Interesting Things

In a move to spread martial arts and increase trust in Japanese police officers, Matsue Police Station here will open judo and kendo classes in March aimed at foreign tourists. The force is hoping the classes will also have one other benefit: improving police officers’ English skills. Interested participants can apply for the about one-hour

Japanese businesses may no longer have to “sign” contracts or certificates with their company stamp. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications plans to introduce a system that would let businesses issue contracts and certificates under the president’s name online. Currently, businesses need to create these documents in paper form and then ink them with

A total of 1.23 million 20-year-olds marked Japan’s Coming-of-Age Day on Monday, with some spending their first day as adults climbing up the country’s tallest skyscraper and others enjoying Tokyo Disneyland. The number of people reaching adulthood on Monday was up 20,000 on the previous year, a change on recent figures which had seen the

Their chicken might be finger lickin’ good, but now we don’t have to put up with any of the oily mess that comes with it! When it comes to fast food joints, nothing beats a burger for a quick-and-easy meal on the go. Not only is it fast, but it’s also easy to eat, with its wrapping conveniently keeping all the juicy

In Chichibu, Japan, two hours northwest of Tokyo, there’s an odd museum; perhaps the only one of its kind. It’s called the Chinsekikan (which means hall of curious rocks) and it houses over 1700 rocks that resemble human faces. The museum houses all kinds of jinmenseki, or rock with a human face, including celebrity lookalikes