Famous chocolate bar gets fried up for Valentine’s Day, but it’s not exactly as great as they say.
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Our reporter’s spouse takes on the AI program in a battle to find the fastest way to his heart through his stomach.
Gifting a Valentine’s Day PlayStation 5 instead of chocolates in the classroom after school might not go so smoothly.
Tom Nook, Isabelle, and more characters from the hit Nintendo series are here for a real-world seasonal event.
Homemade chocolate is great and all, but are people still making it in this coronavirus era?
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Canadian corporation withdraws bid to acquire 7-Eleven Japan and its parent company
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Japan to make foreign driver’s license conversions more difficult, exclude tourists from eligibility
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Rental grandma service growing in Japan, can help cook or break up with boyfriends
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We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
Sailor Moon Museum will finally make its outside-Japan debut
60th Anniversary Sanrio Exhibition opens this month to celebrate the Japanese culture of cute- Summer in Japan doesn’t sound like summer in Japan right now
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Uniqlo is fed up with shoplifters, so it’s adding a new element to how it’ll deal with thieves
Japanese airlines, including JAL and ANA, enacting new mobile battery carry-on rules this month
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Survey asks foreign tourists what bothered them in Japan, more than half gave same answer
Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan
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Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home
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Toy guns won from crane games all over Japan could be used as real guns, warn police
Canadian corporation withdraws bid to acquire 7-Eleven Japan and its parent company
Japan’s Department of Magic releases new “Magic School” uniform
The Straw Hat Students are back with a new One Piece Japanese high school anime short【Video】
Yoshinoya’s new ramen doesn’t smell like it tastes【Taste test】
The old-school awesomeness of the New Akao, a Showa-era hot spring hotel still standing tall
Demon Slayer lucky bag from Akihabara slays us with awesome anime merch
‘90s anime fans not happy with new character design as Tokyo Babylon gets reboot【Video】
We tried eating a raw “mizu nasu” eggplant, and it tastes like a weird fruit【Taste Test】
We turn 100,000 yen into 100,000 one-yen coins, in the spirit of New Year’s generosity
Japanese manhole covers become a hit with foreign tourists in off-the-beaten path Tokyo area
Studio Ghibli unleashes Turnip Head on the world
Shortwave radio at our cheap country house in Japanese mountains picks up North Korean broadcast
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