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A visit to Green Lawson, the futuristic Japanese convenience store where you get served by an avatar
Celebrate your love for Sony’s flagship home console with these cute (and cheap!) accessories.
Ingenious two-step process allows you to clean your hands and your smartphone at the same time.
As usual, we cannot resist the lure of a tremendous bargain–even if all we get is useless junk.
How technology kept us entertained and baffled this year.
Premium MeowEver gives you the warmth, softness, shape, and even weight of cuddling the pet cat you can’t own.
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We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
Pokémon dress shirt brand is shutting down – Last chance to order is less than a month away
Japanese schoolgirl talks foreigner out of suicide attempt on her way to class【Video】
Ghibli Museum releases beautiful new line of anime art T-shirts, available for online orders【Pics】
Super-cheap pillow-sized croissants selling in Tokyo
Pizza Hut Japan’s new Wiener Coffee Pizza tastes as crazy as it sounds
Man arrested for stealing a pack of lactic acid drinks from Osaki City Hall
Our street food-skipping reporter learns he’s been doing Japanese festivals wrong his whole life
Japan’s ultra-classy overnight bus gives you your own sleeping pod【Photos】
Video claims that if you can read a certain font, you are probably not Japanese【Video】
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- Pokémon dress shirt brand is shutting down – Last chance to order is less than a month away
- Ghibli Museum releases beautiful new line of anime art T-shirts, available for online orders【Pics】
Huge price hike for Japan Rail Pass triggers huge drop in foreign travelers who’ll buy it【Survey】
Fans in Japan don’t sound happy with Netflix’s One Piece live-action changes to the Going Merry
AI-generated swimsuit/lingerie model makes debut in Japan’s Weekly Playboy magazine【Photos】
How to have yumcha like a boss at a new dim sum restaurant perfect for groups or solo diners
Studio Ghibli says no to trailers and commercials for Hayao Miyazaki’s new anime movie
Here’s why you should visit Japan’s best winter-night hot spring town on a summer afternoon【Pics】
Japanese city getting Spirited Away buses to celebrate Studio Ghibli anime producer museum event
Japanese convenience store ice cream solves plastic-vs.-wooden-spoon dilemma with edible spoons
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Studio Ghibli now sells plush toys seen on Howl’s bed from Howl’s Moving Castle- Pokémon dress shirt brand is shutting down – Last chance to order is less than a month away
- Ghibli Museum releases beautiful new line of anime art T-shirts, available for online orders【Pics】
Gigantic super-affordable Sailor Moon lifestyle line comes to Japan’s favorite 300 yen shop【Pics】- Huge price hike for Japan Rail Pass triggers huge drop in foreign travelers who’ll buy it【Survey】
Uniqlo teams up with shojo manga/anime masters Clamp for new World of Clamp T-shirt line【Pics】
Japanese outdoor brand Foxfire teams up with Totoro for cool clothing and accessory line
New Ghibli T-shirts give you anime style with short sleeves from Spirited Away, Totoro, and more
World’s largest Kura Sushi revolving sushi restaurant opens, but not in Japan【Video】- Fans in Japan don’t sound happy with Netflix’s One Piece live-action changes to the Going Merry
Yearly
Manga artist wants Japanese teachers to feel, for two seconds, how dumb their girls’ dress code is
Sony’s wearable air conditioners selling like cold cakes in heat-stricken Japan
Travelling to Japan soon? Beware the “Three Small Hells” awaiting tourists upon arrival
Japan ends travel ban on individual tourists, waives visa requirements for certain countries
One Piece’s Luffy spent years of manga’s publication without saying a word to one of his nakama
Pokémon Center apologizes for writing model Nicole Fujita’s name as Nicole Fujita
Image-generating AI’s picture of “Final Fantasy VII Cloud” is so wrong, yet so right
New Studio Ghibli humidifiers breathe anime magic into your home
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
Message to foreigners at Japanese convenience store sparks controversy online
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Pizza Hut Japan’s new Wiener Coffee Pizza tastes as crazy as it sounds
Man arrested for stealing a pack of lactic acid drinks from Osaki City Hall
Our street food-skipping reporter learns he’s been doing Japanese festivals wrong his whole life
Japan’s ultra-classy overnight bus gives you your own sleeping pod【Photos】
Video claims that if you can read a certain font, you are probably not Japanese【Video】
Studio Ghibli says no to trailers and commercials for Hayao Miyazaki’s new anime movie
My Neighbor Totoro tie pins and neckties are ready to be presents for your father (or yourself)
Attending Japanese women’s pro wrestling live for the first time ever–and having an absolute blast
Too Cute For Jail? Super Hot Mugshots
Pikachu afternoon tea at Tokyo hotel gives us a taste of the Pokémon anime world
A night at the 114-year-old Nara hotel, where emperors, Einstein, and Audrey Hepburn stayed【Pics】
The complete guide to sushi in one handy picture
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