Kura Sushi using AI camera network to prevent gross pranks at its revolving sushi restaurants

The sushi is revolving, and the AI is watching.

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Students hospitalized after eating teacher’s homemade yogurt in Nagoya

Science lesson leads to lots of vomiting by students and school staff.

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Coca Cola releases new Mt Fuji bottles in Japan

Hokusai’s Great Wave off Kanagawa gets a new look for this souvenir coke bottle design. 

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Japan’s favorite popsicle is changing the way it tastes and feels for first time in over 20 years

Garigari-kun apparently believes you can improve on perfection.

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Easter Egg desserts sold in Tokyo’s Joel Robuchon stores are almost too cute to eat

Celebrate the season with these ‘eggcellent’ Easter treats.

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Turning your car into a Like a Dragon video game itasha can now get you paid and clothed

Kiryu on board.

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Japanese Self-Defense Forces and Tokyo police hold anti-nuisance YouTuber drill【Video】

”It was just a prank, bro!” won’t get intruders off with just a warning.

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Three sisters in Japan skip building a snowman, build awesome snow Totoro Catbus instead【Video】

Siblings make use of their school’s snow day in the best way possible.

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Is spending 248,380 yen (US$1,840) on an anime boy doll a wise choice? Our fangirl finds out!

A big love for Touken Ranbu leads to a big expenditure, but is it money well spent?

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Yep, that’s illegal in Japan – Yakuza boss arrested for making supermarket point card

If you’re a mobster signing paperwork in Japan, always read the fine print.

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Fender to open first-ever flagship store in Harajuku this summer

A store that encourages everyone to be picky.

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Street Fighter 6 throws fierce punch of ‘90s nostalgia, brings back anime movie theme song【Video】

New preview video features iconic J-pop song from the climax of the Street Fighter II anime movie.

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All-you-can-eat cheeseburgers offered by Burger King Japan for its 1,495-calorie King Yeti burger

Sometimes one gigantic cheeseburger just isn’t enough, you know?

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Love in all its shapes and sizes make up MangaPlaza’s biggest hits of 2022

It makes the manga world go round too.

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Daiso opens massive new 25,392-square foot Tokyo flagship store with its two sub-brands included

Daiso, Standard Products, and Threeppy, all together in Ikebukuro.

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Skip the crowds at Tokyo’s most popular cherry blossom spot with Meguro River Hanami Cruise

This year with more boats and more reservation spots!

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Japan’s randoseru school backpacks keep getting more expensive, so now parents can rent them

Lower cost isn’t the only benefit of Japan’s first randoseru subscription service, company says.

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Less than half of Japanese people OK with bare hand-pressed rice balls, survey says, but why?

We call them “rice balls” in English, but the real-meaning of “onigiri” is something a lot of Japanese people don’t find appetizing.

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We put weird food in curry to make it “un-curry-like”, find a killer secret ingredient instead

And it’s not something we would ever have thought to try!

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Uniqlo Japan offers custom suits for super affordable prices

You don’t have to break the bank to make bank anymore.

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