Casey Baseel

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Casey Baseel spent his formative years staring in frustration at un-subtitled Japanese TV programming shown on Southern California’s international channel. Taking matters into his own hands, he moved to Tokyo to study the language, then found work in Yokohama a decade ago teaching, translating, and marketing hotels he can’t afford to stay in. When not participating in the eternal cycle of exercising to burn the calories form his love of Japanese food, Casey scours used comic and game shops for forgotten classics, drags his wife around the country in a quest to visit all its castles, sings karaoke not nearly as well as he thinks he does, and counts the days until the summertime bars open on Enoshima Beach.

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Should you warm up your convenience store onigiri rice balls in the microwave?【Taste test】

Japan’ s convenience stores often recommend warming up their rice balls, but is it worth the extra hassle?

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American Reddit post claims this soy sauce will change your life【Taste test】

Seiji prepares to have his life changed by a Shikoku soy sauce.

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Beautiful Totoro diorama box flower sets offered for Mother’s Day, but look great all year long

Sure, you could buy these for your mom, but you could also buy them for yourself.

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Super-cheap Online Shopping – Can you make a capsule hotel look cool with a 365-yen aurora light?

Masanuki wants to recapture the sci-fi excitement of capsule hotels, but he doesn’t want to spend much money doing it.

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Come buy the SoraNews24 lucky bag and help support a good cause at Subculture Festival

We go from lucky bag buyers to sellers to raise money for disaster relief.

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Calling accused rapist a “piece of shit” is not slander and is legally OK, Tokyo High Court rules

High Court has no time for this shit, tosses out defamation suit.

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Looks like Starbucks isn’t coming back to its most famous Tokyo location

But there will still be a place to grab a drink while looking at the great view of the Shibuya scramble, maybe in the company of giant anime figures.

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Ridesharing services legalized for Tokyo and Kyoto, but does this change anything?

Law changes next month, but the way people get around Japan’s biggest cities might not.

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Tiger-man steals show at Japanese zoo’s safety training exercise【Video】

Everyone involved in this drill took their role seriously, especially the dude dressed in a tiger costume.

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Final Fantasy VII art team reveals old-school way they got the game’s sandwiches looking so good

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s sandwiches look good enough to eat, which makes sense considering how they were created.

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Dojigiri, the millennium-old katana said to have slain a demon, is now on display in Tokyo【Pics】

One of the Five Swords Under Heaven is now under the roof of this downtown museum.

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Pizza Hut Japan creates Teritama Hut Melt teriyaki and egg pizza for cherry blossom season

Just in time for hanami picnics in the park.

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Japan apartment hunting – Can you find cheaper rent by avoiding the peak spring moving season?

With tons of college students and office workers looking to move at the same time, is dodging the “new lifestyle” season a smart move?

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Space One rocket explodes immediately after liftoff in Japan【Videos】

KAIROS flight was much shorter than planned.

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Hello Kitty/Yu-Gi-Oh crossover Happy Meal toys appear, but far, far away from Japan

Sanrio characters cosplay as Yu-Gi-Oh creatures for fans in one country only.

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Where’d those amazing Godzilla shoes seen at the Academy Awards come from, and can you buy them?

Small Japanese fashion brand gets a big boost in interest following Godzilla’s historic Oscar win.

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Dr. Pepper fans create online map of Japan cataloging everywhere you can buy the divisive drink

DP Lovers wants to help you fill your soda craving prescription.

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Japan Super Budget Dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at beef bowl chain Sukiya?

The dark horse of Japan’s big three beef bowl chains is full of ways to make your taste buds happy and belly full.

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Japanese convenience store’s Spicy Tuna rice balls might not be what foreigners or locals expect

But they might like them anyway.

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Ghibli’s Boy and the Heron wins Academy Award, studio COO apologizes for Hayao Miyazaki’s absence

No hard feelings as anime movie wins award for only the second time ever, but does this mean more anime Oscars are on the way?

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