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Earn points by visiting temples throughout Japan with Buddhist sect’s upcoming app

Even 850-year-old traditions are getting with the times.

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Our cat mom reporter learns how her cats truly feel about her through a cat translation app

Do her cats really love her as much as she thinks they do?

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Young people in Tokyo to be offered points and discounts if they get vaccinated

It pays to be vaccinated… literally!

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Have trouble waking up on time? New Japanese app Mezamee will charge you when you sleep in

“Oh no, my breakfast money!”

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Want to know who voices that one character in the anime you’re watching? There’s an app for that

With the magic of smartphones, find out who’s starring in an anime while barely even lifting a finger.

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Host clubs go digital in the wake of business closures with live-streaming app toU

The clubs themselves might be closed, but you can still spend time with your favorite host, even if you can’t physically be with him.

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Japanese Twitter obsessed with app that revives the VHS camcorder recording quality of the ‘80s

The app turns your high quality smartphone camera into a handheld VHS camcorder

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Japanese man invented an app that visualizes how much sugar is in a drink, and everyone wants it

The app isn’t even available yet, but people are clamoring to get it!

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We get a ton of Starbucks goodies brought to our doorstep for a delivery cost of just 110 yen

For a paltry sum, you can now have Uber Eats deliver delicious Starbucks beverages and snacks right into your hands.

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Want to be guided around Tokyo by a ninja? With an upcoming app, now you can!

You could also request a translator or a photographer, but who wants that when you can have a ninja?!

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Jump magazine releases YouTube style app for manga, gives 100% ad revenue to content creators

Jump Rookie may be the best thing to happen to manga since big glassy eyes.

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YouTuber takes horror to the next level by recreating Sadako’s spooky TV screen exit in AR【Video】

There are many practical uses for the Apple ARKit, and scaring the living daylights out of your children is most certainly one of them. 

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Japanese netizens fall in love with groovy augmented reality navigation app  【Video】

Japanese iPhone users happy to be shown around by “Uncle AR“, the grooviest wayfinder app guide ever.

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Japanese Android OBJECT project might soon be taking your life to the 22nd century

Android experiment OBJECT took over 200 submissions for ideas and produced these four futuristic products.

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Ladies, prepare to be romanced by a hot guy with a horse’s body in this bizarre new dating app

Ever dream of being kabe-doned by a horse? Neither did we, but now you can in the new Horse Prince game…and no, we’re not horsing around.

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Better than a Ouija board: Spot Message helps you communicate beyond the veil

You’ll literally be able to hear hello from the other side.

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Spy on a hot prisoner with amnesia in Capcom’s new mobile romance sim

In this newly-released mobile romance app from Capcom, players must find clues to a crime by spying on an incarcerated mega-hottie with amnesia…

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Problems drawing body parts hampering your manga artist aspirations? Let this app lend you a hand

Who’s got two thumbs and likes to help artists? Handy Art Reference Tool does!

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aDanza: Japan’s wild music player app featuring dancing alpacas, sumo wrestlers and more! 【Video】

With a tagline of “So kimoi (strange), so kawaii (cute)”, we knew we had to check this out.

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A new tool for cosplayers – a business card with tons of photos “on it”

Can’t choose just one picture for your cosplayer card? Now you can have as many as you want with a new app aimed at reinventing the business card!

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