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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.
Whether the person in front of you adjusting the seat angle is a good or bad thing is all a matter of perspective, Tokyo-bound overnight bus shows us.
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.
SoraNews24’s Seiji compiles a list of five things you’ll need to do if you want to be a heroine in the grand tradition of Sailor Moon and her ilk.
Manga author relates the depressing tale of seeing the ignoble fate of his leftover comics.
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, but this tale of deception has a double-twist ending.
Belgian confectioner maker says enough is enough with Japan’s practice of women giving male coworkers “obligation chocolate.”
Our reporter decides to answer one of those “Earn money from your photos!” comments on his Instagram page.
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