Which Japanese convenience store has the best premium pork buns?

This steaming hot showdown between Family Mart, Lawson and 7-Eleven produces a very surprising result.

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Japan’s year-end Kohaku song battle rumored to end soon

Is 72 years long enough for this TV tradition?

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There’s a Tokyo vending machine that sells love in a can (or a shot at it)

And here we were thinking cans of hot green tea were amazing.

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Sustainable Otaku Goals: A framework to help you avoid fan burnout

And also to avoid becoming the reason for someone else’s burnout.

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Nissin’s New Year lucky box is packed with instant noodle surprises

Kicking the year off right with a Cup Noodle extravaganza!

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Japan chooses to go to the moon

Prime minister declares goal of a Japanese astronaut becoming the first non-American to walk on the lunar surface.

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American businessman promises urgent flights of potatoes to Japan to ease French fry shortage

A golden ray of salty hope shines from across the Pacific.

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Pokémon-themed doughnut lucky bag is filled with sweet surprises

Mister Donut makes us feel like the very best, like no one ever was this New Year. 

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Free anti-embarrassment bags to be handed out at Comiket

Hazukashikunaibukuro hope to make the train ride home from Japan’s biggest otaku art gathering a little less awkward.

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Pokémon Diamond and Pearl game music is now free to enjoy or download for a limited time

149 tracks from the games, including background music and sound effects, can now become the epic background playlist for your daily life.

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Sega builds “world’s fastest gaming PC,” is giving it away for free (processor speed unknown)【Vid】

Video backs up claim that this is the fastest PC ever made (by one metric), and also possibly the craziest.

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2021’s top stories in anime, manga, and Studio Ghibli news 【SoraNews24 Year in Review】

Sexy voice actors, the end of Evangelion, and a message from Studio Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki.

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Domino’s Pizza and Japanese American football go head-to-head to see who has the better Rice Bowl

A pizza chain and sports league clash on the field of social media.

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Tokyo police admit to losing 38 citizens’ personal data…that was stored on floppy disks

Data for 2021 investigation was provided on format most people stopped using more than a decade ago.

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Get huge discounts on Japanese hotels… provided you’re a space alien (or claim to be one)

Say “I’m an alien” when you check in to get cheaper rates!

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Attempted murder at a Japanese train station

Suspect says stranger “was in my way”.

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Japan picks the 100 greatest games of all time in Video Game General Election

Decades-spanning list goes all the way back to classics from the 8-bit era.

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Will we win a 75,000-yen tub of caviar from this Japanese vending machine?

Putting our faith in the gacha gods at a new store dedicated to weird vending machines in Tokyo.

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We make a pair of gloves that are super-effective against playing Pokémon GO in the cold

All the joy of tossing balls unencumbered by chunky gloves, while keeping the rest of your digits toasty warm.

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Retro Japanese-style hotel room with kotatsu, free ice cream is both amazingly cool AND warm

Staff thoughtfully provides everything you need to never leave the warm Showa-style kotatsu paradise.

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