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Cup Noodle Mystery Meat is now sold in boxes, so we do what any ramen lover would do with them

Join us as we come face-to-face with enough Mystery Meat to fill 47 Cup Noodles.

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Tokyo’s Yabai sweet potato shop lives up to its name with a truly yabai creation

Yabai always means shocking, but is it in a good way or a bad one here?

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Osaka street food becomes a Tokyo noodle topping with the Deluxe Takoyaki Soba【Taste test】

Our native Osakan tries out this unusual combo.

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Japan’s bone-breaking and record-breaking roller coaster is permanently shutting down

Sayonara, Do-Dodonpa.

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Hit Japanese candy Hi-Chew, famous for fruity taste, releases new flavor: Flavorless

Lose the flavor, keep the chew.

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Shohei Ohtani’s personal interpreter fired, accused of “massive theft” to pay off gambling debts

It’s a wild ending for one of the highest-profile pairings in the translation/interpretation world.

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Uniqlo built a giant, playable arcade game to celebrate its new line of Capcom T-shirts

Gamers can play the massive machine later this month in Tokyo.

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Whole boxes of Mystery Meat going on sale in Japan, Cup Noodle fans rejoice

One box contains 47 Cup Noodles’ worth of Mystery Meat!

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

KAIROS flight was much shorter than planned.

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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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Dragon’s Maze: Japan’s built-by-hand giant labyrinth that gets bigger and harder every year

81-year-old owner/designer builds what he sees in his dream, want visitors from overseas to experience his maze.

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We channel our inner Osakan auntie with a lucky bag full of animal-print clothes

Nothing exudes confidence like being covered in leopard print

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Japan’s craziest ramen? Famous noodle chain in Tokyo takes things to extreme levels

You won’t find ramen like this anywhere else.

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Extreme Budget Travel! Can you do a trip to Manila with 50,000 yen (US$333)? – Part 2

What will Go’s first full day in the Philippines bring him?

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Extreme Budget Travel! Can you do a trip to Manila with 50,000 yen (US$333)? – Part 1

Go takes a short weekend trip to the Philippines and enjoys delicious food and more.

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Japanese teacher beats up student for making fun of his body by calling him anime character name

Board of Education hands down punishments to teachers fighting, dating their teenage students.

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Official Tokyo Marathon T-shirts get recalled for English spelling mistake

Things started off OK, but didn’t finish quite right.

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