Yuichiro Wasai

Testing out the rubber hand illusion in the office to see if people can feel pain in fake limbs

Science is violence.

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ChatGPT vs. loving wife: Who can pick better Valentine’s Day chocolate for a husband?【Experiment】

Our reporter’s spouse takes on the AI program in a battle to find the fastest way to his heart through his stomach.

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Didn’t win this year’s Starbucks Lucky Bag lotto? Don’t worry, there’s something even better!

So what if you’re not lucky this year? You don’t need luck to buy 12 cups of coffee for US$21!

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How much will three packs of Pokémon cards bought overseas fetch in Japan?

We were left speechless at the cards’ final resale value.

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Hats off to this rice ball specialty restaurant for their ridiculously delicious, unusual taiyaki

You’ll be tempted to try it because it’s a hard-to-get flavor, but tasting this delectable treat comes with a price.

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Indian curry restaurant worker in Tokyo warms our heart with amazingly sweet customer service

”Hey, mister, you were here the other day too, weren’t you?”

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A story of how Starbucks Reserve Roastery products always make us forget about money management

Who knows how they’ve turned us against our wallets?

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Can a Japanese lawyer help stop a neighbor from getting our reporter’s bike all wet?

There ought to be a crime.

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A daddy/daughter test of the free baby meals at Japan’s biggest soup restaurant chain【Taste test】

Soup Stock recently started offering free food for babies, so it’s time for one of the SoraBabies to try it out!

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Eel-topped takoyaki is delicious in any season, but here’s why now is the best time to try it

Hint: it’s because you can only buy it at one specific place. 

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The time we got stopped by the cops trying to get ramen at a restaurant with a dirty-sounding name

Hey, Tokyo police officer, can you give us directions to the Chinpo restaurant?

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We lost the Starbucks lucky bag lotto, so we went on a luxury Starbucks shopping spree instead

How much can 7,700 yen (US$58) buy you at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery? 

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Fast-food chain Gyoza no Ohsho’s all-you-can-eat curry made us feel like we fell down a mountain

And the server’s zealous service nearly brought us to our knees. 

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Does the eel from these cheap takeout shops pass the buyobuyo quality test? We find out

Unagi for about 1,000 yen…is it worth it?

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Our reporter dishes on the differences between sushi from Ginza Kyubey and Sushiro【Taste test】

Yuuichiro explores the similarities and dissimilarities of sushi from an upscale restaurant in Tokyo and an inexpensive conveyor belt sushi chain. 

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Starbucks vs. Tully’s — Is there such a big difference between Japan’s coffee giants?【Taste test】

We pit two of the most popular coffee chains in Japan against each other in our most caffeinated taste test yet!

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Sushi restaurant in Tokyo serves up a plate of “old guy” for only 200 yen

Once you try “old guy,” you’ll never go back.

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9 middle-aged Japanese men try putting on their own makeup

How hard could it be?

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What happens when our reporters show up to work dressed like their fathers?

What could go wrong if we give our reporters free access to their dads’ closets?

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Woman says she’s a foreign student struggling in the pandemic, asks us to buy her homemade chocolate

Sweets we bought on the street turn out to be suspiciously delicious.

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