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Everyone involved in this drill took their role seriously, especially the dude dressed in a tiger costume.
Have your pet face east-northeast while eating these treats on February 3 and it’s sure to bring them good luck!
Seiji finally visits the zoo that pretty much everyone else who lives in Tokyo has already been to.
Proof that when night falls, nature comes out to play in the Japanese countryside, like something out of an anime film.
After four year of attacking dairy cows in Japan’s northernmost prefecture, the Ninja Bear ends up on the grill.
In the span of just 20 days, our trail cameras captured a veritable parade of visitors coming and going on the SoraHouse property.
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McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Studio Ghibli glasses cases let anime characters keep an eye on your spectacles
Super Nintendo World expansion gets delayed for several months at Universal Studios Japan
All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
Kyoto’s 100 Demons yokai monster parade returns!
Rolling suitcase with built-in desk is perfect for mobile businesspeople and cosplayers alike
Tokyo’s most famous arcade announces price increase, fans don’t seem to mind at all
Four Japanese women chosen for world’s 100 most beautiful faces, four men make handsome list
Comparing two Starbucks fukubukuro shows just how different lucky bags can be
Weekly
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo- More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
Starbucks reopens at Shibuya Scramble Crossing with new look and design concept
Beautiful new Final Fantasy T-shirt collection on the way from Uniqlo【Photos】
Is the new Shinkansen Train Desk ticket worth it?
Foreign English teachers in Japan pick their favorite Japanese-language phrases【Survey】- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
Japanese convenience store packs a whole bento into an onigiri rice ball
We try out “Chan Ramen”, an underground type of ramen popular in the ramen community
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
Japan’s bone-breaking and record-breaking roller coaster is permanently shutting down
New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers
Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things
Studio Ghibli unveils Mother’s Day gift set that captures the love in My Neighbour Totoro
Foreign passenger shoves conductor on one of the last full runs for Japan’s Thunderbird train
Domino’s Japan now sells…pizza ears?
New Japanese KitKat flavour stars Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty
Kyoto creates new for-tourist buses to address overtourism with higher prices, faster rides
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
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Kyoto’s 100 Demons yokai monster parade returns!
Rolling suitcase with built-in desk is perfect for mobile businesspeople and cosplayers alike
Tokyo’s most famous arcade announces price increase, fans don’t seem to mind at all
Four Japanese women chosen for world’s 100 most beautiful faces, four men make handsome list
Comparing two Starbucks fukubukuro shows just how different lucky bags can be
My Neighbour Totoro kimono coat sells out as soon as it’s released by Studio Ghibli in Japan
Japan’s first-ever capybara cat cafe opens in Tokyo
Japanese fashion company’s modernized haori half coats will keep you warm and samurai chic
Wizarding World Japan releases Dark Mark soy sauce dish among other new products
Believe it! Naruto live-action stage play returns, shows off huge new cast and costumes【Photos】
Our reporter takes her 71-year-old mother to a visual kei concert for the first time
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