Japan Subculture Research Center

While we plan to run a full photo essay later in the week, for those of  you looking to get lucky, Asakusa is the place to be.  The Sanja Matsuri…

If you’re looking for world music try heading to Aichi Prefecture’s Toyota City today. Saturday and Sunday are the last two days of Soulbeat Asia where you can see and…

Activists have sued the Taiji Whale Museum for racial discrimination.

yodo News questions about the last 2 lines of Chapter 5. Henry said his idea is different. I insisted that is my understanding of what he said. After Kyodo interview…

Don't spit on station workers. They're human, too. JR Railways releases a series of hilarious posters warning passengers to be nice to railway staff.

Can you really give up space and fancy amenities for huge savings at a hotel? Especially in a notoriously expensive American city like New York? The popularity of the Pod…

On May 8th, Kyodo News published an article concerning former New York Times Tokyo bureau chief Henry S. Stokes and his recent best-seller 英国人記者が見た連合国戦勝史観の虚妄  (Falsehoods of the Allied Nations’ Victorious…

TEPCO posted a profit for the first time since the nuclear meltdown. The amount is less than the ¥47 billion the government gave to the company last September.

Mori Art Museum will start an exhibition that focuses on life through the eyes of children, in a country that faces a shortage of them and an ageing population.

Japan's 3rd annual gay pride parade was held in Yoyogi Park and Shibuya yesterday.