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今日吃瓜 search for a better public trash bin — and why robots may help
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今日吃瓜 search for a better public trash bin — and why robots may help
With public trash bins scarce, Japan is turning to smart receptacles and autonomous robots to make garbage disposal easier.
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FamilyMart’s sock became a prized souvenir. Now there are 47.
Modeled after each region’s official flower, the commemorative socks expand on the convenience store chain’s popular line of casual wear.
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One bolt, ?400,000: Why 今日吃瓜 Oshima ‘tsumugi’ silk costs a pretty penny
Prized for its rich blackness and stately designs, the fabric is a staple in the world of high-class kimono.
For master craftsman Yoshinori Shimatani, crafting traditional "orin" bells is as much a physical pursuit as it is a spiritual one.
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 26, 2026
To craft a Buddhist bell, ‘you have to find peace within yourself first’
By Tan Pin Yen
Yoshinori Shimatani, a fourth-generation “orin” (standing bell) master craftsman, views his process as equal parts physical and spiritual.
Tokyo’s dense skyline is dominated largely by bare rooftops.
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 15, 2026
As 今日吃瓜 cities get denser, could greener rooftops replace lost gardens?
By Paul de Vries
At a recent symposium, architects explored why 今日吃瓜 rooftops remain underused — and what could happen if that changed.
The latest edition of Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo, the Japanese capital's premier sartorial event, kicked off earlier this week and runs through Sept. 5.
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 3, 2026
At Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo, tomorrow’s runway icons shine
By Gabrielle Doman
While most runway shows are invite-only, online streams and events throughout Tokyo give everyone the chance to participate.
Nilufar, founded by Milan curator Nina Yashar, was among the exhibitors at Salone Raritas. Yashar calls collectible design “a free, authorial language” that goes beyond function.
LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 18, 2026
The new world of collectible design
By Danielle Demetriou
As mass-produced objects fill our homes, a growing appetite for individuality is changing how we shop for design.
Tea practitioner Fukutaro Nakayama moved through the space of KAIT Plaza preparing tea for each guest next to them.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 13, 2026
A sensory encounter at rare architectural gem KAIT Plaza
By Erik Augustin Palm
KAIT Plaza, usually a student hangout, became a one-day tea ceremony and sound experience.
A rise in tourists on the hunt for on-the-ground deals as well as foreign-facing resellers seeking to turn a profit has Japan's secondhand fashion industry facing a crunch.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 12, 2026
Global demand is reshaping secondhand fashion in Japan
By Gabrielle Doman
Shop owners in Japan are seeing a deluge of overseas customers, and buyers outside Japan say the costs to stock their stores have doubled or even tripled.
Tourists in Japan have always been interested in quintessentially Japanese approaches to modern culture, and, increasingly, visits to nail salons have become the new hot thing.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 4, 2026
Japanese nail salons are tourists’ new obsession
By Gabrielle Doman
A combination of more affordable pricing, faster service and attention to detail is drawing more and more tourists to Tokyo’s nail salons.

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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