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Woman says she’s a foreign student struggling in the pandemic, asks us to buy her homemade chocolate
Turning the tables on the ore ore scam in Nagoya can leave you richer than you were before the attempted fraud.
If Donald Trump called you on the phone asking for cash in broken Japanese, would you give him a single yen?
When a stranger sends him a friend request, our reporter sees the opportunity to relieve his explosive, pent-up emotion.
Sellers often claim to be deaf and ask for random Japanese people to “sponsor” their travel expenses.
Our resident scam investigator turns criminal to see how much information he can steal from a stranger’s smart phone.
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Image-generating AI’s picture of “Final Fantasy VII Cloud” is so wrong, yet so right
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The picture-perfect cosplayers of Comiket 100’s Day 1【Photos】
Yakuza-themed love hotel rooms! Great for couples, friends, and business meetings, owners say
Biannual running of the otaku fails to take place for second time in a row
Japanese elementary school student teaches us all how to pronounce English like a native speaker
Top coplayer Enako lingerie cosplays new line of One Piece intimate apparel【Photos】
World’s first Ice Whopper now on the menu at Burger King Japan
Robot security guards patrol Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
We try Starbucks’ buzzworthy (and slightly gross) new cream pie to see how good it really is
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- World’s first Ice Whopper now on the menu at Burger King Japan
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- We try Starbucks’ buzzworthy (and slightly gross) new cream pie to see how good it really is
Go shopping with our Japanese reporter as he experiences Costco in the U.S. for the first time
Travis Japan, the hot Japanese boy band winning hearts through America’s Got Talent【Video】
This super easy cold Korean spicy ramen dish will make summer 100 times more delicious
Daiso’s 100-yen ramen egg makers even better in smaller sizes
Japan’s “station closest to the sea” lives up to its name【Photos】
The most expensive ice cream in Japan? Metallic soft serve frays the nerves of staff who make it
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- World’s first Ice Whopper now on the menu at Burger King Japan
Saitama man’s 7M-yen Rolex stolen after leaving it alone with “potential buyer” for two minutes
Studio Ghibli releases free bulletin board illustration to “use within the bounds of common sense”
New Princess Mononoke accessory line has Kodama for your ears, wolves for your fingers【Photos】- Image-generating AI’s picture of “Final Fantasy VII Cloud” is so wrong, yet so right
Cases of people getting unwanted crabs skyrocketing in Japan, salmon too- Top coplayer Enako lingerie cosplays new line of One Piece intimate apparel【Photos】
The entire Pokémon Red and Blue Kanto region map, built as a 3-D diorama, looks amazing【Photos】- We try Starbucks’ buzzworthy (and slightly gross) new cream pie to see how good it really is
We visit izakaya in Thailand billed as “Middle Aged Man’s Paradise”, try food that’s illegal in Japan
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Mandarin orange peels aren’t trash, they’re treasure! Three chimpi tips to reuse your mikan skins
Move over grilled cheese — we’ve discovered the tastiest toasted sandwich yet【Recipe】
One Punch Man manga artist’s amazing “practice” drawing is so good we think he might not be human
Sony’s wearable air conditioners selling like cold cakes in heat-stricken Japan
How to use the new floating hologram registers at 7-Eleven
Liev Schreiber’s son deemed “too beautiful” in Japan
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
Japanese woman finds better way to make potato salad, we may not be able to go back to old style
Miss Universe 2021 Japan entry slammed for wearing “dead person’s kimono”
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
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Japanese elementary school student teaches us all how to pronounce English like a native speaker
Top coplayer Enako lingerie cosplays new line of One Piece intimate apparel【Photos】
World’s first Ice Whopper now on the menu at Burger King Japan
Robot security guards patrol Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
We try Starbucks’ buzzworthy (and slightly gross) new cream pie to see how good it really is
Daiso’s 100-yen ramen egg makers even better in smaller sizes
Shaved ice? No thanks – we’re having a shaved milkshake at this Japanese cafe instead!【Photos】
Noel Gallagher, on tour in Japan, asks fans to buy High Flying Birds merch…in a way only he can
The Sexy Robot from 1983 is back in glorious 3-D form
Sunsoft, makers of the OG kusoge, are back!
The best cosplayers from Day Two of the Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival
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Nara deer leave park, head to station for food as tourist numbers tumble due to coronavirus
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