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Mind-blowing wedding goals include a personalised video game and RPG character sketches for each guest.
We taste the new Pokémon doughnuts and get our hands on some exclusive merchandise before the official release.
Who’s going to win? Bowser-bashing plumber with super powers or the best tennis player in the world?
Remember the time we hired a lookalike and reenacted a classic Jackie Chan fight? Of course we do, we still have the video evidence!
No need to have Jeeves ready one’s horse when you can call one a la The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Fans are speculating about the campaign offers and freebies they’ll receive during the new burger campaign.
Adult VR game VR Kanojo is ready to show off a new feature that lets gamers smell the character’s stockings.
Now you too can dress up as an irresistibly-cute game character with none of the hard work!
This tale of kindness and camaraderie will put a smile on your face and have you reaching for the tissues at the same time.
With Nissin’s cup noodles featured heavily in the latest Final Fantasy game, the company decided to gift Square Enix employees with a ramen donation.
Take a look at what it’s like to be a jumping, chanting, glowstick-waving fan at a virtual reality idol concert in Japan!
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Mr. Sato shows us what happens when you try to cook rice with only eggs 【SoraKitchen】
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Tokyo’s amazing 2D Cafe looks like an illustration, but it’s an actual restaurant you can eat in!
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Uniqlo announces brand-new line of awesomely beautiful Sailor Moon T-shirts
Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students with non-black hair to dye it, official promises
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Japanese baseball teen refuses walk after getting hit by pitch, follows up with home run【Video】
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We attend the official release ceremony for the new iPhone 11 in Japan
Shinkansen will require reservations for large suitcases, charge penalty fees for those without
Factory-outlet bacon and other pork products found in Fukuoka laundromat vending machine
Subway releases first-ever sweet sub sandwich in Japan
We try a $10 Japanese grape from a bunch that retails for over $400 【Taste Test】
Poop Kanji-Drill toilet paper is the best way to accomplish your Japanese studying doo-ties
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Top 10 anime women with biggest, most impactful breasts, voted by thousands of Japanese netizens
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