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Unseen Japan“It’s one hell of a weird scene,” one X user wrote. “Nothing but old men….this is why Japan is flailing.” Learn more about how Japanese social media users lambasted Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru for posting a pic of a room full of men...on International Women's Day.<a href="https://unseen-japan.com/ldp-leadership-old-men-only-post/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/ldp-leadership-old-men-only-post/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#women</a>

Unseen JapanTachibana Takashi, the controversial head of Japan's Protect The People From the NHK Party, survived a blade attack. The attacker says he was upset over what he saw as Tachibana's role in a Hyogo Prefectural politician's suicide.<a href="https://unseen-japan.com/tachibana-takashi-blade-attack/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/tachibana-takashi-blade-attack/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crime</a>

Unseen JapanAn incident involving Japanese travelers in China shows that tourist idiocy is universal. It came out this week that a Japanese man and woman were arrested - and subsequently deported - in January after he pulled down his trousers at the Great Wall while she recorded it.<a href="https://unseen-japan.com/japanese-tourists-great-wall-arrested/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/japanese-tourists-great-wall-arrested/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tourism</a>

Unseen JapanEmon-kake. Uba-guruma. Chombo. These and other words used to be common parlance. Use them now and people will just think you're old as dirt. Here are some popular Japanese words that have fallen by the wayside - and the words that have replaced them. <a href="https://unseen-japan.com/dead-japanese-words/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/dead-japanese-words/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japanese</a>

Unseen JapanThe village of Shirakawa has long been a worldwide tourist attraction. It’s gotten even busier as Japan prepares to welcome 40 million tourists in 2025. In response, the tiny village says it’ll greatly increase parking fees starting in October. <a href="https://unseen-japan.com/shirakawa-parking-rates-overtourism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/shirakawa-parking-rates-overtourism/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tourism</a>

Unseen JapanWhile Kurosawa Akira loved and respected Shakespeare, his western literary influence didn't end there. From a young age, Kurosawa obsessed over the works of the Russian literary giants - Dostoevsky, Gogol, Tolstoy, and many others. That love would save his life.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=B4bIALn4iWA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=B4bIALn4iWA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#movies</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#film</a>

Unseen JapanAdvocates for marriage equality in Japan won another victory recently. The High Court of Nagoya sided with plaintiffs in ruling Japan’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriages as unconstitutional. <a href="https://unseen-japan.com/marriage-equality-nagoya-ruling/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/marriage-equality-nagoya-ruling/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a>

Unseen JapanJapan wants its people to have more kids. The problem is that, if they did, women would end up doing most of the work. Women in Japan have long complained – and statistics have proven – that they do most of the chores in their homes on top of working full-time jobs. <a href="https://unseen-japan.com/housework-japan-inequality-survey/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/housework-japan-inequality-survey/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#women</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#equality</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a>

Unseen JapanThe trend of stupid-ass YouTubers being offensive idiots in Japan continues unabated. Fortunately, in the latest case, local authorities put a stop to it swiftly, denying a group of nuisance streamers permission to board a ferry in Kagoshima. <a href="https://unseen-japan.com/streamer-kagoshima-ferry-coast-guard/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/streamer-kagoshima-ferry-coast-guard/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#youtube</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streaming</a>

Unseen JapanWant to take your next Japan trip to the next level? TIME Magazine just announced its 100 great places to visit around the world - and four spots in Japan made the list. Check out their picks, as well as some of our past Japan travel recs, in our latest.<a href="https://unseen-japan.com/worlds-greatest-places-japan/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/worlds-greatest-places-japan/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tourism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a>

Unseen JapanLegislators in Japan want to crack down on host clubs. Their latest proposal would forbid hosts from using romantic entanglements to entice customers into spending money. It would also prevent them from pressuring customers or trying to lure them into sex work. <a href="https://unseen-japan.com/host-clubs-new-law-proposed/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/host-clubs-new-law-proposed/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a>

Unseen JapanThe first verdict is in over the vicious murder of a 17-year-old girl in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, with a then-19-year-old attacker being sentenced to 23 years in prison. The victim’s family, however, said the sentence feels “light” for the crime. <a href="https://unseen-japan.com/konishi-yuka-verdict-asahikawa-murder/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/konishi-yuka-verdict-asahikawa-murder/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crime</a>

Unseen JapanIt’s a crime to be poor in Hokkaido, it seems. A 33-year-old man in the city of Asahikawa is under arrest. His grave sin? Asking for money. <a href="https://unseen-japan.com/hokkaido-asahikawa-combini-panhandling-arrest/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/hokkaido-asahikawa-combini-panhandling-arrest/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a>

Unseen Japan22yo Sato Airi, a livestreamer who went by Mogami Ai, was brutally murdered on March 11th in Shinjuku City's Takadanobaba. So why are so many people on Japanese social media expressing sympathy for her murderer? (Spoiler alert: it's misogyny.)<a href="https://unseen-japan.com/mogami-ai-sato-airi-murder/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/mogami-ai-sato-airi-murder/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crime</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#women</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a>

Unseen JapanA Meiji-era law requires Japanese couples to choose a single last name. As legislators in Japan debate repealing it, a new poll shows that a majority of women wish they had had the choice to keep their maiden names when getting married.<a href="https://unseen-japan.com/poll-separate-spousal-surnames-women-support/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/poll-separate-spousal-surnames-women-support/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/marriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marriage</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#relationships</a>

Unseen JapanA man dared a hostess in Tokyo to a drinking game. She died several hours later. The story demonstrates how obscenely wealthy men use their power to take advantage of economically disadvantaged women for nothing but the sake of their own amusement. <a href="https://buff.ly/ihxKbnI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/ihxKbnI</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a>

Unseen JapanIto Shiori’s film about her sexual assault, Black Box Diaries, didn’t win the Academy Award for Best Documentary. The journalist and first-time director, however, say she’s not fazed and is focused on a larger goal: getting her Oscar-nominated film to screen in her own country. <a href="https://unseen-japan.com/ito-shiori-black-box-diaries-japan-release/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/ito-shiori-black-box-diaries-japan-release/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#movies</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#film</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a>

Unseen JapanJapanese light novel titles used to be a handful of words - or even a single word. Now, it's not uncommon to see titles topping almost 100 kanji and kana characters. When did people start writing such ridiculously long ranobe titles? And - more elusively - why?<a href="https://unseen-japan.com/light-novels-long-titles-when/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/light-novels-long-titles-when/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/anime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anime</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/popculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#popculture</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#culture</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a>

Unseen JapanEven as costs rise, many ramen shops in Japan are afraid to transcend the so-called “1,000 yen wall” (around USD $6.70) or fear of driving away customers. So some have found a workaround: keep serving noodles …and only noodles. <a href="https://unseen-japan.com/noodle-only-ramen-japan/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/noodle-only-ramen-japan/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#food</a>

Unseen JapanJapan’s relationship with coffee is relatively shallow, dating back in earnest only about 150 years. But that hasn’t stopped it from becoming one of the country’s most popular beverages. Here’s the history behind how it happened and how coffee in Japan has evolved.<a href="https://unseen-japan.com/coffee-in-japan-a-short-tasty-history/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unseen-japan.com/coffee-in-japan-a-short-tasty-history/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/unseenjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unseenjapan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ujwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ujwebsite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#food</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coffee</a>

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