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Secular summer festival’s wishing tree gets taken down, clever complaints from students go up instead.
There are no wrong answers, as long as you’ve got the right question.
What many may think is well-intentioned well-wishing may not actually be all that well-received by victims of natural disasters.
Love is in the cups, and maybe the air, as Mr. Sato sees if he can make the SoraNews24 staff fall in love with each other.
In the busiest city in a country famous for working employees to death, Tokyo Workers hopes to help people find the work/life balance they desire.
Her channel is less than two weeks old, but she’s already amassed more than 30,000 subscribers with her cuteness.
Sweets lovers will have another mouth-watering creation from Häagen-Dazs Japan to tempt them this summer, this time in a Japanese roasted green tea flavor!
With generously-portioned dishes costing roughly $4.50, this foodie heaven is great for the stomach yet gentle on the wallet.
Our Japanese-language reporter hadn’t heard of this restaurant, and since it was voted as a top restaurant, she had to check it out.
This should be welcome news if you’ve been waiting for more animated skating action from Yuri and the gang!
We checked out downtown Tokyo’s newest mental oasis, and came away feeling better about our “lightly cloudy” selves.



















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