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50 years since its introduction radio taiso, the set of morning warm-up exercises for children and salarymen everywhere, is still going strong.
Throw away Wii Fit! Impress your friends, dazzle your co-workers and disturb your dalmation by learning radio taiso from Japan’s leading workout professionals: “Ninety-nine”:

Phew! Now, steady yourself, take some deep breaths, stretch out those [...]

Japan’s hay fever (kafunsho) season is at its very worst this week, leaving chemists rubbing their hands with glee at the thought of thousands of red-eyed Tokoites buying-up face masks, anti-histamines and all kinds of herbal remedies to unclog those tubes. To be quite honest I had no idea hay fever struck so early in [...]