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Little Miss Period: the manga challenging Japan’s stigma around menstruation

CULTURE Culture 01/21/2020 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

A manga character shaped like a pink blob with bright red lips is challenging stigmas surrounding menstruation in Japan. But not everyone is convinced that Little Miss Period—Seiri chan—is a force for good. The live […]

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Vancouver’s Japanese Hall designated a national historic site Social Sharing

NEWS NEWS & POLITICS 01/19/2020 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

A building in Vancouver housing Canada’s oldest Japanese-language school has been designated by the government as a national historic site, according to a report by CBC. A ceremony was held Wednesday at the Vancouver Japanese […]

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Real life soul reaper: Sota Fukushi | Hot Asian Men Friday

Hot Asian Men Friday PEOPLE People 01/17/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Bleach is a shonen manga series, which means the series targets young male audiences. Warner Bros decided to adopt the manga and created a movie. Although the movie is not well-liked, the main character Ichigo […]

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Noko Nishigaki, Japan’s 10 year-old artist

PEOPLE People 01/16/2020 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

View this post on Instagram A post shared by noko_tattoo (@noko_tattoo) on Nov 16, 2019 at 9:30am PST 10-year-old Noko Nishigaki. while she appears to be your average Japanese cute 10-year-old (or maybe not, since […]

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Keigo Higashino: Miracles of the Namiya General Store

BOOK BOOK & FILMS 01/08/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Keigo Higashino is one of the most prolific Japanese authors who is known for his crime and thriller fictions. Born in a middle to low income family, he studied engineering at Osaka Prefecture University; however, […]

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O-shogatsu Traditions: How to Celebrate New Year Like a Local

Best of Culture CULTURE JAPAN 01/07/2020 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

To enjoy your start to 2020 to the fullest, read on to learn more about how Japanese people celebrate o-shogatsu in style. 1.Indulge in osechi ryori (おせち料理) Image from https://www.justonecookbook.com/osechi-ryori-japanese-new-year-food/ Osechi Ryori (お節料理) is the […]

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Subtle Asian Traits and Subtle Asian Dating: Asian diaspora

Subtle Asian Traits, a Facebook group dedicated to Asians living in the West, becomes a phenomenon taking over the internet. This group created by 9 high-school Chinese Australian seniors from Melbourne, currently comprises over 1.6 […]

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Dean Fujioka speaks 6 languages and sexy may be one of the language he speaks | Hot Asian Men Friday

Hot Asian Men Friday PEOPLE People 01/03/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Talented Dean Fujioka is multi-lingual. He speaks English, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin and Indonesian fluently. Wait, if speaking sexy counts as a language, then he is basically fluent in six languages. View this post on Instagram […]

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Workplace bonding: Japanese drinking culture

CULTURE Culture 01/02/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Nomikai is a drinking party special to Japanese culture that happens in almost every work place in the country. Nomikai are hosted in restaurants or izakaya, usually having everyone seated at one large table. Employee […]

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Pokémon: Why is Ash Ketchum always 10-years-old?

Anime Anime & Game 12/25/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

This trending Reddit thread explains why is Ash Ketchum, the main character from the Pokémon series. I believe this theory is the most logical one out there. It is not uncommon that manga series have […]

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