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Japan (Page 697)
Special cover illustration for 50th anniversary issue of Weekly Shonen Jump terrifies fans of anime/manga martial arts saga.
Japan is a country of violent storms and seismic activities, but also amazing discount retailers that can help you deal with natural disasters.
New service offers calls directly from idols to fans’ smartphones or PCs, with chats coming as soon as five minutes from the request.
The official title of the new Dragon Ball Super movie has been announced, and it confirms that a familiar and fearsome foe will be returning, to many fans’ delight!
Japanese people dish on things foreigners told them that they’d never realized before about their home country.
Some Twitter users just want to watch the world burn. Others want their personal vacuum cleaner to have an unnerving cat’s head atop it at all times.
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Secular summer festival’s wishing tree gets taken down, clever complaints from students go up instead.
There are no wrong answers, as long as you’ve got the right question.
What many may think is well-intentioned well-wishing may not actually be all that well-received by victims of natural disasters.
Love is in the cups, and maybe the air, as Mr. Sato sees if he can make the SoraNews24 staff fall in love with each other.
In the busiest city in a country famous for working employees to death, Tokyo Workers hopes to help people find the work/life balance they desire.
Her channel is less than two weeks old, but she’s already amassed more than 30,000 subscribers with her cuteness.
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Kyoto study finds nearly 500 translation errors for foreign tourists, new guidelines released
Starbucks releases an official green tea chai latte with special Japanese ingredients
2nd line of Casio watch rings hits Japanese capsule machines and we got the secret one!
Japan’s video rental giant now rents wigs, so we tried them out【Photos】
Starbucks releases special matcha Frappuccino made with Japan’s first matcha leaves of the year
We check out Otaru’s real-life locales that inspired scenes in hit anime Golden Kamuy
Hidden history, retro cafes, and a shoe shrine on Asakusa bus loop【Tokyo Loop Buses】
Tokyo’s beckoning cat temple asks foreign tourists to stop writing on the beckoning cats they buy
Here’s why it’s worth lining up for this street food donut from a Taiwanese night market
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Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
Yes, our new smartphone looks like at least two Studio Ghibli anime characters, Sharp says- 2nd line of Casio watch rings hits Japanese capsule machines and we got the secret one!
Japanese man tells friend to wear suit to wedding party, so he comes as Mobile Suit Gundam- Starbucks releases special matcha Frappuccino made with Japan’s first matcha leaves of the year
Mt. Fuji-blocking screen installed as response to bad tourist manners to be in place by next week
Japanese public toilet becomes a tourist attraction in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli releases new mug and tumbler collection featuring Jiji and Totoro
New Tokyo restaurant charges higher prices to foreign tourists than Japanese locals
Studio Ghibli releases art crystal puzzles and folding umbrellas for rainy season in Japan
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McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society- Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
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- New Tokyo restaurant charges higher prices to foreign tourists than Japanese locals
“Mt. Fuji convenience store” issues apology for bad tourist manners, adds multilingual signs- 2nd line of Casio watch rings hits Japanese capsule machines and we got the secret one!
Tokyo’s famous Lost in Translation hotel is closed
Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
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Starbucks releases special matcha Frappuccino made with Japan’s first matcha leaves of the year
We check out Otaru’s real-life locales that inspired scenes in hit anime Golden Kamuy
Hidden history, retro cafes, and a shoe shrine on Asakusa bus loop【Tokyo Loop Buses】
Tokyo’s beckoning cat temple asks foreign tourists to stop writing on the beckoning cats they buy
Here’s why it’s worth lining up for this street food donut from a Taiwanese night market
Japanese public toilet tours become popular with foreign tourists in Tokyo
McDonald’s Happy Meals in Japan now come with Shinkansen robots
Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
Pokémon color-coded cosmetic sunscreen set to protect skin this summer in Japan
Japanese confectionary chain Chateraise opens first 24-hour branch with self-checkout
Baskin-Robbins Japan creates four-cheese pizza ice cream – Buono or non buono?【Taste test】
The new Pikachu and Psyduck donuts are here! Taste-testing the Mister Donut Pokémon sweets【Photos】
Osaka’s creepy cute mascot speaks for first time, adds more fuel the creepy OR cute debate【Video】
Our reporter takes her 71-year-old mother to a visual kei concert for the first time
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Moral Japanese poem doubles as a damning indictment of unaware Twitter trolls
Jul 11, 2018
Take a deep look inside and ask yourself: do you sound like the type of person described in this poem?
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