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Rental grandma service growing in Japan, can help cook or break up with boyfriends
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Studio Ghibli adds beanbag plushies to its anime merchandise store in Japan
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Official Spirited Away cookbook teaches how to make food from the Ghibli anime classic
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Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
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Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces
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Strongest-ever Dodekamin energy drink approved by Japan’s Home Economics Dragon
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This Japanese train station has its very own hot spring bathhouse, right on the platform【Photos】
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