Tokyo’s much-ballyhooed Kichijoji only makes it to number-three, while an outsider with easy access to Tokyo takes the top spot.
After fleeing a restaurant when a women he met online wasn’t who he thought she was, one man was surprised to get a call from the police.
The San Francisco-based deli is now offering its bagels, sandwiches and nourishing Jewish-American comfort food in the heart of Tokyo, and we visited them on opening day!
All six candidates were cute enough to do the country proud, but these two are the winners.
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Three major bookstore chains in Japan stop selling CoroCoro Comic after an image defacing the ancient ruler was published.
Japanese citizens alternatively relived and disappointed to learn their government isn’t spending time planning how to fight aliens.
After winning Japan’s first-ever medal in the sport, the five athletes are good on grains for quite a while.
Tragedy strikes a man who loves his car and two anime porn game girls.
Tweets made by Kazuyoshi Yaginuma, director of the anime Recovery of an MMO Junkie, claim that the Holocaust and Diary of Anne Frank, among other things, are fabrications.
The Tokyo-area’s much-maligned international air hub is giving us a new reason to actually enjoy going there.
If you’re hungry and quick enough, this eating challenge in Tokyo’s liveliest student neighborhood can make a tidy profit.
The special “mask discount” aims to support people suffering from colds and hay fever at this time of year.
Panties and socks also part of the deal that’s made the book Amazon’s number-one best-seller in its category.
Manners maketh the man. Unless he’s at a convenience store, according to some Japanese social media users as debate over manners erupts.
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Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
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New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers
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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
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