unseenjapan, 8 months ago to Japan Japanese politician Sugita Mio is no stranger to controversy. Now, a Sapporo legal bureau says she's slandered the Ainu people - but she says otherwise. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/controversial-politician-sugita-mio-slandered-ainu-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=controversial-politician-sugita-mio-slandered-ainu-people
Japanese politician Sugita Mio is no stranger to controversy. Now, a Sapporo legal bureau says she's slandered the Ainu people - but she says otherwise. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/controversial-politician-sugita-mio-slandered-ainu-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=controversial-politician-sugita-mio-slandered-ainu-people
unseenjapan, 8 months ago to Japan In Japan, legal gender status can only be changed following surgery and sterilization. A court decision now calls this unconstitutional. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/transgender-sterilization-surgery-japan-unconstitutional/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=transgender-sterilization-surgery-japan-unconstitutional
In Japan, legal gender status can only be changed following surgery and sterilization. A court decision now calls this unconstitutional. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/transgender-sterilization-surgery-japan-unconstitutional/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=transgender-sterilization-surgery-japan-unconstitutional
unseenjapan, 8 months ago to Japan As bird flu cases spread in locations worldwide, Japan has ceased imports of French foie gras - once a popular delicacy in the country. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-bans-foie-gras-france-bird-flu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-bans-foie-gras-france-bird-flu
As bird flu cases spread in locations worldwide, Japan has ceased imports of French foie gras - once a popular delicacy in the country. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-bans-foie-gras-france-bird-flu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-bans-foie-gras-france-bird-flu
unseenjapan, 8 months ago to Japan Only a little over a year has gone by since the assassination of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. Now, the Japanese government looks to deal a major blow to the Unification Church - the object of his assassin's ire. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-to-dissolve-unification-church/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-to-dissolve-unification-church
Only a little over a year has gone by since the assassination of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. Now, the Japanese government looks to deal a major blow to the Unification Church - the object of his assassin's ire. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-to-dissolve-unification-church/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-to-dissolve-unification-church
unseenjapan, 8 months ago to Japan Wanna rest a bit and grab a coffee or snack while seeing the Tokyo sites? Here are some of our favorite spots in the city. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/cafes-kissa-junkissa-tokyo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cafes-kissa-junkissa-tokyo
Wanna rest a bit and grab a coffee or snack while seeing the Tokyo sites? Here are some of our favorite spots in the city. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/cafes-kissa-junkissa-tokyo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cafes-kissa-junkissa-tokyo
unseenjapan, 8 months ago to Japan The notorious case of a Sri Lankan detainee's death in an immigration detention center hit a dead end as prosecutors dropped charges for a second time against officials in charge of the facility. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-wishma-death-no-charges/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-wishma-death-no-charges
The notorious case of a Sri Lankan detainee's death in an immigration detention center hit a dead end as prosecutors dropped charges for a second time against officials in charge of the facility. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-wishma-death-no-charges/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-wishma-death-no-charges
unseenjapan, 8 months ago to Japan Luxury Japanese fruit sells for a pretty penny. That's motivating organized crime rings to turn to fruit theft as a new source of income. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/fruit-theft-japan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fruit-theft-japan
Luxury Japanese fruit sells for a pretty penny. That's motivating organized crime rings to turn to fruit theft as a new source of income. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/fruit-theft-japan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fruit-theft-japan
unseenjapan, 8 months ago to Japan Is your experience of Japan about to become a lot more regulated? A new proposal would require tourists in some cases to hire tour guides. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-mandatory-tour-guides/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-mandatory-tour-guides
Is your experience of Japan about to become a lot more regulated? A new proposal would require tourists in some cases to hire tour guides. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-mandatory-tour-guides/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-mandatory-tour-guides
