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• Customer Confrontation at Japanese Public Bath Highlights Growing Tension Over Service Mismanagement

  Published: Apr 9, 2026

  Section: Asia

  A Niigata resident’s visit to a super sento turned into a public dispute after a manager wrongly accused her of exploiting a complimentary towel promotion. Despite the patron havin...

• Japan Faces Surge in Unlicensed Foreign Ski Instructors as Niigata Reports Record High Tourist Influx

  Published: Apr 2, 2026

  Section: Asia

  Local officials in Japan’s premier winter sports regions, including Niigata, Nagano, and Hokkaido, are raising alarms over an influx of foreign nationals operating as ski instructo...