As Japan suffers through nationwide mask shortage, people in one of its biggest cities are offered some for free.
Come for the heartwarming story of a famous artist actually getting time off to spend with family, stay for the weird Japanese linguistics lesson!
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Japanese animation has long had a reputation for pushing the boundaries of what’s acceptable, but is it pushing too far these days?
The Internet is still reeling from the amount of oblong meat products they’ve crammed into a single lunch box.
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A private room all to yourself for hours on end, free Wi-Fi, unlimited drinks, and enough space to take a nap, all for less than five bucks.
Not home-invasion groping her in the first place seems like it would have been the nicer thing to do.
Pikachu used…elbow drop?!?
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Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
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More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
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Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
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We miss out on cheap all-you-can-eat takoyaki, but stuff ourselves with octopus balls anyway
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