Some of the world’s greatest athletes hang a left at the life-size anime robot in their race for Olympic gold.
Japan’s favorite 100 yen shop helps solve an otaku problem (two if you count leaving us with more cash to buy new figures).
Junior high school student and street skateboarder Momiji Nishiya puts herself in record books as youngest Japanese athlete ever to win gold medal.
Feel-good story about a Japanese convenience store becomes one of the most unexpected surprises at the Olympics.