Japanese manners can be complex and filled with all sorts of intricacies that are tricky to navigate. The following tips can help. Maybe you’ve been to Japan or plan on going.

In fact, in contemporary Japanese society this has become something of a controversial issue today, even becoming a tongue-in-cheek term: "noodle harassment." The more Japan becomes familiar with ...

Having bought enough Hermes scarves, Chanel and Armani suits, young Japanese women are turning to acquiring ”international” manners. And they are turning to the venerable John Robert Powers ...

The need more of these manners videos for Japanese people. All the behavior of tourists I’ve seen here, excluding Chinese, have been impeccable. Japanese people need more manners I think. 7 ( +7 / -0) ...

Polite Japanese 'are losing their manners' THE Japanese may be famous for their politeness, but an overwhelming majority now believe bad manners are on the rise, a poll shows.

Japanese business manners can get quite complicated, with rules existing for who should stand where in elevators or where different employees should sit in the same taxi cab. Photo : KAZUHIRO NOGI ...

It was dusk in Kyoto. The paths in the temple garden had grown quiet, the red of the maple leaves was losing its glow. Suddenly a rickshaw appeared, carrying two ...

Dear Miss Manners: When I went to dinner with my parents at a fine-dining restaurant serving Japanese cuisine, we ate our appetizers and entrees with chopsticks. For dessert we ordered a warm ...

TOKYO (AP) — Naomi Osaka’s halting Japanese, her manners — she bowed and apologized after beating Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final — and her simple charm have swelled national pride ...

But whatever your mother was practicing, it was not Japanese manners. She should know that they also use spoons. They do not eat ice cream and cake with chopsticks, for reasons she may have ...