2020 Buzzword Awards
Fashion magazine Egg’s 2020 Japanese Buzzword Awards are here to bring out your inner teen
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Krista Rogers
Nov 29, 2020
The number one pick is derived from the lyrics of a song that’s sung in neither Japanese nor English.
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- Starbucks Japan is calling it quits with paper straws
- One Japanese man has eaten at the same beef bowl restaurant for over 1,800 days in a row
- Studio Ghibli coasters keep your drinks hot and your heart warm this winter
- Studio Ghibli releases trilingual warning criticizing sales of illegally copied artwork
- Biking around Tama Lake: A super-easy, super-relaxing afternoon getaway from downtown Tokyo【Pics】
- Red Bull releases Japan-exclusive energy drink flavor for the winter
- Japan’s top 10 food travel destination prefectures【Survey】
- This is Japan’s only shrine with a Shinkansen tunnel underneath it
- Burger King Japan creates Kyoto Whopper, its most Japanese burger ever, with Kyoto rice merchant
- New Japanese banknotes selling online for up to 40 times original value
Weekly
- J-pop mega star Ado reveals she’s been living in the U.S., may not understand language acquisition
- Japan’s most popular castle raising ticket prices by up to 200 percent for non-local tourists
- Studio Ghibli heroine cardigans give you warmth and strength to face everyday challenges
- Starbucks Japan is calling it quits with paper straws
- Furikake rice seasoning sales are soaring, which is bad news for Japan as a whole
- Daiso has giant new branch in middle of Tokyo’s Shinjuku neighborhood (and another beneath it)
- Looking for a Japanese convenience store souvenir? Seicomart has a legendary hit product for fans
- Tough times for Japanese pubs as izakaya bankruptcies come at highest rate in more than a decade
- Nintendo bringing real-life Zelda Zonai Device capsule toy machines to Japan【Photos】
- Studio Ghibli releases new Totoro and Jiji hourglass timers in Japan
Monthly
- Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan
- One of Japan’s most beautiful hot spring towns announces new limits on number of day trippers
- Uniqlo announces first-ever collaboration with horror manga master Junji Ito【Photos】
- Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke teams up with Foxfire for outdoor apparel collaboration【Photos】
- J-pop mega star Ado reveals she’s been living in the U.S., may not understand language acquisition
- Studio Ghibli releases new range of cardigans for anime fans
- Japan’s most popular castle raising ticket prices by up to 200 percent for non-local tourists
- Furikake rice seasoning sales are soaring, which is bad news for Japan as a whole
- Japanese job-quitting service contacted by other job-quitting service because employee wants to quit
- Berserk T-shirts coming to Uniqlo for launch of new Manga Curation line【Photos】
Yearly
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
- Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan
- [Deleted] Article written for April Fool’s Day 2018
- 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
- Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces
- Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
- Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
- Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese
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- New Japanese banknotes selling online for up to 40 times original value
- Serpentine Winnie the Pooh Year of the Snake plushies, Mickey and Baymax daruma arrive in Japan
- Ghibli Museum coffee now available to purchase online
- Japan has only one time zone, and sunset comes a lot earlier in Tokyo【Photos】
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