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Japanese convenience store plans to increase shoppers’ phone data capacity just for visiting

Lawson looks to kick-start convenience store of the future with a new phone service.

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How to use the self-serve dispensers for green tea at conveyor bel sushi restaurants in Japan

A key part of the complete kaitenzushi experience.

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One of Tokyo’s most beautiful gardens gets its own moon for moon-viewing season

Hotel Chinzanso’s Sea of Clouds mist installation gets even more enchanting.

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Starbucks adds official Kids’ Frappuccinos to the menu in Japan

Three Frappuccinos for children, and a tiny condiment bar with syrups so little ones can customise their drinks like a grown-up.

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Super-cheap, super-convenient rice-cooking mug is a new kitchen gadget all-star from 3 Coins

A perfectly cooked single-serving of rice with just this mug and a microwave, no rice cooker needed.

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Starbucks Japan releases custom tumblers…that wear aprons

With 343 possible combinations, it’s like the Crocs craze, only with tumblers instead of shoes.

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Japanese pizza chain starts nationwide delivery of for-dogs pizzas

Pizza-La is going to the dogs…the dogs’ homes, that is.

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Studio Ghibli lets you cosplay as Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle with cosy anime fashion range

Sparkle with Ghibli magic from head to toe.

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Awesome Transformers 40th anniversary anime short created in famous studio team-up【Video】

Trigger teams up with top-talent studios and Bump of Chicken for a 40-year love letter to the entire Transformers franchise.

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Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese

The sugoroku trip around Ghibli Park is also an Easter egg hunt.

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Pikachu/Game Boy manhole cover installed at Nintendo Museum, not viewable by general public

The newest Pokémon manhole cover is also the first to feature the classic Nintendo hardware, but not everyone will get to see it.

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Tiny chocolate croissants cause a big stir at popular bakery cafe in Japan

You won’t find a chocolate drink like this at any other cafe chain.

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“I will continuously compliment you” – Buying praise from Tokyo’s street complimenter【Video】

Can a person we’ve just met really make us feel better about ourselves?

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“Please watch until the end.” McDonald’s Japan’s beautiful moon-viewing anime video has cozy twist

McDonald’s Japan continues to be a reliable source for tasty burgers and heartwarming anime art.

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Kyoto becomes City of Yokai, with Night Parade of One Hundred Demons festival this autumn

Japan’s supernatural world springs to life in a special Hyakki Yagyo event you won’t want to miss. 

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Japan now has teriyaki pear burgers – Are they crazy good, or just crazy?【Taste test】

While everyone else is rolling out tsukimi burgers, Dom Dom slips in a nashi burger.

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Japanese public toilet in Tokyo has windows that change colour when you use it

Join us as we use one of Japan’s most unusual restrooms.

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Japan’s UFO village, where the magnetic field is said to attract visitors from outer space

UFO stories abound in this area, and there’s plenty to make you think in this under-the-radar town.

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Virtual idol Hatsune Miku to act in kabuki play with human co-star【Photos】

Cho-Kabuki announces new version of Hanakurabe Zenbonzakura.

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Japanese police are not messing around, with Patlabor robot mecha out on display 【Video】

Giant Ingram steps out of the anime world to fight crime in Japan on behalf of the police force. 

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