unseenjapan, 8 months ago to Japan Hanami or Hanamizu? Forecasts say hay fever in Japan next year is set to be among the worst ever experienced. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-hay-fever-next-spring-will-be-worst/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-hay-fever-next-spring-will-be-worst
Hanami or Hanamizu? Forecasts say hay fever in Japan next year is set to be among the worst ever experienced. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-hay-fever-next-spring-will-be-worst/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-hay-fever-next-spring-will-be-worst
unseenjapan, 8 months ago to Japan You'd be hard-pressed to find a garbage can in a Japanese city these days. Thankfully, Kyoto is now experimenting with a new approach to trash. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/trash-cans-return-kyoto/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trash-cans-return-kyoto
You'd be hard-pressed to find a garbage can in a Japanese city these days. Thankfully, Kyoto is now experimenting with a new approach to trash. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/trash-cans-return-kyoto/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trash-cans-return-kyoto
unseenjapan, 8 months ago to Japan Got a Suica or Pasmo card sitting in a desk drawer for your next visit to Japan? Here's how long you have until it deactivates for good. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-subway-card-expiration-date/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-subway-card-expiration-date
Got a Suica or Pasmo card sitting in a desk drawer for your next visit to Japan? Here's how long you have until it deactivates for good. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-subway-card-expiration-date/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-subway-card-expiration-date
unseenjapan, 8 months ago to Japan It used to be the tallest statue in Japan and is still a major tourist attraction. But why is the Sendai Daikannon sporting a shade of pink? #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/sendai-daikannon-pink/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sendai-daikannon-pink
It used to be the tallest statue in Japan and is still a major tourist attraction. But why is the Sendai Daikannon sporting a shade of pink? #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/sendai-daikannon-pink/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sendai-daikannon-pink
unseenjapan, 8 months ago to Japan Animation giant Studio Ghibli, fresh off a new film, is now announcing its acquisition by Nippon TV following decades of independence. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/studio-ghibli-surprise-acquisition-by-nippon-tv/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=studio-ghibli-surprise-acquisition-by-nippon-tv
Animation giant Studio Ghibli, fresh off a new film, is now announcing its acquisition by Nippon TV following decades of independence. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/studio-ghibli-surprise-acquisition-by-nippon-tv/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=studio-ghibli-surprise-acquisition-by-nippon-tv
unseenjapan, 8 months ago to Japan A controversial author and social media bomb-thrower best known for denying the Nanjing Massacre launches a new political party. The key question is: does anyone care? #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/hyakuta-naoki-conservative-party-japan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hyakuta-naoki-conservative-party-japan
A controversial author and social media bomb-thrower best known for denying the Nanjing Massacre launches a new political party. The key question is: does anyone care? #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/hyakuta-naoki-conservative-party-japan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hyakuta-naoki-conservative-party-japan
unseenjapan, 9 months ago to Japan Rumors and disinformation sparked the Kanto Massacre in the wake of the Kanto Earthquake. Today, denialism continues to dishonor the victims. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/kanto-massacre-disinformation-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kanto-massacre-disinformation-2
Rumors and disinformation sparked the Kanto Massacre in the wake of the Kanto Earthquake. Today, denialism continues to dishonor the victims. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/kanto-massacre-disinformation-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kanto-massacre-disinformation-2
unseenjapan, 9 months ago to Japan Why are "tourist on the street" interviews so abundant on Japanese TV? One local columnist says it's because, for TV producers, they're cheap blank canvases. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-tv-tourist-interviews/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-tv-tourist-interviews
Why are "tourist on the street" interviews so abundant on Japanese TV? One local columnist says it's because, for TV producers, they're cheap blank canvases. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-tv-tourist-interviews/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-tv-tourist-interviews
unseenjapan, 9 months ago to Japan Japan's fastest shinkansen bullet train service is the Nozomi. Now, the service will be doing away with non-reserved seats during major holidays. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/nozomi-shinkansen-will-now-be-reserved-seats-only-during-peak-holidays/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nozomi-shinkansen-will-now-be-reserved-seats-only-during-peak-holidays
