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Japanese convenience store clerk outsmarts robber with just two words

Hammer-wielding robber wasn’t expecting the answer he got to his question.

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Testing Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated Screaming Pot【Video】

Stress-relief item tells us to “shake well and have sex outside” if need be.

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Instant natto soba a suspiciously hot item so we check it out

Is Natto Soba natto what it seems?

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Egg-teriyaki-cheeseburger-from-Mos-Burger-flavored potato snacks coming this month

Flavors don’t get more specific than that.

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Our wacko boss tries making his own baseball practice equipment using only 100-yen shop products

And one hapless colleague was dragged into helping. 

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Rice-flavor popsicles from Garigari-kun are Japan’s newest head-scratching sweet treats

Will rice be nice as ice?

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Japanese moving company scam? The time we almost called police on a removal rep

A warning to anyone using a moving company in Japan. 

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Krispy Kreme Japan’s new Sesame Street doughnut range includes…wasabi!

Look out, Cookie Monster — Elmo’s “favourite” wasabi is about to blow you away.

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The time we got stopped by the cops trying to get ramen at a restaurant with a dirty-sounding name

Hey, Tokyo police officer, can you give us directions to the Chinpo restaurant?

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Our Japanese reporter tries a top-rated face mask on Amazon in the U.S.

Face/Off against pollen and aerosols.

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4 things that surprised us about Japan’s completely unmanned, 24-hour meat shop

Not only is it convenient, but the variety is also great!

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We trick an online scammer into teaching us how to cook the best fried rice we’ve ever made

A shady start leads to shining glory in the SoraKitchen.

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Tokyo family serves totally non-traditional super old-school katsudon at century-old restaurant

The Kojima family’s pork cutlet bowl recipe is both startlingly innovative and really, really old.

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Cup Noodles Breakfast brings American morning meal taste of pancakes and sausage to instant ramen

Even the distribution strategy is super-American.

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Locust crepes crunch on your teeth, melt in your mouth in east Japan【Taste test】

Just when we thought things couldn’t get any more startling at Yachiyo’s most unique sweets shop, this happened.

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Japanese Penis Festival shrine distances itself from penis mascot

The one penis not welcome at Japan’s Kanamara Matsuri. 

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Japan PM’s cheap corn puff box for Ukrainian president has kind of logical explanation

An unexpected gift becomes slightly less unexpected.

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“Grandpa’s F**k it, Whatever Anything Best 3” gacha is today’s weird capsule machine find

Handwritten note from a Japanese granddad turns out to be heartwarming…and strangely heartbreaking at the same time.

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Does Pizza Hut Japan’s new “Too Much Coriander Pizza” really contain too much coriander?

Whether you know it as coriander, cilantro or pakuchi, this is a very surprising combination.

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Man in Nagoya can’t be bothered to use dorm bathroom, brings bottles of his pee to work instead

It’s hard to see how his plan was any more convenient.

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