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Schoolgirls step in to represent Tokyo, Kyoto, and a surprise outsider for this surprising collection.
New cherry blossom dessert takes its inspiration from a traditional Japanese springtime sweet.
New clip points out facts about football, baseball, and sumo in Japan…but not all Japanese are behind it.
Video gets more dislikes than likes, proving just how much Japanese society needs to watch this right now.
Academy award winning animator and a Ghibli artist who works at Lawson part-time join forces to pay homage to the konbini.
Estranged childhood friends, a blackout, and a mobile app are the perfect ingredients for a marvelous story line.
Osaka has just one word to say in response to all those annoying questions about her ethnicity and her love of katsudon.
The one-night special will be screened on Japanese television tonight, on the last day of the Heisei period.
Watch as a teenage Connelly advertises a Technics product while singing in perfect Japanese.
The crazy big-budget commercial stars some of Japan’s most well-known musicians on flame-spewing monster floats.
These girls literally drive away ogres during Japan’s annual Setsubun bean-throwing festival.
Famous musicians, actors and idol group members star in these memorable ads that will make you laugh, cry and want to buy what they’re selling.
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Manga artist wants Japanese teachers to feel, for two seconds, how dumb their girls’ dress code is
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Is it the end of Japan’s conveyor belt sushi as we know it?
Beautiful live-action Final Fantasy X kabuki preview shows Yuna performing Sending【Video】
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12-year-old manga artist wins prize from Weekly Shonen Jump, talent might run in the family
Kyoto Station is a bad place to be in a snowstorm, videos show
New Studio Ghibli die-cast anime cars on their way, even if neither one is really a car【Pics】
Woman decides to go for a walk on the busiest train tracks at Shibuya Station【Video】
Ichiran ramen lucky bag gives us everything we need to enjoy tonkotsu noodles at home
McDonald’s Japan is changing the ingredients in Chicken McNuggets
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Hayao Miyazaki draws Year of the Rabbit illustration for New Year’s card to Studio Ghibli fans
Pokémon-playing fish commit credit card fraud against owner in Japan via Nintendo eShop【Video】
Japan’s real-world One-Piece fitness gym is open, lets you pump giant manga meat
Tea with Totoro! Ghibli star gets his own green tea and drinkware line【Photos】- Former women’s world boxing champion confronts molester on bus in Japan
Japanese sweets box from Amazon Japan is a treasure trove of dagashi nostalgia
What’s in the Lindt lucky bag for 2023?
New York Times makes a surprising pick for the best city to visit in Japan
Japanese high school adds culottes to uniforms to better accommodate gender diversity
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Mandarin orange peels aren’t trash, they’re treasure! Three chimpi tips to reuse your mikan skins
Move over grilled cheese — we’ve discovered the tastiest toasted sandwich yet【Recipe】
One Punch Man manga artist’s amazing “practice” drawing is so good we think he might not be human
Sony’s wearable air conditioners selling like cold cakes in heat-stricken Japan
Travelling to Japan soon? Beware the “Three Small Hells” awaiting tourists upon arrival
How to use the new floating hologram registers at 7-Eleven
Japan ends travel ban on individual tourists, waives visa requirements for certain countries
One Piece’s Luffy spent years of manga’s publication without saying a word to one of his nakama
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
Pokémon Center apologizes for writing model Nicole Fujita’s name as Nicole Fujita
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The anime girl English teacher textbook character that stole Japan’s heart has gotten a promotion
Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako cosplays as Spy x Family’s Yor, recommends brutal revenge manga
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That awkward moment when anime becomes reality
Japanese woman stumbles on the power of the infamous “gaijin seat” phenomenon during flight
12-year-old manga artist wins prize from Weekly Shonen Jump, talent might run in the family
Japanese high schools stop asking students to specify their gender on application forms
What exactly is the treat known as a “kougnané” that’s sold outside Tokyo’s Yurakucho Station?
These apartments are crazy-small even by Tokyo standards, and super-popular with young people
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Otaku lie down in the streets of Tokyo to be comforted by beautiful anime mom【Photos】
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