Traditional bento shop collaborates with pair of comedians to make environmentally sustainable mini-lunches.
Patrick Harlan
Delicious bento without the plastic waste — the OniBen is the one-handed mini meal we all need
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Katie Pask
Jul 25, 2022 - Tweet
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“Asking some Americans to give up guns is like asking Japanese people to give up miso soup”
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Casey Baseel
Apr 7, 2018
American-born Japanese celebrity Pakkun’s comparison doesn’t go over well, but one commenter has a better food analogy.
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