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For many people in Japan, there’s no more welcome sound than the incredibly loud whining buzz of the seasonal insects.
Fumakilla promises to kill all roaches in your home, but you have to ask yourself if that’s what you really want.
Sure giant stinging insects that can fly are scary, but they’re not always so bright, and here’s how to outsmart them.
Our reporter Seiji ventures back to Ueno’s bug vending machine to learn if crickets and grasshoppers taste the same.
We take a chance with a random selection from a machine that sells tarantulas and dung beetles for you to eat.
What do you get when you combine a love of toy cars with a love of bugs? This amazing toy.
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We try Starbucks’ buzzworthy (and slightly gross) new cream pie to see how good it really is
Go shopping with our Japanese reporter as he experiences Costco in the U.S. for the first time
Travis Japan, the hot Japanese boy band winning hearts through America’s Got Talent【Video】
This super easy cold Korean spicy ramen dish will make summer 100 times more delicious
Daiso’s 100-yen ramen egg makers even better in smaller sizes
Japan’s “station closest to the sea” lives up to its name【Photos】
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Saitama man’s 7M-yen Rolex stolen after leaving it alone with “potential buyer” for two minutes
Studio Ghibli releases free bulletin board illustration to “use within the bounds of common sense”
New Princess Mononoke accessory line has Kodama for your ears, wolves for your fingers【Photos】- Image-generating AI’s picture of “Final Fantasy VII Cloud” is so wrong, yet so right
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The entire Pokémon Red and Blue Kanto region map, built as a 3-D diorama, looks amazing【Photos】- We try Starbucks’ buzzworthy (and slightly gross) new cream pie to see how good it really is
We visit izakaya in Thailand billed as “Middle Aged Man’s Paradise”, try food that’s illegal in Japan
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Sony’s wearable air conditioners selling like cold cakes in heat-stricken Japan
How to use the new floating hologram registers at 7-Eleven
Liev Schreiber’s son deemed “too beautiful” in Japan
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Japanese woman finds better way to make potato salad, we may not be able to go back to old style
Miss Universe 2021 Japan entry slammed for wearing “dead person’s kimono”
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
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World’s first Ice Whopper now on the menu at Burger King Japan
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Visit the birthplace of the Japanese daruma in Gunma Prefecture
Robot security guards patrol Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
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Sunsoft, makers of the OG kusoge, are back!
Nephew receives SD card after his uncle passes away, finds treasure trove of gems from the past
Japanese gaming blanket is here to keep you warm through your gaming winter vacation【Photos】
Japan’s hoya is a straight-up edible video game monster, and here’s how to prepare/eat it【Photos】
Ghibli producer reveals the studio’s current anime production project: absolutely nothing
Chowing down on dirt-cheap gyoza and insane portions at Fukuoka’s Gyoza Supermarket Pub
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