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Shibuya McDonald’s closes its doors after 39 years in business

Announcement follows a number of recent closures in the Shibuya area. 

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Sega’s old arcade right outside Akihabara Station is closing, taking takeout cafe stand with it

Another summer, another closure announcement for a landmark Tokyo arcade.

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Akihabara landmark Toranoana is permanently closing, chain downsizes to just one branch in Japan

Dojinshi specialty shop will live on in other capacities, but its 28-year-run in Akihabara is coming to an end.

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Anna Miller’s announces closure, immediately becomes Tokyo’s top must-visit cafe

Mr Sato gets in line for a taste of pie, but as always, things don’t go as planned.

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End of the line for Japan’s absolute favorite waitress uniform and one of its favorite pie places

After 40 years, the final Anna Miller’s cafe in Japan is closing down.

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Tokyo prison restaurant The Lockup closes its doors for good

Throwing away the key after 23 years of terrifying tourists. 

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The smallest Family Mart in Japan closes down

Customers say sayonara to a convenience store icon at a very unusual location.

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Tokyo losing landmark bookstore, giant bookmark created to mark its place【Photos】

Special displays, sales, and even book fortunes commemorate Sanseido moving on to its next chapter. 

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One of Tokyo’s best museums is closing and won’t be open again for years

Museum focusing on the Edo era enters an era of being closed.

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Another Akihabara icon disappears as famous rice bowl restaurant closes its doors

Sad demise of this Tokyo branch breaks our hearts.

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Has Shinjuku’s Robot Restaurant closed permanently?

Photos show iconic exterior being torn down, putting a giant question mark over the future of the popular tourist site.

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Japanese restaurant from the Edo Period forced to close due to coronavirus pandemic

Serving diners since the days of the samurai and once loved by famous writers like Natsume Soseki, this long-standing business will soon be no more.

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Over 20 percent of Burger Kings in Japan suddenly vanishing this month

Find out which locations survived the snap.

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Japanese watch maker shirks labor law, says “time’s up” on factory in Guangzhou, China

February 5 was supposed to be like any other day for employees at the Japanese watch company Citizen in Guangzhou, China. But ordinary quickly turned into extraordinarily terrible when over 1,000 employees found out the company was closing the very next day and they would all be out of jobs.

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