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MANNERS

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
May 12, 2019
The crush is coming: Make peace with the train
One false move on the Tokyo transit system can lead to a nasty lesson in survival of the slickest.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 5, 2019
Survey on commuting gripes in Japan spurs wider societal complaints
Nothing unites Tokyoites together quite like complaining about daily commuting by train. And it’s a worthy gripe — morning and evening rides practically dispose of the idea of personal space altogether. Being packed tightly with other people also exposes us to all sorts of oddball and annoying behavior,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2018
By design, for manners or security, backpacks increasingly being worn on the front in Japan
Backpacks, as the word suggests, are designed to be carried on people's backs. But there are a growing number of people in Japan who hold these bags in front, especially on trains and buses.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 5, 2018
The dreaded single escalator
'American man: You've gotta love those elderly folk who push past you in a hurry while getting off the train so that they're first to the single escalator that's operating only to stand still once they're there, blocking everyone else behind them.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 10, 2018
Gift-giving etiquette in Japan is driving some recipients crazy
With spring looming, perhaps it’s time to re-think the national obsession with seasonal gifts and souvenirs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse,Pulsations
Oct 28, 2017
Fork hides noodle-slurping sounds
Instant noodle producer Nissin Food Products has created a "noise-canceling" fork to mask the sound of someone exuberantly slurping down a mouthful of noodles.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 3, 2017
Spoiled rotten
'Excuse me. You need to push the button for the waiting staff to come.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2017
Knocking, 'recruit suits' and bowing: Etiquette key for Japan's job-seekers
Ever thought about how many times to knock on the door when you are heading into a job interview? In Japan, it matters.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2016
Quest for a moral compass
The Cultural Revolution tore China's social fabric and transformed the society into a dog-eat-dog world, the vestiges of which are still felt today.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 1, 2016
A Japanese guide to dealing with gentlemen callers and unruly dogs
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COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 11, 2016
Selective attention
Why is it that nobody in Japan will jaywalk and yet almost everyone rides their bike straight past the prominent sign that instructs them to walk their bike through pedestrian areas?
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 19, 2016
Manner mode: Defusing tension on the train
Commuting to and from work during peak hours in Tokyo can be an utterly soul-destroying experience.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Jul 25, 2015
Nihonshu overflow
Dear Alice,
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 25, 2015
What goes around ...
An elderly man travels down a small street on a bike, constantly ringing his bell to let pedestrians know he is coming up behind them.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 20, 2015
Out of breath
Isn't it bad manners to shorten konnichiwa (hello) when passing someone?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 13, 2014
Generations square off in a battle for the ages
You'd think they owned the planet. They think they do — pushing into line at supermarkets, hogging seats on trains, generally behaving as though no one but themselves existed except to provide the services they need.
COMMENTARY
Nov 27, 2014
In India, sadly, flying and fighting go together
Why do manners go out the window as soon as Indians board a plane?
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Nov 3, 2014
Paradox of politeness: humbling and exalting at same time
Each year in fall, the Bunkachō (文化庁, Agency of Cultural Affairs) publishes the results of its annual opinion poll on the linguistic state of the nation, officially called Kokugo ni Kansuru Yoron Chōsa (国語に関する世論調査, Survey of the National Language). This time, the survey...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 13, 2013
Tokyo: What does Japan do better than anywhere else?
Everyone here in Japan, or in Tokyo at least, is so disciplined and always punctual. The Japanese people I have met stick by their comments and the promises they make, and in my experience excuses are not accepted as much as they might be elsewhere.
Japan's elderly population grows to record 36.25 million
The proportion of people aged 65 and over has risen since the 1950s and is expected to hit 34.8% by 2040, when the second baby boomers (born 1971-1974) will join that group.
'Shogun' becomes first non-English-language winner of best drama Emmy
Japanese actress Anna Sawai, winner of the outstanding lead actress in a drama series award for "Shogun," and Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, winner of the outstanding lead actor in a drama series award for the show, pose in the press room during the 76th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Japan jumps to No. 2, from sixth place, in Best Countries index
Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Japan has experienced a postpandemic travel boom, with tourists pouring back in after restrictions closed the country’s borders to travelers.
South Korea is facing deepfake porn crisis
Activists hold up symbolic eye masks during a protest against deepfake porn in Seoul on Aug. 30.
Second assassination attempt on Trump is latest jolt in chaotic campaign
U.S. Secret Service and Homeland Security agents check a former home of a Ryan Routh, a suspect in an alleged assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Sunday.
‘Shogun’ and the painstaking art of ‘getting it right’
Hiroyuki Sanada and the cast and crew of "Shogun" accept the award for best drama series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
Japan’s schools battle to keep kids cool, with or without AC
Students sit under a misting system during recess at Hikarigaoka Haru no Kaze Elementary School in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 6.
Chris Broad's new bar puts cocktails first, YouTube second
A self-proclaimed lover of great cocktails, YouTuber Chris Broad says his new Shibuya watering hole is more a place to get yourself a solid drink than it is anything related to his social media career.
In LDP presidential poll, three kingmakers hold all the cards
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo in January as former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (left) looks on.
How China’s dominance of solar and batteries is impacting Japan’s energy transition
Solar panels and wind turbines at a power plant in Hami in China's Xinjiang region. The U.S. and other countries have described China’s actions against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region, a key cog in the cleantech supply chain, as a genocidal campaign aimed at erasing an entire culture.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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