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Kaori Yamada grew up surrounded by bonsai her whole life and was expected to carry on her family's 170-year-old legacy when she became an adult.

LIFE / Lifestyle

Mar 23, 2024

The bonsai master working to branch out an age-old craft

By Laura Pollacco

Kaori Yamada grew up surrounded by bonsai her whole life and was expected to carry on her family's 170-year-old legacy or otherwise end it.

From sending too many emojis than your partner might be expecting to delaying a response in order to avoid seeming overeager, the texting portion of a young relationship is unexpectedly fraught with peril.

LIFE / Lifestyle

Mar 23, 2024

The subtle art of texting your crush for the first time

By Gina Cherelus

Gen Z dating app users are 50% more likely than millennials to delay responding to a message "to avoid seeming overeager.”

Hideo Takayama (front) and Nama Yoshimura head down a narrow alley where a small stream used to run.

LIFE / Lifestyle / Longform

Mar 9, 2024

Tracing Tokyo’s hidden rivers

By Alex K.T. Martin

Underneath the pavement are remnants of the way the city used to look. Discovering them is a challenge that increasing numbers of locals enjoy.

Any mix of the above foods that fit your dietary needs and preferences will make for filling and nutritious meals during an emergency.

LIFE / Lifestyle

Mar 9, 2024

Don’t let the next quake catch you (or your stomach) off guard

By Ann-Loy Morgan

There’s a hidden threat in the days of limited power and bare grocery store shelves that follow a natural disaster: nutritional deficiencies.

Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk says the Japanese public needs to know more about obesity rates before the weight-loss drug can take off in the country.

LIFE / Lifestyle

Mar 9, 2024

Is Japan as thin as it thinks? Weight-loss drug maker says no.

By Mia Glass

In Japan, some 33% of men and 22% of women have a BMI of 25 — the crucial threshold — or more.

The “myahk,” a community currency implemented on Okinawa Prefecture’s Miyako Island in 2018, is intimately tied to local efforts for environmental preservation.

LIFE / Lifestyle / Longform

Feb 10, 2024

Japanese communities are creating currencies to educate and empower citizens

By Kimberly Hughes

The yen will do when paying for things throughout the country. In some places, though, you may try paying with a coin that also helps reduce plastic waste.

Japanese regulations determine which hunters can handle certain firearms based on the individual's experience and the level of rifling in a long gun's barrel.

LIFE / Lifestyle

Feb 3, 2024

Hokkaido hunters say more firepower means more humane kills

By Justin Randall

A revision to Japan’s firearms laws would mean new hunters would be temporarily limited to less potent shotguns.

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.

[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.

For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on

By Lance Henderstein

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Prize winner Maki Imoto catches light with glass

Prize winner Maki Imoto catches light with glass

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