japan

Kongo Gumi and the world's oldest companies: how Japan's shinise last centuries

Japanese train station departure melodies and the composers behind them

The three-generation rule and why most family businesses die

Why mugicha (barley tea) is what Japan drinks all summer

Traditional Japanese nail-free timber joinery

Why anime animators are paid so little and the production-committee economics behind it

Japanese railways as real estate empires and land-value capture

Running a kabushiki kaisha in Japan as a foreigner after the 2025 visa reform

Why rural Japanese train lines keep getting discontinued

How Japanese konbini conquered convenience, from Toshifumi Suzuki to 7-Eleven

The 1,200-year Kyoto cherry blossom record and climate change