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The makers of Japan’s cutest animal drinkware add mug handles and kawaii cats to their lineup.
Japan’s most beloved robot cat will set up an Anywhere Door to cute merchandise right in Odaiba, Tokyo.
The perfect accessory for when you want to come home and pretend you’re not an adult, but still look cool.
The country’s favorite portable food is your best friend while traveling in Japan, and here are 10 types to become buddies with.
Love Live! Sunshine!! voice actress gives her school idol character an old-school makeover.
Your Name director Makoto Shinkai’s latest movie takes on gorgeous edible form in Tokyo and Osaka.
Pikachu and Ash also watch over the crops, which were once destroyed by the tsunami in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
”Slime-flavored” pastry teaches us that the famous video game monsters are actually delicious!
When there’s someone strange lifting your store’s goods, who you gonna call? Bounty Hunter!
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A special ingredient from Japan’s southwestern Kumamoto prefecture transforms Japan’s most traditional cooking essential into something new.
People in Japan now concerned over what might happen on public transport during the Tokyo Olympics.
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Yoshinoya ramen? Yes, it now exists, and it’s awesome【Taste test】
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Uniqlo announces new line of awesome Dragon Ball T-shirts and hoodies【Photos】 
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Kyoto Animation will use none of its arson donations for business recovery, all of it for victims
Japanese high school students build crazy wooden roller coaster at school festival【Video】
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
Why do Japanese recycle bins have two openings but dump everything into the same compartment?
Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students with non-black hair to dye it, official promises
Japanese baseball teen refuses walk after getting hit by pitch, follows up with home run【Video】
50-year-old Japanese woman pulls off amazing Love Live! anime idol cosplay【Photos】
Cup Noodle’s Nissin releases ultra-nutritious instant ramen with “all nutrients your body needs”
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Oldest manuscript of the world’s oldest novel, The Tale of Genji, found in Tokyo【Photos】
Japanese boy band shakes up the music world as all nine members kiss each other in new video clip
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