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LINE, the app at the center of a tug-of-war for control. Line was introduced in Japan in 2011 by Naver, the operator of South Korea’s leading search engine.

BUSINESS / Tech

Jun 24, 2024

Japan and South Korea are fighting over an app at a tense time

Leaders on both the Japanese and South Korean sides appear determined to prevent the quarrel over Line from escalating.

You can often see generations of families enjoying performances together at Fuji Rock Festival.

Japan’s summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one

Tour guide and history buff Rory Dent left his job at a U.K.-based tour operator to move to Japan and start his own business.

Guiding Japan through the challenges of overtourism

By Alex K.T. Martin

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