Pokémon Center Online designates first Pokémon items that will require Japanese ID card to buy

Fans will need to be residents of Japan in order to buy these items from the Pokémon Center Online.

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Toyota Museum’s international retro vehicle parade returns to Aichi this autumn

Cruise over to Moricoro Park for 120 vintage cars or apply and show off your own pre-1997 classic.

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Tokyo’s Haneda Airport airlines announce stricter luggage check-in deadline for domestic flights

JAL and ANA among carriers to start requiring earlier baggage check-in very soon.

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Sanrio characters join forces with your favorite Japanese snack mascots as prizes at Family Mart

The convenience store chain offers the summer’s most kawaii collab by bringing 26 characters from different worlds together.

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Coco’s Japan is very confident in their chilled ramen, but should they be? [Taste test]

Premium-priced hiyashu chuka comes to the American coffee shop’s Japanese branches.

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Is covering your entire upper body with cooling strips enough to fend off Japan’s summer heat?

Mr. Sato thinks it might be, and when was the last time he had an idea that didn’t pan out?

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Pokémon comes to McDonald’s Japan for new Happy Meals toys, brings every generation’s starters

You can’t celebrate 30 years of Pokémon without 30 years of starters, plus a few more Pocket Monster all-stars.

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Sweet dreams are made of cheese at this all-you-can-eat cheese and doria restaurant

Our stomachs are more than pleased after eating all of the cheese.

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Japan’s favorite popsicles add multilingual packaging to better connect with foreign tourists

Garigari-kun wants to make friends with/be eaten by people from all over the world.

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Japan’s Super Volunteer, 86-year-old Haruo Obata, heads to the Kumamoto earthquake site

Your friendly neighborhood Super Volunteer.

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7-Eleven Japan rethinks convenience store sandwiches with a wild new choc-mint variety

Convenience store chain tests our limits by turning the divisive flavour into a cream sandwich.

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Japanese popsicle experiment says eating one before going outside in summer helps keep you cool

Maker of Garigari-kun explores whether one of Japan’s favorite frozen treats can work as a pre-cooling agent.

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We tried Starbucks Japan’s new coffee for people who don’t drink coffee

Does the new “Clear Coffee” have what it takes to bring a non-coffee drinker into the fold?

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7-Eleven Japan adds new chocolate fruit gummies to its sweets range, but are they worth the hype?

Convenience store chain has become the place to go for gummies, and fans are going wild for them.

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Japanese vending machine sells freshly squeezed lemon juice with a futuristic light show

We test the sourness of the juice but get distracted by a surprise performance.

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Studio Ghibli’s No Face twirls to sound of Spirited Away’s theme song in beautiful accessory box

This box comes pre-loaded with something for anime fans to treasure.

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Daiso now sells stress-relief punching bags, but are they worth beating on?

Is this a cheap way to beat away stress, or a case of cheaping out that’ll have us feeling even more frustrated?

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Air-conditioned dress shirts arrive in Japan to save working professionals from sweltering heat

These dress shirts are sure to have fans.

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Koei Tecmo continues to be an investment firm that also happens to make video games

I’ve yet to see Berkshire Hathaway’s psychological horror game.

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Live-action Princess Mononoke is coming to streaming as a live event, previews look amazing [Video]

Kabuki adaptation of Studio Ghibli anime masterpiece will be shown online, but you’ll need to mark the date on your calendar.

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