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Two men hit by woman falling out of window… who was looking at another man...
Luckily, everyone involved is expected to pull through. The vicinity of a single building in downtown Yokohama suddenly became a danger zone one afternoon when a bizarre chain reaction of falls left...
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Major Japanese bread producer begins selling croissants and cakes made from...
Insect foods are on a roll. With 100 years in the business, Pasco has certainly made a name for itself as a leading maker of bread and other baked goods in Japan. So it’s a pretty big deal to see them...
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70-year-old arrested after brawl with over 10 bikers
Age ain’t nothing but the number of people you can fight at once. I’m still far from 70, but it’s already hard to fight the urge to just get under a wool shawl and whittle something by the fire from...
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Four train stations in Tokyo installed free groundwater pumps available 24-7
Well, there you go. With all the things going on in the big city, probably most Tokyo residents are unaware that four groundwater pumps offering free water around the clock have been set up since last...
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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. The conveyor belt sushi business is very competitive and restaurants often need to find an original angle to stand out from the pack. Sushi cakes and...
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JR East to equip trains station staff with bodycams to protect them from attacks
Violent drunks better smile for the camera from now on. A rather odd dark side to Japanese culture is that people have been known to attack train conductors surprisingly often. An investigation by the...
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Getting a driver’s license in Japan the hard way: The first driving test a...
Third time isn’t such a charm after all. After back-to-back failures at getting a Japanese driver’s license in the cheapest but most difficult way possible, I decided to take a break for the rest of...
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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu bento sold for 10th anniversary tour
Waiter, there’s kawaii in my food. It’s hard to believe that it was a decade ago that fashion pop idol Kyary Pamyu Pamyu first hit the world with a dose of psychedelic kawaii in the form of her debut...
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Authentic Japanese sword letter openers available through crowdfunding
Live by the sword, open mail by the sword. Japanese is a country full of traditional arts and crafts, but as time drags on these centuries-old skills are increasingly hard to maintain. Take...
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We brave the winter with the lowest-rated gloves from Amazon Japan
Do low ratings and low temperatures go hand in hand? January tends to bring the chill to many parts of Japan and it’s important to bundle up against the elements. However, in today’s smartphone world,...
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Elderly Kyoto man detained by police for three hours because of hammer in his...
Stop! Hammer crime! Weapons are taken very seriously in Japan, to the point that it’s almost impossible to get a handgun here unless a police officer happens to forget one in a restroom. This leaves...
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Everyone in the office works together to make a “Dark Ehomaki Sushi Roll” for...
The office that makes sushi together, stays together. Today, February 3, is Setsubun in Japan. It’s an old holiday which marks the seasonal change that occurs between winter and spring and has various...
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Free ultra-low-res stock art website launched by former Nintendo designer
Free post-modern solutions for the digital world. There are a number of royalty free stock image sites around the Internet in a variety of styles, covering everything from a cute drawing of a...
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How does the 100-yen “Scoon” match up against the celebrated 2,000-yen...
High-performance spork action. Spork innovation has been advancing at a steady pace. Prototypes date back to the latter half of the 19th century and it’s design was revolutionized by the ramen chain...
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2021 Magademy Award nominees announced, celebrating excellence in being a...
A total of 17 manga stars were chosen by fans in four categories. Back in December of 2021, manga e-book service BookLive embarked on a mission to create the first-ever Magademy Awards, in which not...
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Cost of uneaten ehomaki sushi rolls in 2022 estimated to be over one billion yen
A brief lesson in eho-nomics. Another Setsubun is behind us and hopefully everyone in Japan was able to enjoy the many delicious ehomaki sushi rolls sold during the holiday, fully loaded with all...
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Pringles can drink bottles on sale at Japanese bookstores and convenience stores
Once you pop, you can’t stop…pouring hot drinks. The classic canned potato snacks Pringles have undergone a number of transformations in Japan, from exclusive flavors like karaage to instant noodles,...
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Check out these capsule toy replica old-timey bicycle locks…for some reason?
All the thrills of locking a bicycle in the palm of your hand. There exists somewhere a line that the divides a legitimate product from something utterly unbuyable, and capsule toys walk that line...
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Senior in Takaoka City arrested for stealing up to 50 tanuki statues
Suspect seemed to have an insatiable desire for tanuki. Anyone who’s spent time in Japan, will likely have crossed paths with peculiar statues of bug-eyed, slack-jawed animals straddling a pair of...
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TVs that don’t show TV selling out fast in Japan
Electronics complete with onboard existential crises. In December of last year, Japanese discount store chain Don Quijote began selling the Android TV Equipped Tunerless Smart TV. As its name...
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