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Easy-to-use item goes viral and sells out as everyone attests to its soy marinated egg perfection.
Turn even the cheapest convenience store beer into a classy little beer cup with this device!
Takara Tomy’s new palm-sized gadget helps you enjoy flowing nagashi-somen noodles at a responsible social distance.
Japan’s one-person bento box-sized rice cooker gets double-decker version that cooks side dishes too
Because if you’ve got fresh-cooked rice right at your desk, you’re going to want something to go with it right?
Our resident 100 yen shop expert tries to become better-looking while still keeping his wallet beautifully full.
The makers of the portable bento box rice cooker are back to help get us through the winter.
It’s what we’ve all been waiting for — a way to watch our phone screen without clogging it up with noodle grease!
Pattato Seiza aims to take the discomfort out of a part of Japanese etiquette that many Japanese people hate: seiza.
A compact companion for when you’ve got too much stuff to hang, but not enough for a laundromat run.
A shocking experiment, brought to you by the chief of SoraNews24’s Department of Bad Ideas.
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