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New set of Saizeriya gacha turns from ‘let’s collect them all‘ into ‘this feels like torture‘.
It turns out there’s a division of labor between who comes up with the words and who writes them on the papers.
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Studio Ghibli releases new action figures featuring Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind characters
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Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
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- Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
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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
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
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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Harajuku Station’s beautiful old wooden building is set to return, with a new complex around it
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Travis Japan members compete with the best dancers in Japan at Red Bull’s national dance finals
Bear ramen appears in Tokyo, causes almost as much shock as bears walking around the city would
Brazilian man acquitted of sexual assault after kissing Japanese woman on Nagoya train
Meet Tomoko, the 70-year-old Japanese woman who can pole dance like nobody’s business 【Video】
Mt. Koya planning to instate visitor’s tax to cope with huge tourist numbers
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