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Your guide to the start dates for hanami season at major sightseeing spots around the country.
This is a one-of-a-kind sweet that you’ll never be able to get anywhere else, for a limited time only!
Residents trapped by rising floodwaters use special disaster hashtags to get the attention of the Self-Defence Forces.
In Akihabara, giant screens blared happy tunes to deserted streets as a life-threatening typhoon approached Japan.
There’s a fine line between kindly simplifying the Japanese language and offensively dumbing it down for foreign readers.
Store shelves stripped of goods as suspended services leave people with “no escape” at airport.
Aika Okita surprises everyone with a very different look offscreen.
Trami travelled on a path up the centre of the mainland, shaking buildings and nerves around the country.
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One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
Studio Ghibli cookbook teaches how to make beautiful, super-easy Laputa Levistone candies【Recipe】
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Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki gives up driving, donates beloved car to Ghibli Park
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