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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
- Super Nintendo World expansion gets delayed for several months at Universal Studios Japan
- More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
- Beautiful Sailor Moon manhole cover coasters being given out for free by Tokyo tourist center
- Hamster abandoned at Tokyo ramen restaurant gets new home
- Studio Ghibli glasses cases let anime characters keep an eye on your spectacles
- Arrest proves a common Japanese saying about apologies and police
- McDonald’s Japan releases a pancake pie for new retro kissaten coffeeshop series
- Starbucks reopens at Shibuya Scramble Crossing with new look and design concept
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- 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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- McDonald’s Japan releases a pancake pie for new retro kissaten coffeeshop series
- Starbucks reopens at Shibuya Scramble Crossing with new look and design concept
- Fan art of new Digimon cast in old style sparks debate on what qualifies as “f***ing disgusting”
- The secret of Starbucks Japan’s Chocolate Chunk Cookie: It’s not made by Starbucks!
- Customer gets more than expected after ordering the large size at a Japanese restaurant
- Toy or cake? These mochi-like seal and bird figures are so soft and cute, you’ll want to eat them
- Giant Clodsire Pokémon plushie comes with up to 32 Woopers in super size, super cute set【Pics】
- AKB48 fan shows his love the only way he knows how: By buying $300,000 worth of CDs
- New Japanese bowl-shaped donburi rice cooker cooks rice and toppings at the same time
- Japan’s lowest underpass, where you have to duck under the train tracks【Video】
- Is Japan’s massive Shizuoka steak sandwich really as delicious as it looks in promo photos?
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