From the downright obvious to the surprising yet amusing, Japanese Sign Language has it all.
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Village Vanguard possibly tops its own record for most useless junk in a lucky bag this year
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The etiquette rules for visiting Shinto shrines in Japan
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Man who stole two packs of ground beef tracked by police for about 1,000 kilometers across Japan
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Let’s go open a Lego Japan lucky bag…o
Square Enix releases a Final Fantasy fukubukuro lucky bag for New Year’s in Japan
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Starbucks Japan is calling it quits with paper straws
Japanese company develops classy heavy metal band frames for glasses
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Station of despair: What to do if you get stuck at the end of Tokyo’s Chuo Rapid Line
Starbucks Japan reveals new winter holiday goods to wrap up 2024
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McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan
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Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces
Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese
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The perfect budget-friendly hot spring hotel near Narita Airport
Shimonoseki’s Koreantown isn’t like Tokyo’s or Osaka’s, but it has a retro atmosphere all its own
Line of foreign tourists leads us to Akihabara’s meatiest fatty ramen【Taste test】
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The results are in! One Piece World Top 100 characters chosen in global poll
Second-hand video game fukubukuro lucky bags reveal nostalgic surprises
12 toilet oddities around the world that surprise Japan
Let’s eat some official Evangelion emergency rations!【Taste test】
Yakuza vending machines coming to real-world Tokyo neighborhood that inspired Like a Dragon games
Sonic creator thanks fans for loving character so much that his ugly movie design will be changed
Day Two of our cycling trip across the Inland Sea on Japan’s amazing Shimanami Kaido
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