Game over as 33-year-old landmark arcade closes in Tokyo’s Akihabara district【Photos, video】 

The shutter and curtain come down on the first arcade Sega ever opened in Japan’s biggest gamer neighborhood.

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Japanese Arita ware porcelain converted into jewelry to reduce waste from the traditional art

One person’s trash is another’s treasure.

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Upcoming themed cafe answers the question “What if Hokusai had opened an eatery?”

The tie-in cafe to a Hokusai exhibition at the Creative Museum Tokyo will feature a menu that pays homage to the beloved artist’s famous works.

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Pizza Hut Japan unveils new matcha pizza, crafted with a Kyoto tea shop founded in Uji in 1860

The chain’s first-ever Japanese-style sweet pizza has some very surprising ingredients. 

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Rent-a-scary person company appears in Japan, seems an awful lot like a straight-up gang

If you’re paying people to intimidate others into doing what you want them to do, doesn’t that make you a mobster?

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Hiroshi Abe’s legendary ultra-fast webpage to lose some accessibility in 2026

Some things never change, even when they do.

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Mini PlayStation game case capsule toys deliver big nostalgia in tiny packages【Photos】

A micro-sized trip back to the glory days of the PS1 and 2.

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Osaka police to trial bodycams, sometimes on the side of their heads

To serve and protect and vlog.

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With prices in Japan rising for everything else, one beef bowl chain announces price cuts

Sukiya swims against the economic current by permanently reducing gyudon prices.

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Manga is More than Just Reading, It’s a Cultural Experience – Expo 2025 with The Seven Deadly Sins

Japanese manga is one of the most popular types of reading material around the globe, but manga isn’t just something you read. For fans, manga is something you experience, and a way to connect with Japan’s rich culture.

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Why does this sushi restaurant serve raw tuna in an ice cream cone?【Taste test】

Totomaru shatters our expectations, but can they win our hearts?

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Monster Hunter’s grossest monster is now a cute super-deformed room lamp【Photos】

Designers say Khezu will not electrocute you, but no promises about him not freaking your guests out.

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Discovering Paapo, the secret flavor behind the happosai enjoyed by Osakan families

It tastes just like what mom used to make.

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Krispy Kreme releases a special tsukimi moon-viewing doughnut in Japan

A sweet twist on a Japanese tradition.

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Dating app full of AI people very popular among 40-something married men in Japan

Meet the partner of your digital dreams.

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Beautiful cover artwork for Studio Ghibli tribute cover albums show Goro Miyazaki can draw too

Artists invited to put their own interpretive spin on Ghibli’s classic anime theme songs.

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New way to buy Shinkansen tickets, through messaging app, coming this fall

A speedy way to get tickets for Japan’s bullet trains.

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Firefighters called after overheating mobile battery placed in hotel fridge in Hokkaido

But is the fridge to blame?

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Nissan ends production of GT-R, but did the legendary sports car have to end like this?

Ceremony held at factory to say farewell to the R35.

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A bag of chips could save you from drowning, according to water safety experts

Have you hugged your chips lately?

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