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Finally, an outfit for the clothes-conscious Gundam fan… who has some spare cardboard boxes.
Being prepared for an idol concert means you’re also surprisingly prepared for a typhoon-induced power outage.
“A little” shanking is requested, but that’s not the only weird thing about the baffling bits of Japanese flavor text.
We learn what to do when a shark attacks, and that the Japanese Self-Defense Forces enjoy giving each other piggy-backs. Read More
SoraNews24 sends our thrifty reporter to test a set of sponge curlers, so he looks like an old-timey housewife. And that’s before he takes them out.
Cheap joke item could lead to gruesome disfigurement thanks to terrifying packaging snafu.
Even amphibians love Japan’s unmanned drink dispensers, but what do you do if you want your change?
When a student’s love of anime pops up during school time, some teachers would be mad, but this one decided to be awesome instead.
These plastic warriors are trawling for a brawling, cruising for a bruising, and sampling for a trampling.
Shows off his bodybuilding form as past of educational program with soulful saxophone soundtrack.
The Tokyo ATMs sound like the perfect cash dispensers for female otaku, so naturally we sent Mr. Sato to try them out.
American comedian responds to Hokei mayor’s request for his face on Mount Rushmore, says he’ll be here in Japan next week.
In a recent viral video, gamers test their skills at the local recording studio. Is all of that hot-blooded tapping a step on the way to stardom?
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All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
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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
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Bear attacks car in Japan, breaks windshield with its paw【Video】
A visit to the ordinarily forbidden hall of Nara’s Hasedera Temple【Photos】
FUK COFFEE?!? Japanese cafe has a perfectly innocent reason for its startling-looking name
Who wins in a battle of McDonald’s and Komeda Coffee’s chicken tatsuta burgers?【Taste test】
Ramen restaurant’s new branch has had continuous line of waiting customers for 250 hours
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Emergency lifehack lets you wash away shampoo without using a shower head
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Japanese-style accommodation at the new Premium Dormy Inn hotel in Asakusa will blow your mind
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