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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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Pizza Hut adds a “too much coriander” pizza to its lineup in Japan

New limited-time offering said to shock Generation Z. 

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What if Resident Evil was a 1970s anime? It’d look like this, Capcom shows in official video【Vid】

Honestly, we want a whole season of Resident Evil Masterpiece Theater.

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McDonald’s adds a Japanese daifuku pie to its menu for a limited time

It’s sweets over flowers this sakura season.

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Japan’s newest capsule toys: Capsules that Absolutely Won’t Open【Photos】

Our natural instinct is to open up our Gashapon capsules ASAP, but it’s not so simple here.

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Sukiyaki Pizza Rice Bowl is Domino’s Japan latest fusion innovation

And it’s not the only meaty Asian dish getting a pizza bowl version.

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Japanese security polearm maker’s takedown videos are crazy, products look crazy effective【Vids】

Employees demonstrate the Cerberus, Orochi, and other incapacitating items on their boss.

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We find, and try, the next step in pillow technology on Amazon Japan

Steps can go in either direction, you know.

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60-year-old Japanese laundromat owner fights panty thief half his age, almost gets run over【Vid】

Thief tells owner what he’s doing in “none of your concern,” but brave senior disagrees.

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