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With foreign media in town for the Major League Baseball season opener, Tokyo Dome’s concession stands shine bright.
Pikachu steals show at MLB opener, baseball stars introduced at Tokyo Dome with Pokémon music【Video】
Pulling the fish off your sushi and swirling it around in your miso soup would get you some harsh looks in a lot of restaurants, but apparently not at this conveyor belt sushi chain.
New movie from Shin Godzilla director stars former boy band star on bullet train that can’t slow down.
Guinness World Records awards designation to Shizuoka town after thorough measuring of dimensions.
One of Japan’s favorite coming of age stories is coming back with an all-new anime series.
Illegal posters also used AI to make images of older and obscure characters to appeal to fans with vintage tastes.
Fire breaks out at Osaka arcade popular with foreign tourists, motorcycle in building may have made situation worse.
Aquarium won’t have real visitors for several months, but in the meantime this fish has some cardboard ones.
But there are still a few surprises and mysteries hiding in the evolutionary, not revolutionary, successor to Nintendo’s phenomenal hit.
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