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Ramen restaurant owner found shot in his Kobe kitchen was also a yakuza boss, police say

Murdered man ran both oxtail ramen restaurant and local crime syndicate.

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Krispy Kreme releases Japanese fox doughnuts in Japan!

Indigenous fox enjoys the spotlight in one part of the country.

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Our Japanese team star in Takeshi’s Castle on Amazon Prime!

Watch our team of zany reporters run around in loincloths as they attempt to beat Beat Takeshi.

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Devil Tribe taking over Tokyo’s Hello Kitty theme park, admission free for kids two and younger!

Sanrio Puroland is turning into Nightmare Land on select nights this summer.

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Sushi key cover capsule toys remind you of Japan’s oft-forgotten delicious oshizushi at each push

Playful miniature food replicas are also a Japanese play on words.

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Real-kitty-litter snow globes coming soon to Japan’s capsule toy vending machines【Photos】

All the excitement of your cat pawing up a storm at its litter box with none of the mess to clean up!

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Drug dealers in Japan forget their pot stash in rental car, ask agency clerk to not look inside

Two men test the limits of Japanese customer service.

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Video game maker Konami employee tries to kill old boss with fire extinguisher

Says he wanted to kill former manager “in order to live.”

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Mercedes-Benz dealer in Tokyo serves up amazing yakisoba noodles【Taste test】

New luxury performance car inspires new noodle dish.

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82-year-old Japanese man arrested for driving without license, says he had one 60 years ago

Maybe he just hadn’t had enough time to get a new one yet.

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Subway Japan has sweet red bean sandwiches?!?【Taste test】

We try the sandwich shop’s take on anpan, one of Japan’s favorite sweet snacks.

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We try the bizarre ‘Get Your Finger Chomped By A Sturgeon’ experience at a Hokkaido aquarium

Our reporter gets her finger bitten by a sturgeon yet lives to tell the tale.

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Choshimaru offers a limited-time Explodingly Big Sushi Roll, or basically sushi in sushi armor

What’s the true form of this rolled sushi hiding underneath the Final Boss sushi?

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Pizza Hut’s sakura pizza takes cherry blossom season to weird places in Taiwan

Forget about putting pineapple on pizza because this is a lot, lot worse. 

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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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