By Atsuka Fukaya In postwar Japan a number of different holidays and customs were introduced into Japan, and adapted. One of those was Valentine’s Day, however this gained a twist in Japan as unusually it was given a twist as rather than conform with Western countries it became a day for women to confess their […]
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Valentine’s Day – Japan
By Ayako Yokota This month there is an important ‘election’ which takes place from the end of January until the 14th of February, female ‘voters’ will have to participate in a complicated ‘campaign’ which takes place annually in Japan. The reason that it is complicated is due to how year by year this campaign has […]