Famous sites like Ueno Park and Sensoji temple look amazingly like they do today, but the people look entirely different.
When Fate fans find themselves sweating with excitement, Axe wants to be their humble servant.
Foreign tourists ignore requests by rail operators to watch their manners on trains in Japan.
Finally, what all oyster lovers have been waiting for — a remarkably realistic oyster-shaped bag.
Costco Japan adapts a traditional unagi recipe to salmon, and it should let the U.S. market taste it too.
The snack-package-sculpting genius of this Twitter sensation finally caught the eye of a snack PR department.
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Tokyo’s beckoning cat temple asks foreign tourists to stop writing on the beckoning cats they buy
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Mt. Fuji-blocking screen installed as response to bad tourist manners to be in place by next week
Japanese public toilet becomes a tourist attraction in Tokyo
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Studio Ghibli releases art crystal puzzles and folding umbrellas for rainy season in Japan
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Tokyo’s famous Lost in Translation hotel is closed
Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
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Lots of Japanese parents want their kids to work for Nintendo, but not just for the money, survey says
Starbucks releases special matcha Frappuccino made with Japan’s first matcha leaves of the year
Anime girl English teacher Ellen-sensei becomes VTuber/VVTUber and NFT
10 vegetarian foods you can order at almost any Japanese restaurant
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
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Suntory announces massive price spike for Japanese whisky, some types more than double in price
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