For many people around the world, the year-end and new year period is a time of family gatherings and special meals, which presents many opportunities…

VTubers have become so popular in society that they are now often used as corporate image characters. One reason for their rise to prominence in…

Amutus Corporation’s popular electronic manga distribution service めちゃコミック Mecha Comic*, which boasts the largest number of manga reviews in Japan, has announced the Shonen/Seinen Manga…

Watching Japanese movies, television dramas, or even anime, eventually you may have encountered a scene of someone very much enjoying an ice cold beer after…

Have you ever wondered what is popular among young people in Japan and what Japanese influencers people tend to watch? Are you curious about the…

First-time visitors to Japan are often astonished to discover the variety of products available at 7-Eleven convenience stores. And for those who want to satisfy…

What is Oden? A familiar sight at Japanese convenience stores, and a popular menu item in izakaya gastropubs, oden (おでん or 御田), a kind of…

Since 1995, Japanese marketing and research company ING Co., Ltd. has been conducting the “Shibuya Trend Research” survey to understand and promulgate information on the…

Japanese 7-Eleven convenience stores offer a wide variety of products, from lunch boxes to daily necessities. During the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer, the…

Children of all ages idolize various vocations throughout their education and youth. Rightly or wrongly, almost every elementary school student has a ready-made answer to…

The Spring anime season has already begun, and as always, anime fans around the world are excited about the new season’s offerings. Expectations and preferences…

Thinking of going to university in Japan, but don’t know where to study? The recently released Times Higher Education (hereafter THE) Japanese University Rankings 2021…

For the past six years, the Japan Croquette Association, a non-profit GIA (general incorporated organization) dedicated to “promoting croquette culture and expanding the croquette market”…

To celebrate the publication of the latest and 12th novel in the Haruhi Suzumiya series, The Intuition of Haruhi Suzumiya, publisher Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko has…

Snaplace, a Japanese website that analyzes and compiles the most popular SNS posts categorized by location and genre, has over 10,000 Japanese spots in its…