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2023 Japan's Harsh Inflation
Japan is usually a country of unwavering prices: some products have literally cost the same for decades! The…
Gaming and Entertainment in Japan
Japanese of all ages enjoy going to arcade games, that are very popular places for entertainment. While they…
Legal Age in Japan
Legal age in Japan is 20 years old, but since April 2022, voting age has been lowered to 18 years old. As a…
Best Areas to Stay in Osaka
Osaka is the capital of the Kansai region and is one of the most populated city of Japan with about 3 million…
Obon
Obon is a period usually around mid-August in Japan for celebrations and Buddhist rituals. These few days are…
7th Covid Wave in Summer 2022: Japan Unfazed by the BA.5 Surge
In Japan as anywhere else, while the Corona waves continue to unfurl, their societal impact changes. At each…
Neo-Sakoku: A Risky Bet for the Japanese Economy
The term Sakoku was used several times over the past 2 years in our articles related to Covid-19 in Japan,…
Japan has Stealthily Reopened Borders to Tourists Since March 2022
With this purposely provocative title, we would like to shed a light on a flaw of the current Japanese system…
The Unfair Situation of Students, Workers and Families Living Under the Japan Foreign Entry Ban
It has been almost 2 years now that Japan closed its borders to all incoming foreign visitors. Permanent…
Japan Badly Hit by Winter 2022 Omicron 6th Wave
We announced it as soon as early December in our article commenting the sudden re-closing of the Japanese…
Our Experience of the Enforced Hotel Quarantine Upon Arrival in Japan
Back from a year-end holiday in France, one member of Kanpai’s staff, who is a permanent resident in Japan,…
Omicron: Japan's Doors Slammed Shut Again in December 2021
Travel to Japan was on the verge of resuming in November 2021, starting with students and business travelers…
Japan Losing to Summer 2021 Covid Fifth Wave
Whereas the archipelago has been relatively spared until recently, it is now facing its first real health…
A Guide to Air Conditioners in Japan
In Japanese "air conditioner" is said エアコン aircon and the word derives from the English term and composed of…
Tanabata
Tanabata or Star Festival is celebrated on July 7 in Japan, and sometimes in August in the north of the…
Father's Day in Japan
Father’s Day or chichi no hi (父の日), literally meaning the "day of the father," is celebrated in Japan on the…
The 4th Covid Wave Demonstrated the Limits of the Japanese System
📈 New confirmed cases, victims…Japan’s record figures in a less-affected Asia
The peak of the fourth wave…
Tokyo in the Dark During Spring 2021 State of Emergency
A new state of emergency has been declared in spring 2021 to face a surge of Covid-19 contaminations in Japan…
We have been Close Contact to a Covid-19 Case in Japan
The ideal image of civic-minded Japan
We often say that Japanese people are deferent to the group and…
Cleanliness in Japan
With the Covid-19 outbreak and the related physical distancing measures since early 2020, the daily hygiene …