It's no Death Note, but apparently some social media users in Japan think cursing their valuables is an effective form of theft prevention. There's also a widespread assumption on the part of many ...

Companies are finding ways to reuse umbrellas or rent them out as Japan goes through an alarming amount of them each year. About 120 million to 130 million umbrellas, roughly the population of Japan, ...

JR West will from November start placing two of these protective umbrellas in crew cabins on about 600 trains running on conventional lines in the Kinki region.- THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK ...