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The Japanese love beer, but it does not always share the same characteristics as beer drunk in Europe.   [...]

Advertisement for Orion Brewery, originally established in Okinawa, which has 0.8% of the beer market.   [...]

The microbrewery uses three brewing systems (60,10 and 2.5hectolitres respectively).   Journalist Noda Ik [...]

The microbrewery uses three brewing systems (60,10 and 2.5hectolitres respectively).   Founded in 2000, t [...]

Founded in 1957 as the Okinawa Beer Co. Ltd., the brewery was renamed Orion in 1959.   Although its stron [...]

Women played a key role in the development of the consumer society in Japan   Thanks to women’s magazines [...]

Launched in 1966, Heibon Panchi Joseiban led the way for An An, and MIZUMOTO Akemi became a fan.   MIZUMO [...]

In its first issue, An An was notably able to feature a text by MISHIMA all about glamour.   Both in term [...]

Since its first appearance in 1970, An An has always reflected the development of Japanese women as they have [...]

Whatever the season, Nagaoka’s firework displays are always very impressive.   The city’s firework displa [...]

Tourists can leave Sanjo with playing cards to collect and trade, which honour local artisans.   Although [...]

Niigata, the largest city in the prefecture of the same name, is a gateway to the Sea of Japan and its immense [...]

To make young people aware of the importance of reading newspapers, Niigata Nippo has opened a museum on the p [...]

SUZUKI Shin’ichi was 31 years old at the time of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.   As a privileged witness [...]

  Launched in 1947 by KATO Ken’ichi, Yakyu Shonen was the first magazine for young people dedicated to ba [...]

Slam Dunk by INOUE Takehiko helped to promote basketball in Japan.   Already avid readers of manga about [...]

Shakunetsu Kabadi by MUSASHINO Hajime is all about kabaddi, an Indian contact team sport. As time goes by and [...]

In Tokyo’s Suginami Animation Museum, you’ll find souvenirs of the Olympic Games with the series Atakku No. 1, [...]

The iron bridge (rikkyo) spanning the tracks of the Chuo Line, which Dazai Osamu liked to frequent, is still a [...]

With its characteristic orange-striped coaches, the line cuts through the capital’s centre in a westerly direc [...]

Something to suit all tastes and purses. A 5-minute train journey from Shinjuku, Nakano district has establish [...]

Mr KIZAWA runs Gojira-ya, a shop where fans of Godzilla and other mythical characters find what they are looki [...]

Greg Mudarri passionately defends his adopted neighbourhood. In charge of promoting the district, Greg Mudarri [...]

Bottles of wine produced by Misawa Winery, Yamanashi Prefecture. For some years now, the Japanese have shown a [...]

It’s the younger producers who have been developing new cultivation techniques. Even though the amount produce [...]

There’s been a growing movement in South Korea over the past few months to boycott Japanese products./All Righ [...]

The Annexation Treaty formally placing Korea under Japanese rule was signed on 22 August 1910 by the pro-Japan [...]

Since 1905, the port of Shimonoseki has been one of the main entry points for Koreans in search of a better li [...]

Released on Japanese TV in 2000, Shiri paved the way for South Korean cinema in the Archipelago./All Rights Re [...]

“Beware Danger” is written on this sign targeted at the youngest inhabitants of this district where water is o [...]

With its 50th film about to appear, Otoko wa tsurai yo is the longest series in cinema history. This mythical [...]

Ryo-san in the foreground with his two sidekicks, heroes of the series Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen Mae [...]

Tadao was very inspired by the red-light district of Tateishi. An extract from Garo no. 58, April 1969. In his [...]

A traditional brush factory. Much of the district’s architecture from the 1950s and 60s has been preserved, ev [...]

Ginza district, Tokyo.   The ageing of the Japanese population affects the way it behaves. japan’s rapidl [...]

Cyborg Jiichan G published in 1989 by ObaTa Takeshi under the pseudonym KOBATAKE Ken.   For some time now [...]

Symbols of Japan’s huge growth during the 1960s and ‘70s, danchi are occupied nowadays by elderly people who i [...]

Omotesando district, Tokyo.   From the very beginning, Japan and its inhabitants have inspired questions [...]

YAZAWA Yutaka’s book was published in U.K. (White Lion Publishing, £20).   After a long period abroad, YA [...]

The Seibu Railway company published very nice posters to explain how to behave in the station.   How shou [...]

It’s time to prepare dinner. Today’s menu is temaki-zushi. Yummy!   It’s possible to experience several h [...]

some foreigners who have lived in the Archipelago for a long time have chosen to become Japanese nationals. In [...]

The government wants to attract more foreign workers, but appears not to have chosen the best way to go about [...]

Many Japanese have discovered a growing number of foreigners working in their local convenience stores… [...]

A keen observer of immigration issues, MOcHIzuKI Hiroki challenges the authorities’ approach to the question. [...]

This Tokyo taxi company has begun to recruit foreign drivers with a certain degree of success. It’s 07.30, and [...]