You may think you don’t need such a frivolous item, but we’re here to tell you that you do.
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The slide in a children’s playground in Ehime, not suitable for children, will be no more after injuries and safety worries.
After fans continued to ignore requests regarding what types of presents are appropriate, group institutes blanket ban.
And it’s all thanks to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s F-15s (and an Ishikawa-based vendor).
Lingerie maker seeks to address the annoying problem called “PK.”
While the drivers’ have their eyes on the road, some ladies in the back seat have their eyes on his capable hands.
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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Japanese citizens alternatively relived and disappointed to learn their government isn’t spending time planning how to fight aliens.
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