Why 25, 606? Right now, in Japan, this is the number of people over the age of 100. That’s right – over the age of 100. What’s more, recent census reports indicate that 21% of the population in Japan is now over the age of 65. Let’s put that in perspective: over 26 million people [...]

If you’ve never surfed the “Wai Wai” section of the Mainichi Daily News, you are missing out on all the wonderful weirdness of the Japanese tabloid media. The section lists up all the top stories from the weekly tabloids and features articles such as “Wannabe Indys seek Japan’s Holy Grail – a pair of panties [...]