P.K. Sanjun (Page 8)
Our Japanese staff interviews the English actor who plays Benji Dunn in the blockbuster hit.
Join our Japanese-language correspondent P.K. Sanjun on his whirlwind time-warping tour of Auckland, which still got him back in time for work on Monday.
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In our latest attempt to get rich and eat fast food, we test the limits of the Uniqlo/McDonald’s discount campaign.
We looked at this Shibuya restaurant’s 2.3-kilogram (5.1-pound) spaghetti serving and said, “Naw, that’s not enough.”
Our reporter decides to answer one of those “Earn money from your photos!” comments on his Instagram page.
Our veteran salaryman-turned-reporter gives his idea for the one thing that has to change before Japan will stop working itself to death.
Our reporter Meg turns her lens on 12 months’ worth of steamy male skin, including borderline-illegal cosplay.
The last time we tried wearing this outside the office, things didn’t go too well.
After staring at his phone and almost crashing into a blind pedestrian in Tokyo, our reporter decided to walk a mile in his shoes.
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Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
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Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
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Akihabara pop-up shop sells goods made by Japanese prison inmates
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