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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.
Grab your Virtual Boy and ready your quarters, it’s time to knock back a shot of gaming nostalgia!
Now that we’re two decades on from the ’90s, what shows would you like to see receive a modern day make-over?
Fans of fat Pikachu rejoice! The classic designs from the original Pokémon games star in this reprint of an old line. Gotta catch ’em all!
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Ramen restaurant in Akihabara serves two different types of noodles in one bowl
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Fujisan View Express: A train journey to Mt Fuji so stylish you’ll never want it to end
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Japanese vending machine is the only one of its kind in Japan, dubbed the “phantom machine”
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
Studio Ghibli cookbook teaches how to make beautiful, super-easy Laputa Levistone candies【Recipe】
Japanese convenience store apologizes for putting Meatballs in meatball packages, issues recall- Late-night vending machine find in Japan leads to a midnight party
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Manga artist wants Japanese teachers to feel, for two seconds, how dumb their girls’ dress code is
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
Pokémon Center apologizes for writing model Nicole Fujita’s name as Nicole Fujita- One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
New Studio Ghibli humidifiers breathe anime magic into your home
Message to foreigners at Japanese convenience store sparks controversy online
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