The City of Angels gets a new guardian of manners with the bilingual Japanese/English Super Kind series.
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Musical and visual tributes to anime including Your Name, Sailor Moon, often require her to cosplay as two different characters in the same video.
Become the talk of the town or make enemies on public transport with this futuristic-looking speaker.
With Japan’s Queen of Pop set to end her career, many are left wondering who the front-runner for the opening ceremonies is now.
Sunshine, the Chinese high school girl band branded “China’s ugliest perfomers” shoots to stardom, briefly.
Cats from a Japanese cat island give their best performance in a music video designed to lure the famous musician to their shores.
Adorably awesome but timid prankster stalks cosplayers, with musical accompaniment, at Indiana’s Indy PopCon.
Kodo drummers help modern technology blend with one of Japan’s most traditional instruments.
Detractors call the title and lyrics of Nogizaka46 song, the video for which has just been released, a poor fit for the independent DC Comics star.
Should Makoto Shinkai’s anime have been about Top Gun Taki and Maverick Mitsuha?
The classic sing-along-songs of a million childhoods seamlessly blended and performed for your listening pleasure by a samurai in a dapper suit.
Handsome miner dummies take the mannequin challenge to new heights with a catchy new music video that’s winning over fans around the country.
If you’ve never heard of Project 575 before… well, we can’t blame you. Despite existing for a few years now, the pair have never been considered “official” Vocaloids. Until now.
Dainashi shows the stamina of a warrior as he drums the extremely high tempo theme songs to every stage.
Employees show increased ability to eat lightning, crap thunder, and actually go home on time.



















Three new starter Pokémon Jets to fly in Japan, first begins carrying passengers this month
Family Mart opens new “Famima” flagship store in Tokyo that’s like a tourist attraction
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Uniqlo looks back to the very start of Pokémon with new black-and-white pixel art T-shirts[Pics]
Japan reacts to Donald Trump’s “Islamic Republic of Japan” remark
Solid gold Hedorah kaiju from the Godzilla series is now available to pre-order
Furby is now a sexy anime girl figure[Photos]
Survey shows foreigners’ desire to work in Japan long-term dropping, but that’s not the whole story
Studio Ghibli theme park’s new dessert is a drinkable version of Hayao Miyazaki’s pilot daydream
3-second salt company jingle becomes #1 karaoke song in Japan across all genres
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
A visit to Sri Lanka’s knockoff knockoff Uniqlo (no, we didn’t stutter) to see its rare “Pikachus”
Japanese airport rebrands itself as “Sushi Airport” to attract foreign tourists
Japan triples departure tax, foreign tourists and locals now must pay more to leave country
New Mt. Fuji overnight bus takes travelers from downtown Tokyo straight to the most popular hiking trail
Don’t judge this Kiki’s Delivery Service book by its cover, because it’s not actually a book!
Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Studio Ghibli store Donguri Republic announces opening of first-ever store in America
New Japanese overnight train coming to connect Tokyo with Tohoku in sleep-travel style
Japan launches first overnight Shinkansen bullet train between Tokyo and Osaka this summer
Japanese sweets shop sells an ohagi so exquisite it sells out by noon
Sanrio Character Poll announces winners, Hello Kitty absent from top 10 in many countries
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Put sesame oil in your coffee? Japanese maker says it’s the best way to start your day【Taste test】
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
Solid gold Hedorah kaiju from the Godzilla series is now available to pre-order
Furby is now a sexy anime girl figure[Photos]
Survey shows foreigners’ desire to work in Japan long-term dropping, but that’s not the whole story
Studio Ghibli theme park’s new dessert is a drinkable version of Hayao Miyazaki’s pilot daydream
3-second salt company jingle becomes #1 karaoke song in Japan across all genres
Family Mart changes its Famichiki packaging for the first time in nine years
Piko Taro is back to rock your world with bizarre new Super Cup ice cream video
McDonald’s Japan reveals new Pokémon collaboration range, covering McNuggets and lucky bags
Suntanned Hello Kitty steals the show in Japanese magazine’s Sanrio freebies
Climbing season officially opens for Japan’s Mt. Hiyoriyama, the shortest mountain in the country
Japanese airport rebrands itself as “Sushi Airport” to attract foreign tourists
Giant Mewtwo statue disappears from real-life Pokémon Center in Japan, may be headed to America
Foreign tourists staying in one part of Japan can now get nightly government hotel discounts
Hollywood live-action Naruto movie announces global search for its Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura