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The anti-cosplay cosplay event that’s low-key stealing the show in Shibuya every Halloween.
Foreigner threatens to punch a Minion while Donald Trump picks his nose amongst anime characters on Shibuya’s rowdiest night of the year.
Festival-goers sustain injuries, suffer broken bones at one of the most dangerous festivals in Japan.
Kindness at the time of a family tragedy leads Leitch to pledge his allegiance to the Japanese team as a teenager.
Unexpected post-typhoon scene in Japan is so beautiful it looks like something from a movie.
Residents trapped by rising floodwaters use special disaster hashtags to get the attention of the Self-Defence Forces.
In Akihabara, giant screens blared happy tunes to deserted streets as a life-threatening typhoon approached Japan.
There’s a fine line between kindly simplifying the Japanese language and offensively dumbing it down for foreign readers.
Rie Tanaka may be 40 years old, but that doesn’t mean she’s too old to bare her flesh.
Foreign tourists ignore requests by rail operators to watch their manners on trains in Japan.
Embarrassing fashion faux pas has these players dressed in the same way that Japanese people dress dead bodies.
People in Japan now concerned over what might happen on public transport during the Tokyo Olympics.
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Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
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Studio Ghibli glasses cases let anime characters keep an eye on your spectacles
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Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
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