Maybe you’ve been to Japan or plan on going. Perhaps you recently moved here, or it could be that you’re simply interested in the country. Japanese manners can be complex and filled with all sorts of ...

Good manners and an amazingly convenient public transportation network are two of Japan’s biggest claims to fame. Unfortunately, sometimes those two aspects of Japanese society don’t perfectly overlap ...

Japanese management gurus are big on the benefits of communication. A major reason Japanese companies have so many meetings, after-hours drinking sessions, and employee trips is that they’re ...

Having bought enough Hermes scarves, Chanel and Armani suits, young Japanese women are turning to acquiring ”international” manners. And they are turning to the venerable John Robert Powers School, ...

Even before the age of covid-19, sickness masks were widely worn in Japan, especially during hay fever season. But now that people wear them every day, throughout the day, it seems as though there’s a ...

TOKYO — The Japanese are feeling under attack these days, less by a decade-long economic downturn or the threat of North Korean missiles than by the scourge of rudeness--a guerrilla hiding in their ...

TOKYO (AP) – Naomi Osaka’s halting Japanese, her manners – she bowed and apologized after beating Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final – and her simple charm have swelled national pride in Japan and ...

People walk by a huge screen showing US Open women's singles champion Naomi Osaka with her trophy, in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) TOKYO (AP) — Naomi Osaka's halting ...