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unseenjapan, 3 days ago to Japan

Former Idol Onodela Popko made waves when she quit her group after just one week over bullying. What's she up to now? Racking up wins, it would seem. Here's why she went viral - and what she's been up to since.

https://unseen-japan.com/onodela-popko-japan-idol-revenge/

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unseenjapan, 4 days ago to Japan

It was one of the most infamous cases of karoshi (working to death) Japan has seen. Learn how the tragic loss of Takahashi Matsuri shook the country, and what changed - and what hasn't - since then.

https://unseen-japan.com/japan-suicide-karoshi-overwork-dentsu/

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unseenjapan, 4 days ago to Japan

ICYMI: Local legends urge couples to avoid these spots in Japan like the plague. Some are said to be bad luck. Others aren’t haunted or hexed – they’re just places you shouldn’t go until you and your partner have truly tested your relationship.

https://unseen-japan.com/couples-breakup-spots-japan/

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unseenjapan, 4 days ago to Japan Japanese

Onodera Popko gained fame in 2019 when she quit idol group asterisk* east live on stage, accusing them of bullying before flipping them off. How’d she doing now? Really well: she’s graduated from Waseda and UC Berkeley’s Haas Business School, according to her X account.

https://jisin.jp/entertainment/entertainment-news/2332174/

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unseenjapan, 5 days ago to Japan

Archive: People in South Korea love Japanese food so much that they’re reliving the dining experience in Japan on the streets of Seoul. That recreation goes so far as to have Japanese-only signs and menus, which is technically illegal.

https://unseen-japan.com/south-korea-illegal-japanese-signs/

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unseenjapan, 5 days ago to Japan

ICYMI: We’re seeing increasing reports of Tourists Behaving Badly. Now, local media is reporting on a special subclass of the annoying tourist problem: visitors who insist on speaking their mother tongue even when Japanese staff clearly don’t understand them.

https://unseen-japan.com/japan-tourists-foreign-language-insistence/

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unseenjapan, 8 days ago to Japan

Need a better way to get around Japan? There'll be an app for that soon. Learn more about the Welcome Suica app and how it can help you navigate your first time in the country below.

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unseenjapan, 8 days ago to Japan

East Japan Railways Company has been fiercely cutting those counters as a cost-saving measure. However, a fierce public backlash has put that plan on hold – and may cancel it for good.

https://buff.ly/3wSD5Af

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unseenjapan, 8 days ago to Japan

It used to be common wisdom in Japan's restaurant industry that you couldn't sell ramen for over 1000 yen a bowl. That's changing quickly. Learn why more shops are emphasizing quality over quantity in our latest.

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unseenjapan, 9 days ago to Japan

Most of Japan supports having a female emperor and revising the country's laws. In a recent Mainichi Shinbun national opinion poll, 81% supported a woman on the throne. So what’s holding up the Diet, which oversees revisions to the Imperial Household Law, from making it so?

https://unseen-japan.com/female-emperor-japan-majority-support/

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unseenjapan, 9 days ago to Japan

The “gaijin hunter” in Japan has become a general mythology. Stereotypical gaijin hunters seek out foreigners in their romantic life, sometimes just for a casual fling, other times for marriage.

But do they actually exist in 2024?

https://unseen-japan.com/gaijin-hunter-fact-vs-fiction/

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unseenjapan, 9 days ago to Japan

Is Lake Mashuu in Hokkaido dangerous for couples? Urban legend says that if the lake is foggy when you get there and stays that way, then your relationship is destined to last. However, if the fog clears while you’re on the boat, then it’s time to say “thank you, next.”

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unseenjapan, 9 days ago to Japan

Urikakekin - the "buy now, pay later" scheme used by host clubs - involves a host offering to shoulder customers’ sizable fees for drinks and services sold on credit. The tab adds up, often forcing some customers into prostitution to pay up their debts.

https://unseen-japan.com/japan-host-club-closed-urikakekin/

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unseenjapan, 9 days ago to Japan

“When I go to a tourist spot in Kyoto or a shopping center in Tokyo to check it out, the ones getting drunk and tossing garbage are mostly Japanese people. Foreigners see that and gladly drink or smoke on the street."

Are foreign tourists the only ones to blame for bad behavior in Japan's tourist hotspots? Some in Japan beg to differ:

https://unseen-japan.com/japan-overtourism-foreigners-blame/

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unseenjapan, 10 days ago to Japan

ICYMI: Thanks to a rush of tourists, Mt. Fuji is now another destination tourists cannot go without planning ahead. A new online reservation system opened this week for climbers on the popular Yoshida trail between July and September.

https://unseen-japan.com/mt-fuji-reservation-system-yamanashi/

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unseenjapan, 10 days ago to Japan

Some would have you believe foreigners in Japan commit more crime than citizens - a "fact" that justifies racial profiling. What's the truth? We dug into the numbers to find out.

https://unseen-japan.com/japan-foreigners-crime-rates/

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unseenjapan, 10 days ago to Japan Japanese

Ramen Jiro, a popular ramen chain with diehard fans, caught fire in Kabukicho and these hard-core mfers kept eating through it.

OP: "I know there are ppl who'd eat til they puked, but eating with your life on the line...Jiro, your last meal on Earth."

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unseenjapan, 10 days ago to Japan

One town in Japan put up a giant curtain to deter overtourism at a famous Mt. Fuji tourist spot. But where there's a will, there's a way: some people are now literally poking holes in the drape as a workaround. Learn more - and how police are responding to it - below.

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unseenjapan, 10 days ago to Japan

For the first time, authorities in Japan have shut down a host club for using a debtor's system that's forced many women into prostitution. Learn more about the case - and the continued crackdown on host clubs - below.

https://buff.ly/3X14N8y

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unseenjapan, 11 days ago to Japan

"Being on a tour with Unseen Japan is nothing like a typical tour. You'll be brought into secluded places that the locals frequent but the tourists miss. Plus, you'll get tons of new knowledge from the tour guide about Japan that you probably can't find by browsing." - Gerry C.

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unseenjapan, 11 days ago to Japan

ICYMI: The government of Japan wants more people to have kids to stave off the country’s rapidly aging and declining population. Now comes word that the government of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is considering a new financial incentive: eliminate the cost of giving birth.

https://unseen-japan.com/japan-childbirth-free-proposal/

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unseenjapan, 11 days ago to Japan

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unseenjapan, 11 days ago to Japan

Do you like it raw? They do in Japan - raw eggs, that is. Learn more about raw egg cuisine in Japan, why it's popular, and how the country keeps its egg supply safe and salmonella-free.

https://unseen-japan.com/raw-eggs-japan-safe/

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unseenjapan, 11 days ago to Japan

"“You can’t fully rely on translation apps,” said a 20yo Japanese woman who serves tourists at a dining bar. “It’s been more than a few times where I haven’t been able to serve customers [in English] and they wave their hands and shoe me away as if to say, ‘You’re useless.'”

https://unseen-japan.com/japan-tourists-foreign-language-insistence/

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