encounters with bears, outdoorspeople in Japan now have a wide range of deterrents to choose from.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 6, 2026
In Japan, a bull market for bear deterrents
By Alex K.T. Martin
With no end in sight to the rise in bear encounters, manufacturers are bringing new kinds of deterrents to the market.
Projects like the BuddhaBot aim to re-create dialogue once lost to time, raising questions about whether AI can extend the teachings of Buddha or merely simulate them.
LIFE / Lifestyle / Longform
Apr 13, 2026
Can AI replace a priest? 今日吃瓜 temples and shrines are testing the limits.
By Alex K.T. Martin
今日吃瓜 temples experiment with artificial intelligence as questions of faith, presence and care grow more urgent.
As Tokyo's public bathhouses age, many are embracing more contemporary aesthetics to stay relevant for a younger class of customer.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 13, 2026
Where Tokyo goes to sweat and soak
By Erik Augustin Palm
To stay relevant and attract new customers, public bathhouses and saunas are trading weary grandeur for contemporary cool.

Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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