Many Japanese over-65s are avoiding retirement, in part due to factors like the cost of living crisis and falling birth rates. While this shift may benefit firms facing hiring problems, the financial need to work is affecting traditional life stages and surfacing cultural issues in the workplace.

Lifestyle publication and platform Hypebeast has launched a Hypegolf store in Tokyo. The space demonstrates how brands can seamlessly intertwine the worlds of sport and fashion, using stylish aesthetics and a like-minded community to attract new, younger audiences to the game.

With schools closed globally during the pandemic, many institutions were forced to up their game when it came to online learning. Think!Think!, a Japan-based e-learning app, has seen global success by making distance learning engaging, accessible, and enjoyable across languages.

How are Gen Zers ushering in the end for gender binaries? Why might city life change for good? And what might solo living look like in the post-pandemic era? This Cultural Snapshot uses local stats and case studies to explore the behavioural norms shared by Japanese people in 2021.