Your Voice: Closure of Hong Kong’s Sunbeam Theatre sparks debate (long letters)
Listen Up: Record tourist numbers threaten Nara Park’s deer
Spark Study Buddy (Challenger): Japanese artist creates intricate leaf art
Spark Study Buddy (Explorer): Japanese social media star retires from competitive eating
Study Buddy (Explorer): Crime-themed attractions popular with tourists
Japan’s growing Muslim population still needs burial plots
The Lens: Young Japanese workers are fighting for more work-life balance
The Lens: US concerns over Chinese drones may be exaggerated
Study Buddy (Explorer): Japan’s ‘God of Freebies’ never uses money
Infospark: The world’s most unusual Christmas traditions – from Austria to Japan
Listen Up: Tokyo’s lost-and-found haven for keys and flying squirrels
The Lens: Japan urged to modernise monarchy with female succession
The Lens: Malaysian military university faces another shocking bullying scandal
Listen Up: Hello Kitty celebrates 50 years
Study Buddy (Challenger): London’s first Japanese government certified-sushi school
The art of temari: hand-stitched balls of good fortune
Nintendo museum to open doors in Japan on October 2
Japan uses cabbage to protect seaweed forests from sea urchins
Japan court allows transgender woman to legally change gender without surgery
5-minute listening: Fantasy Springs comes to life at Tokyo DisneySea
Your Voice: Closure of Hong Kong’s Sunbeam Theatre sparks debate (long letters)
Listen Up: Record tourist numbers threaten Nara Park’s deer
Spark Study Buddy (Challenger): Japanese artist creates intricate leaf art
Spark Study Buddy (Explorer): Japanese social media star retires from competitive eating
Study Buddy (Explorer): Crime-themed attractions popular with tourists
Japan’s growing Muslim population still needs burial plots
The Lens: Young Japanese workers are fighting for more work-life balance
The Lens: US concerns over Chinese drones may be exaggerated
Study Buddy (Explorer): Japan’s ‘God of Freebies’ never uses money
Infospark: The world’s most unusual Christmas traditions – from Austria to Japan
Listen Up: Tokyo’s lost-and-found haven for keys and flying squirrels
The Lens: Japan urged to modernise monarchy with female succession
The Lens: Malaysian military university faces another shocking bullying scandal
Listen Up: Hello Kitty celebrates 50 years
Study Buddy (Challenger): London’s first Japanese government certified-sushi school
The art of temari: hand-stitched balls of good fortune
Nintendo museum to open doors in Japan on October 2
Japan uses cabbage to protect seaweed forests from sea urchins
Japan court allows transgender woman to legally change gender without surgery
5-minute listening: Fantasy Springs comes to life at Tokyo DisneySea
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