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Taking Down Tokyo's Corrupt Diamond Syndicate
VICE Japan follows Kyoji Sasaki on his mission to revolutionize an industry dominated by corrupt middlemen.
Meet Monika Mogi, Tokyo's Photography Prodigy
At just 22, she has an impressive list of credits and the photo skills to back them up.
A Hotel Has Installed a 'Crying Room' for Sad Japanese Women
It has cashmere-soft tissues, sad books, warm blanket and weepy films like Forrest Gump.
Tokyo's 'Super-Handicapped' Pro Wrestlers Want to Change the Way People View Disability
We talked to the director of a new documentary about "Doglegs" – a group of people with varying disabilities in Japan who like to beat the shit out of each other in the ring.
Photos of St. Patrick's Day in Tokyo
Tokyo hosts the largest St. Patrick's Day parade in Asia, complete with shamrocks and pints of Guinness.
The Artist Who Puts Couples in Vacuum Packs
Haruhiko Kawaguchi's claustrophobic images aim to express what we feel when we talk about love.
Why Are the Japanese Still Not Fucking?
Half the people surveyed by the Japanese Family Planning Association said they hadn't gone to the bone zone in the past month. Some guys claimed that they didn't even masturbate anymore. What's going on?
Looking Back at Gwen Stefani's Racist Pop Frankenstein Ten Years Later
Love. Angel. Music. Baby. is simultaneously a racist mess, a lyrical car crash and a treasure chest containing champagne kisses.
Exploring Japan's Secluded Grime Scene
It's hard to progress when radio won't play your music and clubs won't let you dance.
Nathalie Daoust Photographs the Women of an Infamous Japanese S&M Love Hotel
"I got used to the sound of whipping and people screaming quite quickly."