Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea celebrate the Year of the Boar in style with a fan-favorite Disney character in the limelight.
Buddhist monks juggle, box, dance to show their garments are no hindrance after monk refuses to pay fine for driving in his robe.
These six New Year’s taboos mean you’ll be doing a lot less cooking, fighting and random spending at the start of the year.
Winter Comiket shoppers were treated to a special opportunity: withdraw your cash from an attractive anime man van!
A seemingly innocent bag of random anime and game merch became the trigger for a peculiar addiction.
Sexy science experiment tests one of Japan’s most persistent pieces of folk wisdom.
When you send Mr. Sato out to do the shopping, sometimes he comes back with something crazy.
A sneak peek at the hottest thing to come out of Japan this winter!
Crowds gathered at the city’s most famous intersection for a massive street party as police looked on.
”By the way…,” says Hajime Isayama before slipping in a twist as surprising as any in his giant-slaying manga/anime.
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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
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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Anime girl English teacher Ellen-sensei becomes VTuber/VVTUber and NFT
10 vegetarian foods you can order at almost any Japanese restaurant
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