summer

Summertime Blues: Heat Affects Japanese Workers’ MotivationINSIGHT | Sep 6, 2023

Japan’s “Bon Odori”: Welcoming Ancestors’ Spirits Home with Good, Plain FunTRAVEL | Sep 5, 2023

“Uchiwa” and ”Sensu”: Japanese FansJAPAN LIFE | Aug 14, 2023

“Obondama”: Small Summer Pocket Money Giving Japanese Children Big Smiles!INSIGHT | Aug 7, 2023

Japanese Children Split on Need for Summer HomeworkJAPAN LIFE | Aug 1, 2023

Taisho (Greater Heat)INSIGHT | Jul 23, 2023

“Chūgen”: Packaged Food and Condiments Prove Popular Summer GiftsINSIGHT | Jul 13, 2023

High Summer Temperatures Boost Popularity of Shaved Ice in JapanINSIGHT | Sep 20, 2022

All Homework, No Play: Summer Vacation Tasks Pile Up for Japanese Elementary School Students JAPAN LIFE | Aug 19, 2022

“Doyō no Ushi no Hi”: Japan’s Midsummer Day of the OxCULTURE | Jul 21, 2022

Summer Vacation Spending in Japan at Record LowINSIGHT | Aug 20, 2021

Summer, Fireworks, and Fragments of TimeCULTURE | Nov 12, 2020

The Soothing Sight and Scent of Lavender: Nakafurano, HokkaidōTRAVEL | Aug 31, 2020

Survey in Japan Predicts Sluggish Spending this Summer HolidayINSIGHT | Aug 5, 2020

Cool Running: The Pleasant Temperatures of Japan’s October 1964 OlympicsINSIGHT | Oct 21, 2019

Nishimonai Bon Odori: Music and Dance for the Spirits of the DepartedCULTURE | Aug 7, 2019

Live from Akita: The 2019 Akita Kantō Matsuri (Daytime Contest of Pole-Carrying Skills)CULTURE | Aug 6, 2019

Live from Akita: The 2019 Akita Kantō Matsuri (Nighttime Lantern Parade)CULTURE | Aug 5, 2019