One of Japan’s top convenience store chains plans to introduce digital avatars at over 200 stores in the next three years.
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Japan’s labor shortage is so bad that the government is even recruiting old folks who are willing to work.
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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 glasses cases let anime characters keep an eye on your spectacles- Tokyo Tsukiji fish market site to be redeveloped with 50,000-seat stadium, hotel, shopping center
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
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
New Japanese KitKat flavour stars Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
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
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Celebrate another year of life by putting it in jeopardy with this birthday candle flower
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French Fries Bread in Tokyo’s Shibuya becomes a hit on social media
Sandwiches fit for a sumo served up in Osaka【Taste Test】
We try out “Chan Ramen”, an underground type of ramen popular in the ramen community
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Akihabara pop-up shop sells goods made by Japanese prison inmates
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Limited-edition Carbonara Udon will anger noodle purists and pasta lovers 【Taste test】
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