In Japanese, giri (義理), meaning honor or duty, is a word beloved by the yakuza, who associate it with risking their lives or paying huge fees.The word itself gives an idea of the burdensome ...

Since Giri chocolate does not contain any special feeling, the chocolate won't be hand-made. Usually they go to a convenience store or a mall and pick up a bunch of cheap chocolate.

TOKYO — Nozomi Hashimoto, a 26-year-old insurance worker, used to buy dozens of boxes of giri choco, or obligation chocolates, on Valentine’s Day that she’d distribute to the men in her ...

Almost exactly one year ago the Japanese branch of Belgian chocolatier Godiva made a point of letting Japan know how it feels about the country’s practice of giri choco.Also known as “obligation ...

By selling souvenir chocolates instead of their usual giri choco specials for Valentine’s Day, Yuraku Confectionery is essentially just swapping out one type of obligation chocolate for another. And ...

Chocolate journalist Ayumi Ichikawa says many women have no problem with giri choco. After all, Japan has a gift-giving culture, so it doesn't seem out of place.

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Japan should stop giving out giri choco (obligatory chocolate).. That was the message in a full-page ad that Godiva published last week which instantly went viral, stirring up debate, once again ...

Nozomi Hashimoto, a 26-year-old insurance worker, used to buy dozens of boxes of I>giri choco/I>, or obligation chocolates, on Valentine#8217;s Day to distribute to the men in her office. The ...

From obligatory chocolate, known as 'giri-choco' to 'tomo-choco', to chocolates for friends, the exchange of chocolate in Japan has many symbolic overtones. For Perth based chocolatier Yuki ...