The cost of rice in Japan shows no signs of declining. Thanks to a poor crop last year, a 5kg bag now costs double what it cost a year ago. Why aren’t the Japanese government’s efforts to bring the price down working?
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Politicians in Japan are feeling the pressure to do something – anything – to relieve Japanese citizens’ financial distress as the cost of nearly everything continues to increase. Some are setting their sights on taxing tourists (more) as a solution.
https://unseen-japan.com/japan-tax-free-shopping-tourists-eliminating/
Two to five hours to get in. An eight-hour wait for food. Rain and rude staff. Osaka Expo 2025 opened on Sunday, and its opening was as controversial as the event's lead-up. As organizers scramble to fix problems, polls show the public losing interest.
There are many ways to refer to one's husband in Japanese. Some of them, however, rub many Japanese women the wrong way. One survey that looked at how women refer to their husbands today provides a glimpse into how Japanese is evolving with the times.
https://unseen-japan.com/husband-or-master-the-debate-over-japanese-words-for-husband/
In a 7-Eleven in Ōita Prefecture, one man bore the burden of keeping the store running 24 hours a day. After six months of toil without a break, he died by suicide. The case was later officially certified as death by overwork, which remains a chronic problem in Japan.
A member of the Japanese Communist Party garnered headlines when she declared that women’s sanitary products should be free in public buildings “like toilet paper.” However, the city hall where she had the emergency that preceded her post doesn’t agree.
https://unseen-japan.com/tsu-mie-prefecture-sanitary-products/
The Morioka Chamber of Commerce in Japan has something in common with Leonardo DiCaprio: It only wants women under 25. The Chamber put out a call for apprentice geisha in the 18-25 age range because "it's natural for men to like younger women."
It's a story that could have ended poorly. But as it turns out, the post from a Japanese Twitter user ended up being a heartwarming story about the love between a man, a woman...and virtual Vocaloid idol Hatsune Miku.
https://unseen-japan.com/cheating-husband-hatsune-miku-fan-japan/
A popular Japanese YouTuber has announced he’s committing to becoming the best Fortnite player in the world, dedicating himself to practicing between nine and 11 hours daily.
That’s gonna require, however, that he postpone middle school.
A drug store in Japan went viral a few days ago when employees tried to charge someone 10,000 yen ($68) for what they deemed illegal parking. Turns out the employees were never told their parking lot was a shared lot.
As Japan’s youth suicide rate hits record levels, authorities are searching for solutions to address the epidemic. Kumamoto City in Kumamoto Prefecture thinks it has an idea: security cameras as an antidote to bullying.
https://unseen-japan.com/kumamoto-city-bullying-security-cameras/
It shouldn’t have to be said that you should respect all local laws and customs during your travel to Japan. Sadly, one American traveler couldn’t be bothered to perform due diligence on his packed luggage.
The conflict between two yakuza gangs - the Yamaguchi-gumi and a splinter Kobe faction - has cost over 90 lives in blood-soaked scenes that would befit a Takashi Miike film. Now, Yamaguchi-gumi says the war is done. The cops, however, aren't convinced.
A female lawmaker in Japan who found herself in a personal emergency made a call on social media for free sanitary products in public buildings. Here's how her seemingly benign request resulted in an automated stream of death threats.
https://unseen-japan.com/yoshida-ayaka-sanitary-products-death-threats/
Ready to be happy? You might get more than you bargained for if you become entangled with this Japanese new religion whose founder declared himself the reincarnation of Buddha *and* Hermes - and whose political views occupy the far, far right.
In their petition, parents at Musashino Gakuen school expressed their fears that the institution, once a “safe haven for our children,” is now in a “deep state of crisis" and that they have "an ever-growing concern about the future of our school.”
https://unseen-japan.com/musashino-higashi-gakuen-school-crisis/
A recent survey by a language education company reveals that some Japanese people don’t feel at all confident in their English abilities. Tourists to Japan, however, seem to think that they’re doing just fine.
A 38-year-old 7-11 manager's death was ruled a case of overwork after he worked six months w/o a break. The case has some saying it's time to end 24-hour combini culture in Japan - and to crack down harder on companies that cross the so-called "karōshi line."
A city in Japan says it won't make women's sanitary products available after politician Yoshida Ayaka called for them to be free like toilet paper - even though a simple solution to providing them is already in use across the country.
https://unseen-japan.com/tsu-mie-prefecture-sanitary-products/
The independent commission investigating allegations of sexual assault by Nakai Masahiro found that he did in fact assault the victim. It further ruled the act a “serious human rights violation" & found it occurred in line w/ the victim's work at Fuji TV.
https://unseen-japan.com/nakai-masahiro-independent-committee-findings/
