China’s ban on foreign waste
The United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Australia and other western countries were…
Number of foreign residents in Japan
2.56 million foreigners were living in Japan at the end of last…
A job with metaphysical powers
Floro Mercene Pawang hujan (rain shamans) are widely believed to posses supernatural…
Japan’s ‘total toilet makeover drive’
In preparation for an expected 40 million visitors during Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic…
Toilet problems in India
Today, for billions of people around the world, sanitation systems are either…
More discoveries of Peru’s Nazca geoglyphs
The approximately 50 new geoglyphs (Greek for “Earth carvings”) were discovered in…
Japan’s ‘Minpaku’ – private short-term lodging
The number of foreign visitors to Japan in 2017 hit a new…
Why are ‘osumōsan’ so big?
Japanese people call sumo wrestlers affectionately “osumōsan”. They wear the topknot hairstyle…
Rikishi, a professional sumo wrestler
Rikishi is the Japanese term for a professional sumo wrestler, and it…
Sumo, Japan’s national sport
SUMO originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally.…
Nudge theory, the Nobel prize-winning concept (1)
Richard Thaler, an American economist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic…
The story of ‘Sudan’, the northern white rhino (1)
The northern white rhino is a subspecies of the white rhino. Years…
