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Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things

The cross cultural appeal of a Costco run in Los Angeles.

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Tokyo restaurant offers “DIY Tempura Bowls,” so of course we had to go check it out

Do you cook it yourself? Put it together yourself, buffet style? What does it mean?!?!

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Is Coca-Cola Japan’s new canned Jack Daniels cocktail better than mixing your own?【Taste test】

The standard version was a hit with our taste-tester, but how will this new no-sugar version perform?

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Beautiful park, gigantic wholesale market, and smooth-as-silk coffee on Omori bus loop【Tokyo Loop Buses】

Mr. Sato gets off the beaten path and finds a new part of Tokyo to fall in love with.

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The Fake Burger is now on the menu at Burger King Japan, but is it worth the hype?

Limited-edition French fry burger takes meatless options to new levels.  

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New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers

Japan Spirits and Liqueurs Makers Association still needs to take one more step though.

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Japan’s oldest man passes away, thought to have been last male born in the Meiji period

Chiba centenarian was former school teacher.

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New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions

Who knew Eeveelutions came with different flavours?

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Cashiers given chairs as Japanese companies reconsider if it’s OK for workers to sit during their shifts

Discount megastore Don Quijote takes part in the Suwatte Iissu Project.

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New silent cafe opens in Japan, where talking and music is not allowed

It might be silent here, but there are smiles all around. 

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Solo cherry blossom viewing — 30 percent of young men in survey plan to see sakura alone【Survey】

Cherry blossom parties are the archetypal spring social event in Japan, but many see an upside to solo sakura.

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Should you get up early to see the sakura cherry blossoms in Tokyo?

We’ve found the best time to avoid the tourist crowds at one of Tokyo’s top hanami sites.

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McDonald’s Japan teases customers with a crazy mentaiko burger

But we have the last laugh in the end.

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Sakura season schedule is screwed up, so we had a no-cherry blossom cherry blossom party in the office

Spring comes to the inside of SoraNews24 headquarters thanks to cheap Internet shopping.

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Japanese pizza chain releases gold leaf pizza for 40,000 yen

What started as an April Fools’ Day joke is now a reality.

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Everyone in Japan will be Mr. or Mrs. Sato by 2531, according to study

We are legion. We are Sato.

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Japan’s new “painful sadness” snacks are a deliciously mysterious linguistics lesson【Taste test】

Happy Turn swerves into a new form, Tsuratan.

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We try the free muscle bread distributed by macho dudes at a one-day, pop-up event in Tokyo

This may be the only time in known human history when a six-pack was achieved using carbs.

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The Fake Burger really returns to Burger King Japan!

Limited-time French fry burger returns after four years, with even more flavour than before.

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McDonald’s creates a dream Japanese bento for April Fools’ Day

And here’s how you can create one too. 

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