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Japanese culture

The Convenience Store as Total Civilization — How Japan’s Conbini Became an Essential Infrastructure

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledWhen the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake struck on March 11 — the magnitude 9.0 disaster that triggered ...
2026.05.03
Japanese culture
Japanese culture

Sumo’s Hidden World — Beyond the Ring, Behind the Topknot

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledMost people who know anything about sumo know approximately the same things. Two enormous men i...
2026.05.03
Japanese culture
Manga & Anime

The Manga Editor — The Hidden Architect of Japan’s Most Powerful Stories

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledAkira Toriyama did not invent Goku alone. This fact is not a criticism of Toriyama, who was gen...
2026.05.03
Manga & Anime
Japanese culture

How Japan Handles Death — Funerals, Bones, and the Beautiful Rituals of Goodbye

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledMy neighbor died on a Wednesday morning in early spring. He was eighty-one years old, had lived...
2026.05.03
Japanese culture
Japanese culture

Izakaya — The Real Third Place of Japanese Society

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a moment that happens in Japanese izakaya that I have witnessed hundreds of times over...
2026.05.03
Japanese culture
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