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Taking Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated light-up nunchucks out for a spin
Don’t just buy any illuminated weapons. Do the research first. Who among us hasn’t saved up our money for months in the hopes of buying not just a pair of nunchucks, but the really fancy kind that...
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Made In Japan Fender Limited Edition Hello Kitty Stratocaster now on sale in...
Shredding Sanrio style. Ever since opening their flagship store in Tokyo last year, legendary guitar maker Fender has been really busy coming up with new limited edition Japanese models that combine...
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Domino’s Japan has all-you-can-eat pizza isn’t an Internet rumor, but it is...
It takes a lot of luck and a little hunger to partake in this delicious deal. It’s hard to deny that Japanese pizza is quite good despite its very liberal preferences for toppings. You can even get a...
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Sazae-san breaks own Guinness World Records again for 55 years on television
Star voice actor is 85 going on 25. When people outside of Japan think of anime, the works of Studio Ghibli or beloved series like Dragon Ball or Sailor Moon often come to mind. But for Japanese...
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Nara man arrested for burying mother in his cemetery plot by himself
You don’t have to abandon a body to legally abandon it. Sadly, cases of people abandoning the remains of loved ones are an ongoing problem in Japan. The reasons can vary widely from those hoping to...
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Black Thunder has a luxurious cousin few have ever heard of【Taste test】
Delux Milk Chocolate has stood in Black Thunder’s shadow for 30 years. Black Thunder has long been the king of B-grade chocolate, though that label is really misleading as the quality of these...
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Man with snake face tattoo arrested for assault, neighbors shocked he would...
You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover… unless a snake is tattooed on it. Face tattoos have been slowly gaining popularity what with artists like 6ix9ine, XXXTenacion, and other famous names that...
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Yakuza family speaks out against rise in organized crime
Not their kind of organized crime, the bad kind. A big story going around mass media in Japan is the rise in yamibaito (literally “dark part-time jobs”). This is when an anonymous employer advertises...
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Furikake rice seasoning sales are soaring, which is bad news for Japan as a...
Bad news for everyone over 10 in Japan at least. Furikake is a beloved Japanese topping for white rice which comes in many, many varieties from the salty purple perilla leaves of Yukari to dried...
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Sagami Railway and Adobe hope AI can help stop Japanese train photographers...
Finally, a use of AI we can all get behind. The toritetsu subset of Japanese train otaku which specializes in photography has long been notorious for a string of anti-social behavior unbecoming of...
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DJ Police called in to help prevent bear attacks in northern Japan
Last night a DJ saved my life… from a bear. As if we don’t have enough problems these days, bears have been increasingly encroaching on inhabited areas, causing injuries, damage, and general terror...
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Toyota gets second Guinness World Record for basketball playing humanoid robot
Yeah, but his D is weak if you ask me. Since the dawn of mankind, humanity has endlessly toiled to put leather or rubber balls measuring about 30 centimeters in diameter into baskets roughly 10 feet...
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Japanese company develops classy heavy metal band frames for glasses
It’s like a T-shirt for your face. How many times has this happened to you? You’ve woken up and slipped on your favorite Judas Priest T-shirt, only to remember you have to present the corporate...
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Our Japanese writers dress up as Winter Shogun
What better way to wait out the cold than with some interpretive cosplay? After yet another record-breakingly hot summer the chilly grip of winter has finally taken hold of Japan, where it is often...
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Makers of Dassai to brew sake in space and sell 100 milliliters for 100...
To boldly brew where no one has brewed before… Sake is one of my favorite drinks, not just because it’s delicious and helps silence the dogs constantly barking in my head but because it has such a...
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Police called out to investigate suspicious Santa in Wakayama
Santa Claus came to town and police are called in to find or if he’s naughty of nice. It’s Christmas time again in Japan, which means children everywhere are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Kris...
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Man who stole two packs of ground beef tracked by police for about 1,000...
The law’s arm really is long! A common anecdote of customer service in Japan is having a clerk chase you down the street and trying to catch their breath as they hand you a 10 yen (US$0.06) coin that...
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Why are there so many Hokkaido food fairs in Japanese department stores these...
Holy cow, Hokkaido! People in the Tokyo area especially may have noticed a recent influx in Hokkaido food fairs over the past year. These events, held within department stores, give Hokkaido’s local...
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Let’s go open a Lego Japan lucky bag…o
Lots of assembly required. Did you know that the name “Lego” is derived from a Danish phrase meaning “play well”? If not, you can cross off “learn something new” from your New Year’s resolution list...
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Sushiro and Black Thunder fall in love with each other again for Valentine’s Day
Love is a many-synergistic thing. About a year ago, one of Japan’s leading conveyor belt sushi chains Sushiro and leading chocolate bar brands Black Thunder had a whirlwind romance of cross-promotion...
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