The influx of Korean Peninsula immigrants to Japan probably led to a significant culture shift on the island country.

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Picture book author Keiko Sena died from old age at her home in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday, people familiar with the matter have said. She was 92. A Tokyo native, Sena, whose real ...

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Matsuda Minoru’s manga He Was My Brother mixes horror and romance, and is currently available on the Mangamo manga app.

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That’s because it’s often repeated on Japanese television, in books and media, as well as by colleagues – in my case, in the school I worked in, in the rural north of the country. My supervisor would ...

The 30-year-old elaborated on the discomfort she felt as a member of a popular idol group.