Family Mart relaxes customer service rules in recognition of clerks who aren’t native Japanese speakers, also allows dyed hair.
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At Lawson convenience stores, they’ll hand you your coffee, and you’re gonna like it, dammit.
Family Mart’s newest drink campaign shoots for the moon and promises a rainbow of dreamy starshine flavors.
What makes a fried nugget so good that it causes a songstress to cram her mouth full with them and create international headlines?
Shelf-stocking technique has some saying they’ll never shop at the branch, or even the chain, again.
Manners maketh the man. Unless he’s at a convenience store, according to some Japanese social media users as debate over manners erupts.
New dessert beverage lets you enjoy a uniquely Japanese taste without having to sit around in the same chain you have back home.
The curious case of the Kakamigahara Lawson has caused the company to take a second look at how they operate.
Whether you like traditional Japanese flavours or Western-inspired combinations, these frozen desserts will satisfy all your sweet cravings.
A triple helping of dark ingredients creates fried chicken unlike any we’ve ever seen on Earth.
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Our reporter takes her 71-year-old mother to a visual kei concert for the first time
Hamster abandoned at Tokyo ramen restaurant gets new home
Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to your favorite restaurant in Tsuruga City!
Japanese confectionary chain Chateraise opens first 24-hour branch with self-checkout
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Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo- More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
- Starbucks reopens at Shibuya Scramble Crossing with new look and design concept
Beautiful new Final Fantasy T-shirt collection on the way from Uniqlo【Photos】
Is the new Shinkansen Train Desk ticket worth it?
Foreign English teachers in Japan pick their favorite Japanese-language phrases【Survey】- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
Japanese convenience store packs a whole bento into an onigiri rice ball
We try out “Chan Ramen”, an underground type of ramen popular in the ramen community
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
Japan’s bone-breaking and record-breaking roller coaster is permanently shutting down
New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers
Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things
Studio Ghibli unveils Mother’s Day gift set that captures the love in My Neighbour Totoro
Foreign passenger shoves conductor on one of the last full runs for Japan’s Thunderbird train
Domino’s Japan now sells…pizza ears?
New Japanese KitKat flavour stars Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty
Kyoto creates new for-tourist buses to address overtourism with higher prices, faster rides
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
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Hamster abandoned at Tokyo ramen restaurant gets new home
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Japanese confectionary chain Chateraise opens first 24-hour branch with self-checkout
Shinjuku izakaya’s all-you-can-eat-and-drink plan is one of Tokyo’s best secret cheap eats
Step back in time to the Edo period at this unusual highway rest stop in Japan
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Osaka’s creepy cute mascot speaks for first time, adds more fuel the creepy OR cute debate【Video】
16-year-old Japanese girls will no longer be allowed to marry, age of legal adulthood moves to 18
Daiso’s Standard Products store — what’s worth buying and what’s not? Our expert weighs in
Ginza hotel serves up one of the best breakfasts in Tokyo
The world’s first Pokémon GO specialty store just opened in Tokyo!【Photos】
New Japanese KitKat flavour, Sugar Butter Tree, is like cracking a chocolate tree branch
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