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A Japanese man who made a living from letting people rent him to do absolutely nothing says he now does it for fun

Thu, 01/18/2024 - 04:14

Shoji Morimoto (right) with a client (left in a cafe in Tokyo. — Shoji Morimoto (right) with a client (left) in a cafe in Tokyo.
Kim Kyung-Hoon via Reuters

News, insider-news, insider-asia, Japan

I left America and moved to Japan. It was the best decision I made — I feel like I'm really living life now.

Wed, 01/17/2024 - 08:02

Cyrus Yongbanthom — Cyrus Yongbanthom.
Cyrus Yongbanthom

Real Estate, as-told-to, thought-leadership, Relocation, Japan, contributor-2024

I was shocked by all the tiny vehicles I saw in Japan. Here are my top 16 'Kei' vehicles.

Tue, 01/16/2024 - 12:08

A Diahatsu Canbus — A Diahatsu Canbus "kei" car in Kyoto, Japan
Alistair Barr/Insider

Transportation, automotives, Autos, cars, Trucks, SUVs, kei-car

People are buying cheap, abandoned homes in Japan and living their dreams free of financial burden

Sun, 01/14/2024 - 06:53

Two men sitting down in the middle of a home renovation in Japan. — Take Kurosawa and Joey Stockermans working on their akiya renovation in Japan.
Courtesy of Take Kurosawa.

Real Estate, Japan, home-renovation, Relocation, moving-abroad, housing-market, akiya

A crack was discovered in the cockpit window of a Boeing 737-800 aircraft mid-flight

Sun, 01/14/2024 - 06:16

An All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 737-800. — An All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 737-800.
Fabrizio Gandolfo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Transportation, Boeing, Japan, all-nippon-airways, cockpit, uk-weekend, news-uk

$800,000 tuna to be turned into sushi at Michelin-starred restaurant

Sat, 01/06/2024 - 07:48

Bluefin tunas caught at a tuna farm in Malta. — Bluefin tuna.
Jonathan Borg/Xinhua via Getty Images

Retail, news-uk, uk-weekend, Tuna, michelin, restaurants, Japan

Space photos show Japan's 7.6-magnitude earthquake lifted land out of the sea, extending parts of its coastline by as much as 2 football fields

Fri, 01/05/2024 - 18:06

two satellite images show a town on a coast with a protruding peninsula and dock before and after new land rises out of the sea — A fishing port on the Noto Peninsula before (left) and after (right) the earthquake, showing new coastal land appeared.
Geospatial Information Authority of Japan/JAXA

Science, Japan, japan-earthquake, Earthquake, space-photos

The captain of a plane that collided with a Japan Airlines jet said he was cleared for takeoff, but air-traffic-control transcripts tell a different story

Fri, 01/05/2024 - 10:17

An aerial view shows burnt Japan Airlines' (JAL) Airbus A350 plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan January 3, 2024 — The wreckage of the Japan Airlines A350.
Kyodo/via REUTERS

Transportation, speed-desk, japan-airlines, insider-news, Japan, plane-crash

Satellite photos of earthquakes in Japan in 2024 and 2011 show the destruction each left in its aftermath

Thu, 01/04/2024 - 13:29

Workers stand on a road where a car is stuck on a broken road after an earthquake in Japan — The earthquakes killed dozens, left thousands without power, and destroyed roads and buildings.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Science, Earthquakes, Japan, japan-earthquake, japan-tsunami

Before-and-after images show devastation of Japan earthquake

Wed, 01/03/2024 - 17:12

Satellite images show the extent of the destruction after a series of powerful earthquakes hit Japan starting January 1.

News, Video, Supercut, video-format-supercut, new-this-week-video, Japan, Earthquake

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