Tiny-scale operation for pint-sized retro console resales is still too big for Japanese police to look the other way.
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This toy makes us wonder if Pikachu missed a lucrative career as either a breakdancer or a strobe light by sticking around with Ash too long.
Couple uses NOSTALGIA ATTACK! And with personalised features and 8-bit graphics, it’s a CRITICAL HIT!!
Plus, can’t decide between Pikachu and Eevee? Adorable combo plate means you don’t have to.
It’s hard to make Pikachu look anything less than adorable, but Mister Donut has found a way…several ways, in fact.
Japanese fans react to the voice of Ryan Reynolds and the decision to give Pikachu so much fur.
Series of crazy coincidences leaves Nintendo fans being told “let me see your masculinity on view in full physical arousal.”
Even with Mario’s creator “front and center” in the movie-making process, this could go very wrong.
The exciting program may be the first graduate video game design course at a Japanese university.
One Japanese netizen guesses that it has to do with fundamental problems in the Japanese education system.
While the Shibuya celebration is as much about getting drunk with friends as it is anything else, in Ikebukuro it’s the costumes that take center stage.
Woman who bought the card noticed coloring flaw, setting off hunt for culprit that ended halfway across Japan.
Man asks for advice on how to marry a voice actress, gets told he could be a bachelor for life.
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Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things
Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
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New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo
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Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
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Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West spotted in Japan 【Videos, Pics】
Studio Ghibli unveils new goods that tip the hat to The Cat Returns
Beautiful set of 24 Ghibli anime memo pads returns, will have you wanting to take notes by hand
Starbucks at Shibuya Scramble Crossing reopens, but is it really bigger and better than before?
Ultra-realistic cat latte art blows us away, puts us off our coffee
Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
Bando Taro proves family restaurants in Japan are on a whole other level
Extravagant wedding in China bests Kim and Kanye with $31 million pricetag
The young girl starring in this cool retro-style McDonald’s Japan video is actually 62 years old!
This stylish turd from two Japanese companies will really tie your room together
The 5 best Japanese bento to buy at Kyoto Station
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