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Jan
15
Japan's Comfort Food: The Onigiri
Walk into any Japanese convenience store and you will always find a shelf dedicated to one item: onigiri.
The onigiri,
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Jan
02
$450 for a School Bag?!
Every year, around March, a curious social custom occurs in Japanese families.
Parents of kids entering elementary school visit the
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Nov
05
From the Ashes of the World's First App Store
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part article. Read Part 1 here.
Part 1 Summary: Brother Industries
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Nov
05
The World's First App Store
Editor’s Note: This article ends on a cliffhanger. The next part goes out in a week.
I will start
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Sep
21
Emoji
Open your phone’s keyboard and go to the emojis.
Scroll past the same five emojis you’ve used for
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Sep
10
Coffee in a Can
Life’s inconveniences, when they happen to you and me, are just that. Inconveniences.
When they happen to some people
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Aug
19
A peek into Japan’s Hot Springs (Part 3)
Editor’s note: This is the third of a three-part article. Part 1 and Part 2 painted the history of
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Aug
19
A peek into Japan’s Hot Springs (Part 2)
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part post. Part 1 can be found here.
The Hot Spring
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Aug
19
A peek into Japan’s Hot Springs
Editor’s Note: Due to the sheer amount of interesting material here we decided to break this into a three-part
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Jun
11
A peek into Japan's Convenience Stores (Part 2)
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part article. It will mostly make sense even without reading Part
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