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Our of our writers left behind city life to take a shot with the camels in the desert of Morocco, but how did he fair?
Create your own personalised postcards for as little as 18 cents each at 7-Eleven convenience stores in Japan.
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If you’ve ever wanted to learn Japanese through horribly-drawn manga, then today’s your lucky day!
Not since New Coke has a soft drink lowered the bar of expectations quite like Lemongina and its great taste of topsoil.
The limited-time game has you and the rest of the world pitted against the franchise’s ooey-gooey mascot character–100 million of them, in fact!
Arrival of Kitty-chan and fellow Sanrio character My Melody is the most Japanese thing since schoolgirl outfit Pikachu.
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Miruko is back, and he’s got a whole new set of moves!
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