A giant Pikachu beguiles us with its cute face and affordable price tag, but there’s one surprising hurdle to owning one.
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A tiny part of a kanji is all that separates these place names in written form, but there’s a much bigger difference in their respective atmospheres.
Our reporter returns to a place of her childhood that’s still going strong after decades of operation.
Watch our team of zany reporters run around in loincloths as they attempt to beat Beat Takeshi.
Two beloved flavors from the Showa and Heisei periods make their triumphant return to the shelves!
Cassettes are back in style in Japan in a big way, with new releases and people paying premiums for discontinued tapes.
The new Pokémon series may have the same original Japanese name, but it’s scored by a brand new composer.
Keep refreshed and get a glimpse of Japanese high school life with these charming bottle designs.
Seriously, it’s been a long, long time since these series aired, and now we feel really old.
We found a candy store/Showa-era time capsule in Fukuoka, and took lots of photos of its old-timey delights!
Stroll the streets of Electric Town at a time when computers and video games were just beginning to appear on the scene.
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[Deleted] Article written for April Fool’s Day 2018
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
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Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces
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