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Let’s go east as we explore five intriguing facts about Japan, from its ancient tradition of giving fruit as gifts to its love affair with KFC at Christmas. The construction company Kongō Gumi ...
Bamboo groves are considered sacred spaces in Japan, often associated with purity and protection against evil spirits. Many ...
This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does ...
10 revealing facts about Japanese. Get your head around tongue twisters and jokes. It's also available in Japanese with audio.