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UX at Japanese convenience store is a heartwarming example of excellent customer service
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Live-action Spirited Away stage play is finally available for on-demand streaming
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More than one in three Japanese working women in survey would rather be housewives
Visiting Evangelion’s Tokyo-3 anime locations in real-life Hakone【Photos】- Bottled hot water selling like bottled hot cakes in Japan
Is ramen without the “men” a Tokyo dining paradox worth experiencing?【Taste test】
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Studio Ghibli offering reprints of posters from all its anime films made from original plates
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Candy from Ghibli’s Grave of the Fireflies disappearing as manufacturer goes out of business
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One Punch Man manga artist’s amazing “practice” drawing is so good we think he might not be human
Sony’s wearable air conditioners selling like cold cakes in heat-stricken Japan
Travelling to Japan soon? Beware the “Three Small Hells” awaiting tourists upon arrival
How to use the new floating hologram registers at 7-Eleven
Liev Schreiber’s son deemed “too beautiful” in Japan
Japan ends travel ban on individual tourists, waives visa requirements for certain countries
One Piece’s Luffy spent years of manga’s publication without saying a word to one of his nakama
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Sushi birthday cake turns out to be the best present our reporter could’ve ever asked for
We try Matsuya’s beef stroganoff, only available at select spots, and learn a bit about Matsuya
Live-action Spirited Away stage play is finally available for on-demand streaming
City employee in Japan kills wild boar with spear on elementary school grounds
Bottled hot water selling like bottled hot cakes in Japan
Japanese World Cup team’s manners awesome as usual, locker room pics after unexpected win show
Japanese wrestler Saori Yoshida smashes Guinness World Record by bursting balloons with her butt
Studio Ghibli producer kills theory of death subtext in My Neighbor Totoro
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13 Japanese teen boys caught peeping into girls’ hot spring bath during class trip
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Japanese prefecture replaces Ibaraki as Least Attractive Prefecture in annual ranking
We try the new Dom Dom Burger with a whole fried crab — best fast food near Sensoji temple
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