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Durian Mango Cheese Pizza comes to Pizza Hut Taiwan, we put our nose on the...
This pizza leaves the whole pineapple controversy in the dust. Popular pizza chain Pizza Hut just loves to push the envelope in Taiwan, but seem to always come out with wonderful results, such as...
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82-0 shellacking kicks off Japan’s National High School Baseball Championship
But who really won? It’s summer in Japan, which means its once again time to get young men out in the blazing heat to play highly competitive baseball in open-air stadiums. Health concerns aside,...
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Nintendo Japan officially provides spousal benefits to same-sex partnerships
Equality gets the Nintendo Seal of Quality. It’s been slow moving, but bit-by-bit regions of Japan have been moving to recognize same-sex marriages here and there. However, there is still a lot of...
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Saitama man arrested for making 9,313 false reservations on luxury trains
Caught in a bad Romancecar. A strangely increasingly common phenomenon in Japan has been the act of a single person making a ridiculous number of reservations and then not paying for the bookings,...
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Kyoto University finds alpacas may hold the key to preventing all COVID-19...
I can feel my immunity rise just looking at these little guys. We’re coming up on three years since the COVID-19 pandemic took over the world, and even now in some places like Tokyo infections numbers...
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Tea with free Pokémon bottle covers at Japanese convenience stores charm,...
Everyone caught ‘em all. Once the domain of boxes of cereal, in Japan tea and coffee are items that are frequently sold bundled with toys and other novelty goods. This year beverage maker Ito En...
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Kyoto man arrested for throwing large plastic bottles full of batteries into...
Suspect was said to go through 50 batteries a day. Battery disposal is always tricky business. There are so many different kinds and they tend to be made of metal, which would suggest some recycling...
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Petition started to stop forcing students to cheer for their high school...
Root, root, root for the home team…or else. As we mentioned earlier, mid-summer is one of the seasons when Japan holds its national high school baseball championship, culminating in a series of finals...
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Immersive Museum offers impressive impressionist fun this summer in Tokyo
Become one with the strokes. Indoor digital mapping art exhibits have become a popular attraction in Japan, with its magical application of technology in the comfort of an air-conditioned space. But...
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Cases of people getting unwanted crabs skyrocketing in Japan, salmon too
People reminded to just say “no” to crabs at their doorstep. Has this ever happened to you? You’re sitting at home, looking through your favorite social media app Crabhouse and sipping on a cold glass...
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Some of the world’s most difficult origami taught in new book coming in...
One figure alone requires 266 steps. Origami, the traditional Japanese art of folding paper into shapes, is still very much a part of life here. From products in vending machines and capsule machines...
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Fukuoka support group using metaverse to reach out to hikkikomori
Come join the Room without leaving your own. Although it’s not as much in the headlines as it used to be, the problem of people who refuse to leave the confines of their own home, known as...
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Miyagi senior’s joke bombs so hard it delays a flight for 50 minutes
I’ve had it with these mother%*&#ing jokes on these mothermother%*&#ing planes. As a proud father, I’ve settled into my societal role as a teller of bad jokes. I don’t think enough research...
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Crotch Cup 2022 eSports festival held to raise awareness for groin itch...
Together, we can fight crotch itch. Skin irritation in the area between the legs is a problem that affects one in 30 people…maybe. I don’t know, actually. I kind of half made up that statistic because...
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Crowdfunding success for handmade formalwear masks in samurai’s favorite color
Look like victory with Kacciro. While not quite what it used to be at the height of the pandemic, many people in Japan are still opting to wear masks, continuing a custom that existed even before...
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We buy the lowest-rated sexy pillow on Amazon Japan
Don’t buy a sexy pillow without doing your homework. Our writer Masanuki Sunakoma has been so hard at work finding and testing the most disreputable items on Amazon Japan for quite some time now. From...
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Takoyaki Party and Italian fully-loaded rice balls coming to NewDays for a...
Convenience store’s giant demon balls show their softer side. NewDays, the chain of convenience stores managed by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), knows a thing or two about envelope-pushing rice...
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We investigate the half-priced beer at Sushiro that everyone is angry about
Righteous indignation or an overreaction? There’s been a lot of online buzz in Japan recently about a half-price beer deal at the conveyor belt sushi chain Sushiro. Normally, such news would make a...
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500-Step Soccer: A new sport from Mizuno and World Yuru Sports Association
Improve your game 500 steps at a time. I think soccer is a great sport, but I never really got into it, what with my lack of athleticism, physical fitness, coordination, team spirit, and...
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69-year-old Tokyo man arrested for driving without a license for over 50 years
Senior failed license test six times and decided to license himself. On 15 May, a passenger car was driving through Higashimurayama, Tokyo when it was suddenly struck from behind by a Harley Davidson...
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