Culture & Etiquette– category –

Picture this: you're walking through a busy Japanese train station when you drop your wallet without noticing. A stranger nearby sees it fall, picks it up, and hurries over to hand it back to you. You'd expect a simple "thank you" in res...

In many Japanese schools, the people sweeping classrooms, wiping floors, and cleaning toilets are the students themselves. For many visitors and readers outside Japan, that single detail is enough to stop them in their tracks. I grew up ...

If you have spent any time walking around a Japanese city, you will have noticed the shortage of public bins. The ones that do exist are often tucked beside vending machines, and they are usually designated only for the cans and bottles ...