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Cashier follows customer’s request to the letter but still gives him the last thing he expected.
Whether you’re going completely old school or just want a touch of swordsman chic, Japanese fashion label Trove has you covered.
The exciting program may be the first graduate video game design course at a Japanese university.
The audience is asked to refrain from talking during the movie, but purring is totally OK.
Bandai Spirits will make you spend all of your money to win these Cardcaptor Sakura goods.
Gangsters from the yakuza group Yamaguchi-gumi were spotted with cute treat bags, surrounded by smiling children and furious adults.
The original audiences get eye-squinching, skin-prickling images of horror. Japan gets a poster befitting a zany comedy.
Their location is also pretty inconvenient, so is their leek and meat soba worth calling in sick for?
An important reminder to always heed the old advice, “When you want to tell her how you really feel, don’t, for the love of God, tell her with poo.”
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