Japan's fastest shinkansen bullet train service is the Nozomi. Now, the service will be doing away with non-reserved seats during major holidays. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/nozomi-shinkansen-will-now-be-reserved-seats-only-during-peak-holidays/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nozomi-shinkansen-will-now-be-reserved-seats-only-during-peak-holidays
unseenjapan, 9 months ago to Japan A true tourist trap? Japanese customers who used Booking.com had their vacations ruined recently thanks to a hotel that someone made up. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-booking-com-tourist-trap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-booking-com-tourist-trap
A true tourist trap? Japanese customers who used Booking.com had their vacations ruined recently thanks to a hotel that someone made up. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-booking-com-tourist-trap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-booking-com-tourist-trap
unseenjapan, 9 months ago to Japan Looking forward to celebrating Halloween in Shibuya this year? Well, don't be - the ward's mayor says you're not invited. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/shibuya-halloween-canceled/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shibuya-halloween-canceled
Looking forward to celebrating Halloween in Shibuya this year? Well, don't be - the ward's mayor says you're not invited. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/shibuya-halloween-canceled/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shibuya-halloween-canceled
unseenjapan, 9 months ago to Japan Do you always feel like someone's watching you? That may be true in Shibuya if one company's plan for 100 AI-powered cameras continues apace. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/shibuya-ai-cameras/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shibuya-ai-cameras
Do you always feel like someone's watching you? That may be true in Shibuya if one company's plan for 100 AI-powered cameras continues apace. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/shibuya-ai-cameras/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shibuya-ai-cameras
unseenjapan, 9 months ago to Japan A new survey says the vast majority of Japan's irregular public servants - many of them women - routinely suffer harassment at their jobs. Why does no one seem to be doing anything about it? #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/workplace-harassment-contract-employees-japan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=workplace-harassment-contract-employees-japan
A new survey says the vast majority of Japan's irregular public servants - many of them women - routinely suffer harassment at their jobs. Why does no one seem to be doing anything about it? #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/workplace-harassment-contract-employees-japan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=workplace-harassment-contract-employees-japan
unseenjapan, 9 months ago to Japan The assumption has been that The Boy and the Heron would be Miyazaki Hayao's last film. Now, Ghibli VP Nishioka Junichi suggests otherwise. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/miyazaki-already-brainstorming-new-film-post-the-boy-and-the-heron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=miyazaki-already-brainstorming-new-film-post-the-boy-and-the-heron
The assumption has been that The Boy and the Heron would be Miyazaki Hayao's last film. Now, Ghibli VP Nishioka Junichi suggests otherwise. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/miyazaki-already-brainstorming-new-film-post-the-boy-and-the-heron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=miyazaki-already-brainstorming-new-film-post-the-boy-and-the-heron
unseenjapan, 9 months ago to Japan The weak yen has made it more attractive than ever to travel to Japan - but some restaurants and stores are taking advantage of that. The latest on tourist scams in Japan and how to spot them. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-tourist-fraud-deception/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-tourist-fraud-deception
The weak yen has made it more attractive than ever to travel to Japan - but some restaurants and stores are taking advantage of that. The latest on tourist scams in Japan and how to spot them. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/japan-tourist-fraud-deception/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-tourist-fraud-deception
unseenjapan, 9 months ago to Japan A recent survey asked tourists to Kyoto about their favorite spots. Here are their top five - along with five recommendations from UJ. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/kyoto-top-10-tourist-spots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kyoto-top-10-tourist-spots
A recent survey asked tourists to Kyoto about their favorite spots. Here are their top five - along with five recommendations from UJ. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/kyoto-top-10-tourist-spots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kyoto-top-10-tourist-spots
unseenjapan, 9 months ago to Japan Want to read Japanese newspapers or essays? Preparing for JLPT N1? Here's how to level up your Japanese game with side-by-side readers. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/understand-advanced-japanese-newspapers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=understand-advanced-japanese-newspapers
Want to read Japanese newspapers or essays? Preparing for JLPT N1? Here's how to level up your Japanese game with side-by-side readers. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news https://unseen-japan.com/understand-advanced-japanese-newspapers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=understand-advanced-japanese-newspapers