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flu season
Are you feeling under the weather? Is your fever running higher than 38°C (100.4°F)? Are you living in or around Tokyo? If you’ve answered “yes” to all of the above, then there’s a good chance you have the flu! After the results of a weekly influenza check came in for the week of December 22 to 28, it seems that epidemic levels of the virus have reached Japan’s capital city.
Grab your mask and water for gargling; it’s only predicted to get more serious!
Japanese women categorise male friends by levels of intimacy, from hugging to bathing
Lost something on a Japanese train? Look for it at the railway’s lost-and-found market
Japan’s craziest, most terrifying video game arcade is going out of business【Photos】
Japan Travel: Explore a hidden cave on a tiny monorail roller coaster thrill ride in Nara
Twitter user thinks he knows why blood drives use sexy anime artwork in Japan
Japanese boy knows the one thing he needs when evacuating from typhoon, and it melts our hearts
Casio Baby-G teams up with Pokémon for special, limited-edition, anniversary Pikachu watch
Funeral undertaker takes departed father on one last trip to his beloved sea
Man in China says he likes Pokémon’s Team Rocket on social media, company makes him issue apology
Rugby World Cup: Captain Michael Leitch melts hearts with the reason why he plays for Japan
Japanese Phantom Cheesecake: A sweet so popular 2,000 sold in ten minutes
Japanese Mame Shiba Inu banknote design pays homage to nation’s beloved dog
You can now turn your smartphone into a Pokémon Pokédex thanks to Bandai【Photos】
Typhoon warning from NHK Japan “to all foreigners” causes controversy onlineJapanese women categorise male friends by levels of intimacy, from hugging to bathing
World’s #1 Smash Bros. player takes on random kid in Japan’s Narita Airport
Typhoon Hagibis turns skies in Japan purply pink, makes people fear the end is nigh
Shibuya rats scuttle along streets in the wake of Typhoon Hagibis【Video】Man in China says he likes Pokémon’s Team Rocket on social media, company makes him issue apology
Japanese news agency under fire for announcing Nobel Prize goes “to foreigners”
PewDiePie buys house in Japan, calls it “a dream come true”
Naruto’s author Kishimoto reveals what characters’ names would’ve been if editor didn’t interveneJapanese Phantom Cheesecake: A sweet so popular 2,000 sold in ten minutesJapanese Mame Shiba Inu banknote design pays homage to nation’s beloved dogYou can now turn your smartphone into a Pokémon Pokédex thanks to Bandai【Photos】
Uniqlo announces new line of awesome Dragon Ball T-shirts and hoodies【Photos】 
We took advantage of Burger King’s Whopper Jr. sale in an extreme way
Kyoto Animation will use none of its arson donations for business recovery, all of it for victims
Pakistani Japanese citizen is tired of the cops asking him for his foreign resident card
Hayao Miyazaki has turned down multiple offers from Hollywood to make live-action Nausicaa movie
Which Pokémon are you? Official quiz reveals your Poké-personality, and how to take it in EnglishPewDiePie buys house in Japan, calls it “a dream come true”Naruto’s author Kishimoto reveals what characters’ names would’ve been if editor didn’t intervene
We asked a Niantic insider 30 questions about Pokémon Go, learned a lot of useful information
Japanese woman stumbles on the power of the infamous “gaijin seat” phenomenon during flight
Why do Japanese recycle bins have two openings but dump everything into the same compartment?
Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students with non-black hair to dye it, official promisesJapanese Phantom Cheesecake: A sweet so popular 2,000 sold in ten minutes
Japanese baseball teen refuses walk after getting hit by pitch, follows up with home run【Video】
50-year-old Japanese woman pulls off amazing Love Live! anime idol cosplay【Photos】
Japanese boy knows the one thing he needs when evacuating from typhoon, and it melts our hearts
Casio Baby-G teams up with Pokémon for special, limited-edition, anniversary Pikachu watch
Funeral undertaker takes departed father on one last trip to his beloved sea
Man in China says he likes Pokémon’s Team Rocket on social media, company makes him issue apology
Rugby World Cup: Captain Michael Leitch melts hearts with the reason why he plays for Japan
Shibuya rats scuttle along streets in the wake of Typhoon Hagibis【Video】
There’s a Final Fantasy live-action stage musical coming to Tokyo!
Japanese Twitter in an uproar about Tokyo ward that banned homeless from evacuation shelters
What’s really for breakfast? 20 Japanese people give us a peek at their morning meal【Photos】
Elderly Japanese couple’s cute restaurant anecdote brings smiles and “d’aww”s to the table
Starbucks Japan releases new limited-edition mugs, cards and travel bottles for Halloween
Godiva tapioca tea on sale in Japan just in time to get in on the country’s boba boom【Taste test】
Do some Japanese parents think of their kids like fighting Pokémon? Twitter wonders
Japanese family hears noises at night from room of dead grandma, finds creatures living in walls
