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This cat likes to pull peace poses, stand on two feet and make a living selling hot potatoes.
Spoiler alert: it’s filled with one human, 10 pounds of sweat, and at least a year’s worth of back pain.
In what other country would someone think it was a good idea to hold a national ranking of bus company mascots?
Nyango Star must have apple-cat nerves of steel as he absolutely kills a performance of X Japan songs in front of a discerning audience.
Have you ever seen a mascot play drums? I bet you’d never expect one to be this awesome at it.
Even Gudetama occasionally cleans up after himself, which is more than we can say about some of our roommates in the past.
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Domo-kun is down on the ice and can’t get up! Who can save the furry, brown monster mascot?!?
It seems to be that moe girls, those cute, sometimes slightly sexualized, doe-eyed animated characters, have spread from their origin in Japan throughout Asia. Not only have we seen them being used to mock government initiatives in Indonesia. In Taiwan, they’ve been employed extensively as subway mascots, and now the Department of Technology in Taipei has joined the moe bandwagon with 230-chan.
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Nike’s new anime mecha sneakers look Gundam awesome【Video, photos】
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Overly honest taiyaki restaurant flooded with customers after admitting to reducing sweet beans
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Tokyo Revengers anime/manga takes over Tokyo Station with dozens of character posters【Photos】
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A house in the Japanese countryside for just US$9,100? You bet we bought it!【Photos, video】
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Demon Slayer anime restaurant coming to Universal Studios with Hashira meals, life-size figures- Tokyo coffee master reveals easy trick to make instant coffee almost as good as fresh-brewed
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Nintendo puts out important notice for casual gamers who’ve bought a Switch during the pandemic
A Pokémon glitch no one discovered in 18 years has been found…by a pet fish in Japan?!?【Videos】
Top 10 anime women with biggest, most impactful breasts, voted by thousands of Japanese netizens
Man loses 200 times at crane game, calls police to investigate, staff member loses 300 times too
Hayao Miyazaki has a gripe against Japanese female voice actors
Totoro discovered in Japanese forest【Photos】- Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
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Japan to reopen to international tourists with new entry requirements
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Universal Studios Beijing opens for business, but can we call it “USB?”
Woman says she’s a foreign student struggling in the pandemic, asks us to buy her homemade chocolate
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
Mos Burger x Dassai sweet sake collaboration expands with new rice burgers and a konjac drink
Preserve a piece of Japanese culture during Corona with your own mini shrine hand-washing ladle
Cup Noodle Sodas: Culinary innovation or beverage abomination?
Japanese home center emergency evacuation set could save your life, make you look like a goldfish
Find a red envelope on the ground? Here’s why you should never pick it up
Japan has eggs that smell and taste like yuzu citrus fruit, and they’re amazing!
Sega of America taken to court in five million dollar lawsuit, accused of deceiving users
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Naruto’s favorite noodle shop Ichiraku Ramen is real, and we just visited it!
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