The always delicious Karaage-kun combines with another of Japan’s favorite comfort foods for an irresistible offer.
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Following Japan’s “paper tiger sandwich” incident, we went out and bought every sandwich we could find to investigate.
Comparing the big three Japanese convenience stores’ versions of the country’s number-one sweet bread.
7-Eleven, Lawson, and Family Mart all have their own exclusive instant noodles, and we were surprised by who makes some of them.
When you’re craving the latest issue of Shonen Jump, Uber is ready to roll and bring you your comic fix.
Academy award winning animator and a Ghibli artist who works at Lawson part-time join forces to pay homage to the konbini.
It’s up to you whether you want to count this new beverage product as a drink or as a dessert.
”Slime-flavored” pastry teaches us that the famous video game monsters are actually delicious!
Cute convenience store case handled with courteous care.
Lawson branch purposely makes its sign harder to read for the benefit of some special baby visitors.


















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Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
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Kinotake Mother AI developed to study Japan’s divide between chocolate cookie snacks
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