In Japan, how many times do you need to visit a dentist for a teeth polishing and scaling session? Make a guess before reading this week’s article to find out!

You may have seen the widely acclaimed Japanese horror movie The Ring and its sequels, spinoffs, and other similar movies. Creepy as they are, you know they're fiction. But there's one ghost from urban legend that some Japanese people still believe exists – Hanako, she who haunts school toilets.

As you step onto Japanese soil, you see hordes of people wearing a face mask, with eyes that could kill. Are they terrorists out to take over the world? Or is it the plague??

You might wonder why there’s a need for an entire topic on this, but yes, there is... Find out why in this article.

Learning to count in Japanese effectively can be pretty frustrating, no thanks to the complex system used. This article condenses all the main information you need to know about counting cardinal numbers in Japanese.

In this article, find out some of the English words the Japanese have murdered and resurrected in their corrupt forms for use in their daily lives.

This article provides useful information for people in Japan, both residents and tourists, who want to save on meals, and focus on spending their money on things like transportation and places of interest.

Want to know about bizarre facts on Japanese kids that news reports will never feature? Then check out this article!

Japan is famous for their numerous onsen or hot springs for bathing. But there are two places in this country where there are hot springs specifically for viewing purposes. One of them is in Beppu, Oita Prefecture in the Kyushu region.

You’ve read about the eerily unnatural silence you’d experience inside a Japanese movie theatre (if not, go check out Baffling Japanese Politeness – At The Movies). Now, read about the Japanese queuing custom, which will make you wonder if they actually are an inherently polite race or not…