Japanese economy

Pachinko — Japan’s ¥15 Trillion Open Secret

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIf you have spent any time in a Japanese city — any city, any neighborhood, anywhere along the ...
Japanese economy

The Salaryman’s Real Life — What Nobody Tells You About Working in Japan

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledEvery year, millions of people around the world encounter the word "salaryman" and form an imag...
Otaku Culture

Akihabara — Electric Dreams, Otaku Gospels, and the City That Reinvented Itself

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIntroduction — A Place That Refuses to Be DefinedIf you ask ten people what Akihabara is, you w...
Samurai drama

The Archer and the Spear — Non-Sword Combat in Period Drama

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledAlmost everything that the international audience knows about Japanese martial combat comes fro...
Samurai drama

Shame, Honor and Face — The Social Body in Jidaigeki

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe jidaigeki has no shortage of deaths over points of honor that an outside observer might fin...