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Sushi Bears restaurant opens in Tokyo, offers exactly what its name promises【Photos】
Japanese city paints well-known prostitution street bright yellow, adds fish art【Video】
Japan’s tap-to-pay Suica train card system aims to go tapless with walk-through gates, location data scans
Ghibli Paper Theater craft kits are back to end your stocking stuffer/souvenir search【Photos】
Where’s the happiest place for foreigners to live in Japan? Study investigates
Kotatsu in the Sky returns to the Osaka Wheel, Japan’s tallest Ferris wheel
Japan’s top 10 food travel destination prefectures【Survey】
Biking around Tama Lake: A super-easy, super-relaxing afternoon getaway from downtown Tokyo【Pics】
Special Totoro good-luck noren tapestries usher good fortune and cuteness into your home【Pics】
Studio Ghibli coasters keep your drinks hot and your heart warm this winter
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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
Starbucks Japan is calling it quits with paper straws
Studio Ghibli heroine cardigans give you warmth and strength to face everyday challenges
Daiso has giant new branch in middle of Tokyo’s Shinjuku neighborhood (and another beneath it)- Japan’s top 10 food travel destination prefectures【Survey】
Tough times for Japanese pubs as izakaya bankruptcies come at highest rate in more than a decade- Studio Ghibli coasters keep your drinks hot and your heart warm this winter
Furikake rice seasoning sales are soaring, which is bad news for Japan as a whole
Studio Ghibli releases new Totoro and Jiji hourglass timers in Japan
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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
- Starbucks Japan is calling it quits with paper straws
- 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
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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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Kotatsu in the Sky returns to the Osaka Wheel, Japan’s tallest Ferris wheel
Japan’s top 10 food travel destination prefectures【Survey】
Biking around Tama Lake: A super-easy, super-relaxing afternoon getaway from downtown Tokyo【Pics】
Special Totoro good-luck noren tapestries usher good fortune and cuteness into your home【Pics】
Studio Ghibli coasters keep your drinks hot and your heart warm this winter
The oldest tunnel in Japan is believed to be haunted, and strange things happen when we go there
Standing sleeping pods coming to Tokyo cafe, promise to relieve fatigue and stress【Pics】
Hello Kitty shows up at Baskin-Robins Japan for 50th birthday party with special sweets and merch
We taste makunouchi bento at four Japanese convenience store chains【Taste comparison】
Totoro sequel anime Mei and the Baby Catbus will screen at Ghibli Park this winter
Japan’s lap-pillow ear-cleaning salons aren’t just for pervy guys, we find out
Haku is…Chihiro’s dead brother? Studio Ghibli fans blown away by Spirited Away theory
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