Here are 11 customs you should know before traveling to Japan. In Japan, the number four is avoided because it sounds very similar to the word for death. In the same vein as the number 13 in ...

"Respecting Japanese customs is more than good manners ... except in high-end establishments where a service charge is ...

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Finance Ministry will allow companies to make and sell goods related to "Custom-kun," an official mascot character of Japanese customs. The ministry hopes that ...

and customs. Excluded from the larger society, Chinatown was home. Parallel patterns of community development occurred with Japanese immigrants who quickly established Japantown’s and Little Tokyo’s ...

Donna Nelson from Perth, Australia, was arrested at Japan’s Narita International Airport just outside Tokyo when customs officials found about 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of stimulants, or ...

A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation hit 2.9% in December as prices rose for a broad range of services such as accommodation and transportation, data showed, keeping alive ...