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Katy Kelly
Katy has been enamored with Japan since she was a kid in Cheshire, England watching Digimon on old VHS tapes. Later, when she got into the Japanese independent music scene, she discovered it was so hard to learn anything about her favorite bands in English that she may as well start studying Japanese. After a year abroad at university in Tokyo she decided to return and work in the Kansai area, where she achieved minor superstardom amongst elementary and middle school students for knowing how to draw Crayon Shin-chan when prompted. In her free time, Katy can be found at home, tracking down the latest chocolate mint additions to stores and studying Japanese while her enormous tuxedo cat tries to smother her. She also does part-time translation for her own benefit, which mostly means researching the minutiae of mobile games or reading manga before anyone can spoil them for her. http://moonlitemuseum.tumblr.com
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After a shocking curry-related bullying incident, chefs took to social media to clear curry’s good name.
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Users rush to post and gush over photos of the waterlogged caverns beneath Japan’s Metropolitan Area.
A cute Twitter observation shows that romance is like fine wine – it gets better with age.
Make sure to guzzle your fill of snacks beforehand, because these sculptures are mouthwatering.
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What you really need is a small, vibrant image of a dog to tie your personal seal together.
The snack-package-sculpting genius of this Twitter sensation finally caught the eye of a snack PR department.
Our Japanese-language reporter had his world turned upside down when his German wife commented on his childhood memories.
While the presentation sizzles like a chicken wing fresh from the fryer, the content is a creamy, cold mash with no gravy.
Japan’s most beloved robot cat will set up an Anywhere Door to cute merchandise right in Odaiba, Tokyo.
When there’s someone strange lifting your store’s goods, who you gonna call? Bounty Hunter!
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Want to contact a trickster spirit while on the go? Now you can, thanks to Village Vanguard!
Otodo-chan has been racking up likes and re-tweets for her impassioned PR pleas, seal-ing her fate as one of Japan’s top mascots!
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Why hadn’t we thought to stick natto and rice into warm fluffy crepe layers before now?!
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Japanese Internet users commend their national soccer star for words of encouragement during a bitter moment.
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Dine at Akihabara’s Dorami and get all-you-can-eat mapo tofu, plus delicious dumplings and more
Police officer found to be sex worker after leaving her gun in a public restroom
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Have coffee with adorable piggies at Tokyo’s brand-new micro pig cafe in trendy Harajuku
AKB48, Japan’s biggest idol singer group, apologizes for selling “Date Tickets”
Curry restaurants across Japan create social media movement: “Don’t blame the curry!”
Over 80 percent of Kyoto Animation employees injured in arson attack have returned to work
Japanese pizza chain releases spooky Zombie Pizzas for Halloween
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Japanese women categorise male friends by levels of intimacy, from hugging to bathing
Tokyo has a bar that only lets you in if you come alone – No bringing your friends allowed!
Man in China says he likes Pokémon’s Team Rocket on social media, company makes him issue apology
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Lost something on a Japanese train? Look for it at the railway’s lost-and-found market
New Starbucks Dark Night Frappuccino debuts at sunset with cup cosplay costumes for Halloween
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PewDiePie buys house in Japan, calls it “a dream come true”
Naruto’s author Kishimoto reveals what characters’ names would’ve been if editor didn’t intervene
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Japanese Mame Shiba Inu banknote design pays homage to nation’s beloved dog
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Kyoto Animation will use none of its arson donations for business recovery, all of it for victims
Pakistani Japanese citizen is tired of the cops asking him for his foreign resident card
Hayao Miyazaki has turned down multiple offers from Hollywood to make live-action Nausicaa movie
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Japanese woman stumbles on the power of the infamous “gaijin seat” phenomenon during flight
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50-year-old Japanese woman pulls off amazing Love Live! anime idol cosplay【Photos】
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