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Seiji cosplays as the hot new mascot Myaku-Myaku using only 100-yen products
Never has a man worn panties, wrapping paper, and balloons so well. For a while now, we’ve been covering the wide selection of items sold through Japan’s many 100-shops. From daikon seeds to VR...
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Japanese craft brewery and tech company to simulate making beer on Moon and Mars
Get ready for some out-of-this world beer. The advent of space colonization may not be so far away, so its important to consider what life outside of Earth might be like. Normally, when posed with the...
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Yoshinoya giving away free swag through new point campaign, but you may have...
Do you have what it takes to get the coveted Yoshinoya sauna set? Yoshinoya has always stood as a symbol of simplicity in eating. There are no clowns or gimmicky menu items here. Maybe the occasional...
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Japanese soccer team fined 20 million yen because fans’ cheering violated...
Fine was the highest in the football league’s history. With regards to the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan is in a bit of an awkward situation. Reported infections are currently at an all-time high, but for...
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Yokohama’s “Manhole Actress” becomes spokesperson for city’s sewage system
Popular Kamen Rider villain takes on a new fight. Manholes have been enjoying a great deal of popularity in Japan recently. Maintenance hole covers featuring famous anime and video game characters...
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Autonomous beverage and snack car now testing in Chiba City
It’s like some kind of vending mechanical robot or something! Japan certainly is a country full of vending machines. In fact, there is said to be one vending machine for every 34 people living here....
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First-ever carbon-neutral sake coming in October
Sip some sustainable sake soon. With a lot of focus being put on products that are sustainable and ethical, the Japanese alcohol known as nihonshu in Japan, or just sake abroad, really has a lot going...
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Line of Japanese-smelling watches sold through Japan Post Office
Wear your love of a certain Japanese scent on your sleeve. The middle of summer in Japan certainly isn’t known for its great smells, and if you find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time, it...
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Major telecom company to give 200-yen apology payouts to 35M people
Now, don’t go spending it all in one place, folks. On 2 July, one of Japan’s largest telecommunications companies, KDDI, experienced a massive network outage by human error that is said to have...
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Oshi stick for taking photos of photos of your favorite celebs and...
Works great for dolls, figures, and models too. Back when smartphones really hit the scene, the invention of the selfie stick also took hold. Although they can still be seen here and there, selfie...
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Foreign Lawson employees claim unfair treatment such as forced sushi and...
Ehomaki are great, but it’s important to buy them on our own terms. For quite some time now the number of foreign-born employees at places such as convenience stores has been steadily rising. I kind...
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Saitama man’s 7M-yen Rolex stolen after leaving it alone with “potential...
Watch out! Any good society depends on a certain sense of trust between citizens, but at the same time we need to always be on guard against those who would exploit our kindness. It’s hard to know...
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Man who took entire town’s COVID-19 money now out of jail and turning life...
A rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-Internet-fame story. Everyone probably remembers the incident earlier this year in which a single man was accidentally issued an amount of COVID-19 relief money equal to...
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Hut Day is just around the corner in Japan…or is it Hat Day?
Huppy Hut Duy! It’s August once again, and in Japan that means its time to dust off our hat and huts to celebrate 10 August, which is known as Hat Day…or Hut Day. In Japanese the short “a” and “u”...
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Watermelon-looking rice balls go on sale in Tokyo, bring Mr. Sato bitter...
Some seeds you can’t spit out. From 3 August the Seibu department store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo is holding a Midsummer Gourmet Festival. One of the standout items for sale at this event are onigiri rice...
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Very limited sale of glasses that can halt or reverse nearsightedness begin...
A pair of truly “corrective” lenses? I have long been a shortsighted person, and it’s not just because I sold all my Apple stock in 2006. I, like many other myopic people, cannot see things very well...
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Yuzuru Hanyu launches own YouTube channel, fans flock to subscribe
He totally landed that debut video. Last month, the figure skating world was shocked by the sudden retirement of Yuzuru Hanyu, arguably one of the greatest figure skaters of all time, from...
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Daiso’s 100-yen ramen egg makers even better in smaller sizes
Our resident eggman’s dream comes true, kookookachoo. Last year we covered the release of a convenient little container that specializes in making eggs marinated in soy sauce effortlessly. The...
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Biannual running of the otaku fails to take place for second time in a row
Some fear the tradition may never return, but most just hope so. Shortly after sunrise on 13 August, a lone man dressed in yellow stood outside of the entrance to Kokusai-Tenjijo Station. Though...
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Fancy genuine leather shoes with squishable heels released from Japanese...
Break the laws of leather shoes without breaking the shoes themselves. Living in Japan, I’ve really come to appreciate slip-on shoes during the numerous times I’ve had to quickly get in and out of...
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