Meg decides to get back to basics by using the natural cooling power of snow to create a delicious matcha dessert.
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We take a break from daydreaming about Valentine’s Day chocolate as Japan’s newest crazy comfort ramen becomes a reality.
We looked at this Shibuya restaurant’s 2.3-kilogram (5.1-pound) spaghetti serving and said, “Naw, that’s not enough.”
Japanese people not in employment or education have said “If you get a job, you lose!” but how do they feel once they actually join the workforce?
In Japan, women give chocolate to men on Valentine’s Day, but are guys going to get what they really want?
Because nothing promotes a healthy learning environment like traumatizing students with scissors in front of their peers.
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As new freshmen get ready to start high school in Japan, a reminder that a lot of what they’ve seen in anime isn’t how things are really going to be.
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Manga author relates the depressing tale of seeing the ignoble fate of his leftover comics.
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