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- Starbucks Japan is calling it quits with paper straws
- Biking around Tama Lake: A super-easy, super-relaxing afternoon getaway from downtown Tokyo【Pics】
- Japan’s top 10 food travel destination prefectures【Survey】
- Studio Ghibli coasters keep your drinks hot and your heart warm this winter
- Drink hot sake at Tokyo train station’s “phantom platform”
- Japanese elementary school installs standing sleeping pod for students to nap in【Video】
- This is Japan’s only shrine with a Shinkansen tunnel underneath it
- Kotatsu in the Sky returns to the Osaka Wheel, Japan’s tallest Ferris wheel
- J-pop mega star Ado reveals she’s been living in the U.S., may not understand language acquisition
- This might be the simplest restaurant ramen in all of Japan, but it’s still something special
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- J-pop mega star Ado reveals she’s been living in the U.S., may not understand language acquisition
- Japan’s most popular castle raising ticket prices by up to 200 percent for non-local tourists
- Studio Ghibli heroine cardigans give you warmth and strength to face everyday challenges
- Starbucks Japan is calling it quits with paper straws
- Furikake rice seasoning sales are soaring, which is bad news for Japan as a whole
- Daiso has giant new branch in middle of Tokyo’s Shinjuku neighborhood (and another beneath it)
- Looking for a Japanese convenience store souvenir? Seicomart has a legendary hit product for fans
- Tough times for Japanese pubs as izakaya bankruptcies come at highest rate in more than a decade
- Nintendo bringing real-life Zelda Zonai Device capsule toy machines to Japan【Photos】
- Studio Ghibli releases new Totoro and Jiji hourglass timers in Japan
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- Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan
- One of Japan’s most beautiful hot spring towns announces new limits on number of day trippers
- Uniqlo announces first-ever collaboration with horror manga master Junji Ito【Photos】
- Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke teams up with Foxfire for outdoor apparel collaboration【Photos】
- J-pop mega star Ado reveals she’s been living in the U.S., may not understand language acquisition
- Studio Ghibli releases new range of cardigans for anime fans
- Japan’s most popular castle raising ticket prices by up to 200 percent for non-local tourists
- Furikake rice seasoning sales are soaring, which is bad news for Japan as a whole
- Japanese job-quitting service contacted by other job-quitting service because employee wants to quit
- Berserk T-shirts coming to Uniqlo for launch of new Manga Curation line【Photos】
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
- Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan
- [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
- Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces
- Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
- Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
- Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese
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- Kotatsu in the Sky returns to the Osaka Wheel, Japan’s tallest Ferris wheel
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- This might be the simplest restaurant ramen in all of Japan, but it’s still something special
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- Beautiful blue apple jam is taking the Japanese internet’s breath away!
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- Want an easy way to eat Christmas turkey in Japan? Mr. Sato finds it, tries turkey for first time
- Red Bull releases Japan-exclusive energy drink flavor for the winter
- Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
- Here’s what Japanese netizens think of the U.S.’s top 20 most-picked karaoke songs
- Kura Sushi adds new cake party train to conveyor belts at select restaurants
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