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Japan sees big wins for far-right, anti-immigration party that denounced ‘Jewish capital’

July 25, 2025July 25, 2025Jesse Orine

Japan’s far-right Sanseito party emerged triumphant in the country’s latest parliamentary election this week, signaling the rise of a nationalist, anti-immigrant movement with a history of decrying “Jewish capital.” Sanseito, which flies a “Japanese First” banner explicitly inspired by President Donald Trump, gained 14 seats in the country’s upper house elections on Sunday — a […]

Japanese male office workers experience simulated menstrual pain

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024David Rutman

Male office workers at a telecoms firm in Tokyo have experienced simulated menstrual pain to help them become more sympathetic toward female colleagues ahead of International Women’s Day on Friday. EXEO Group workers winced at a company event on Thursday as a “perionoid” device sent electric signals via pads placed below the navel to stimulate […]

White House’s Brainard says US won’t follow Japan, UK into recession

February 15, 2024February 16, 2024David Rutman

The US will not follow Britain and Japan into recession because of a fundamentally stronger recovery that has enabled healthy consumer spending, with Biden administration spending on infrastructure and clean energy fostering business investment, White House economic adviser Lael Brainard said on Thursday. Brainard told reporters at an economics conference that continued US growth would […]

YouTuber discovers secrets of Okinawa, ‘the healthiest place on Earth’

January 9, 2024January 9, 2024Arsen Mayer

If you aspire to be healthy and live until 120, Okinawa Island might hold the key. World traveler and YouTuber, Drew Binsky, recently shared his astonishment at discovering why the locals of this “healthiest place on Earth” enjoy such long lives. Okinawa, the fifth-largest island in Japan, encompasses a vast area of 1,201.03 km² and […]