yakuza Yakuza boss issues ominous threat when he was sentenced to death Mark Frauenfelder

unsolved mysteries Mystery man shows up in Japan, claims he swam there from Russia Mark Frauenfelder

buses This Tokyo-Kyoto overnight bus has comfy sleeping pods Mark Frauenfelder

arcades Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hang out in a Tokyo video-game arcade in the late 70s? Popkin

ProCreate Artist uses Google street view to find interesting small buildings to draw Mark Frauenfelder

3D displays Astonishing 3D animated cat on Tokyo digital billboard David Pescovitz

landslides 20 feared dead in Japan landslide Rob Beschizza

steep hills Popular Japanese TV show about women sprinting up hills and panting will now include men Mark Frauenfelder

camping Check out these nifty camper vans Mark Frauenfelder

Tokyo Guy drops wallet in Tokyo street to see what people will do Mark Frauenfelder

population decline Take a tour of this deserted Japanese village populated with scarecrows Popkin

Tokyo With Tokyo Olympics 8 weeks away, Japan's hospital crises has experts urging to cancel it Mark Frauenfelder

covd-19 Osaka hit hard by 4th wave of Covid, doctors warn of hospital system collapse Mark Frauenfelder

olympics 83% of Japanese oppose forthcoming summer Olympics Rob Beschizza

apartment living What it's like to stay in a tiny apartment in Tokyo's space-age Nakagin Capsule Tower Mark Frauenfelder

emergency funds Town in Japan spent $228,000 of Covid relief fund on this large pink squid statue Carla Sinclair

family offices Look at this beautiful website for a Japanese family office launched by Nintendo founding family Mark Frauenfelder

1920s Watch: 1926 surreal film from Japan called "A Page of Madness" Mark Frauenfelder

capsule toys A visit to the world's biggest capsule toy store in Tokyo Mark Frauenfelder

seniors Japan's 90-year-old fitness trainer is probably in better shape than you are Mark Frauenfelder