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Ehime is one of the top emerging travel destinations in Japan! We sent KTea to check out the sustainable experiences & historical castle district of Ozu City, and the region’s capital, Matsuyama, to see everything Ehime has to offer! #ad

This 9 year old girl from Japan has had double eyelid surgery.

Taiki Nakajima brought Japan to the Pacific Northwest with his Japanese sandos – composed sandwiches made with fluffy milk bread with fillings like egg salad and katsu chicken.

The concept of living forever has lived in pop culture across generations and cultures, but have scientists in Japan finally cracked the code? In this episode of Future Tense, we discover more about the tech that could digitalise life as we know it.

Okinawa is known to many as a postcard perfect paradise. But despite mass tourism, Okinawa is also the poorest prefecture in Japan. VICE World News host Hanako Montgomery travels to Okinawa to find out why.

Seung-Woo Yang entered the universe of the Korean Yakuza in his teens. A personal tragedy made him start photographing the world, to cement his memories with his friends.

Thai academic Pavin Chachavalpongpun is a social media influencer and a fierce critic of the establishment. VICE World News speaks to him to find out why he challenges the most revered institutions in Thai society.

VICE World News speaks to former National fencer, Fumino Sugiyama, and National rugby team player, Airi Murakami, to find out why it’s hard to come out as a queer athlete in Japan.

VWN Host Hanako Montgomery travels to Okinawa, a former American territory, to find out why the term “Amejo” sparks controversy among Japanese women.

A guy in Japan is getting paid to do nothing and another is getting people to sell him their face. This and much more on our latest episode of "What in the World"

VICE World News reporter Hanako Montgomery visits Fukushima and speaks with local residents to see what has changed since the tsunami in 2011.

In Taiji, Japan, the dolphin hunting industry has shifted from killing dolphins for their meat to a more lucrative, but equally controversial industry—the capture of live animals for overseas "dolphin shows."