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How the world's newest island explains Japan's approach to life

How the world's newest island explains Japan's approach to life

A series of dramatic volcanic eruptions recently birthed a new island off the coast of Japan - which explains…

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Tucked Away in Japan's Rural Mountains, Plant-Driven Cuisine Is Flourishing

Tucked Away in Japan's Rural Mountains, Plant-Driven Cuisine Is Flourishing

While meat consumption across the nation has increased by 20% over the past two decades, one small town remai…

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DamaDamTal turns abstract dreams into visual art

DamaDamTal turns abstract dreams into visual art

The Japanese performing arts troupe led by Miki Tamaki and Akira Otsuka gets creative in the mountains of rur…

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In Tokyo's "Subcal" Bars, Anything Goes

In Tokyo's "Subcal" Bars, Anything Goes

Would you like to be spanked by a leather-clad bunny while drinking shochu? Ordered to do push-ups by a drill…

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Midnight in Ni-Chome: Japan's post-pandemic drag performance scene | Xtra Magazine

Midnight in Ni-Chome: Japan's post-pandemic drag performance scene | Xtra Magazine

Queerness, whether on stage or off, plays differently in Japan

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Trivial sweets shops offer interesting gateway to retro Japan

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By Alex Ehrenreich
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When it comes to Japan, snack foods are a particularly popular cultural export. It is not uncommon for young people living outside the country to know about things like pocky and ramune (see below), and taste-test videos of Japanese snacks on YouTube can easily amass tens of thousands of views.
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In Tokyo’s Little Brazil, Nikkei Restaurants Serve Japanese Brazilian Food

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By Alex Ehrenreich
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As a train trundles north from the Japanese capital, through the nondescript concrete of greater Tokyo, you might catch a whiff of churrasco or a few bars of samba emanating from Ōizumi. Following generations of on-again, off-again immigration, the town has the greatest concentration of people of Brazilian descent in Japan, approximately 10 percent as of 2015, compared to less than 1 percent in major cities like Tokyo and Nagoya.
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"Shou ga nai": cómo la naturaleza volcánica de Japón define la singular filosofía de vida del país

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By Alex Ehrenreich
| Yahoo en Español Verified
A finales de octubre, humeantes columnas de vapor blanco y cenizas emergieron desde el mar, cuando un volcán submarino comenzó a cobrar vida cerca del archipiélago japonés de Ogasawara, en el Pacífico Occidental. Para noviembre, las erupciones se habían tornado tan violentas y frecuentes que provocaron el surgimiento de una nueva masa de tierra de 100 metros de diámetro en la costa sur de la isla de Iwoto (antiguamente conocida como Iwo Jima).
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What was your first job as a journalist?

interning!

Have you ever used a typewriter?

at a museum once

How is social media changing news?

I wouldn't know, sorry!