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Survey finds Japanese bowled over by miso soup 'soul food'

Miso soup is known as “soul food” to Japanese people. Many Japanese restaurants offer it as a side dish. But how frequently do people drink it? Japanese research agency D&M asked 10,000 people 20 or older online from Jan. 14-20 to find out. According to the results released Wednesday, 24.3 percent of respondents said “every day.” Over 23 percent replied “two to three times a ...

Asia Pacific | 2017-05-18 17:00

Japanese writes song to support Korea: 'My friend' [VIDEO]

A Japanese songwriter has written a song titled “Chin-goo-yah” (“my friend” in Korean) to support Korea and welcome Korean tourists to Japan. The song calls Koreans “friends” and expresses support for them no matter how much the world is full of hardships. Songwriter Natsumi Yu, 60, told Yonhap news agency, “I wanted to cheer up Koreans who have been confronted by many diffic...

Asia Pacific | 2017-05-12 16:04

Japanese police draw on cartoon characters to attack voice phishing

Japan’s Sumida district police are using cartoon characters to warn people about voice phishing. They have distributed flyers with images of characters from Japanese cartoon “Kemono Friends” alerting people not to take calls from unknown phone numbers.

Asia Pacific | 2017-05-10 16:02

China 'wants US Pacific commander removed' as part of N. Korea sanctions deal

China has demanded that U.S. Pacific Commander Harry Harris be removed in exchange for strengthening sanctions against North Korea, according to Kyodo News citing sources familiar with U.S.-China relations.

Asia Pacific | 2017-05-07 15:20

Korean internet broadcaster victim of racial slur in Japan

Korean and Japanese netizens are raging against a man who used racial expletives to a Korean internet broadcaster visiting Japan. Video jockey Kim Min-sung, known as BJ Minsung on internet broadcaster Afreeca TV, heard the insults when he tried to enter an eatery as he filmed himself with a selfie stick in Kyoto on April 29.

Asia Pacific | 2017-05-03 16:36

Japan plans to block North Korean terrorists, report says

Japan will set guidelines to block terrorists entering the country with refugees if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, according to the Mainichi Daily on Friday. With North Korea continuing to provoke the U.S, and the U.S. announcing retaliatory measures, Japan is putting in place guidelines to approve Korean refugees and foreigners entering the country. Japan reportedly...

Asia Pacific | 2017-04-28 17:10

Disability-related insult 'asupe' rampant in Japan

Japanese netizens in their 20s to 30s are using the term “asupe” to refer to a retarded person or those who behave differently from the majority. But recently, the public realized a shocking fact: the term refers to the developmental disorder “Asperger’s syndrome.” A person with the syndrome has difficulty with social interaction and non-verbal communication, and has repetiti...

Asia Pacific | 2017-04-23 16:17

Fancy a job with the Forces of Darkness? Survey reveals all

Workers have their own standards before choosing a workplace, such as corporate value, salary, working hours, free health insurance, or delicious cafeteria menus. A company’s reputation largely depends on the workers’ and applicants’ evaluations. If the fictional dark forces from animations opened their job vacancies to public in realty, which would pose as the most popular w...

Asia Pacific | 2017-04-14 16:42

Japanese site offers $90,000 for defeating pro boxer

Abema TV, a Japanese online live-stream broadcasting website, is searching for people who can defeat professional boxer Kameda Koki and win 10 million yen ($90,000). To celebrate its first anniversary, the site announced: “10 million yen if you beat Koki” on its website. Koki was World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight champion in 2010 and World Boxing Council (WBC) flywe...

Asia Pacific | 2017-04-09 16:45

Osaka approved homosexual couple as foster parents: report

n a Japanese first, Osaka City approved a homosexual couple to foster a child from an orphanage in December, according to The Mainichi Newspaper Wednesday. The city did not disclose details of the men, except that they were in their 30s and 40s. Even Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said it had “never heard of this news.” The ministry distributed guidelines on ad...

Asia Pacific | 2017-04-06 17:34

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