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Gacha Toilets aim to offer Japanese mountain climbers relief and trinkets
I gacha toilet right ‘ere, pal! Japan is certainly a mountainous country and a climber’s paradise. At least, it is until nature calls way out in nature. Sure, you could do as bears and the Pope do...
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Purification salt for gamers who can’t handle horror games released in Japan
A pyramid of salt a day keeps the Pyramid Head away. A fun thing to do when visiting Japan is to keep an eye on the entrances to shops while walking along the street. If you do, there’s a fair chance...
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The Sushiro of the future to open at the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025
Great Scott! It’s Sushi to the Future! I always had an image of a World Exposition to be a showcase of what we can expect to see in the future. Past expos have highlighted technological wonders just...
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Japanese government’s investment alligator mascot missing, possibly in hiding
Followers are demanding crocodile tears. These are certainly trying times for anyone who has money invested in the stock market, as President Donald Trump seems intent on recreating the final scene of...
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Efficient electricity made from water flowing from rivers to oceans found by...
This power is making me thirsty! When you think about the forces that drive the world and everything on it, you can realize how much untapped power there is everywhere. However, the problem tends to...
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Japanese comedy giant Yoshimoto holds surprisingly existential pavilion at...
To laugh or not to laugh. That is the question. Preparations for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo have been really coming down to the wire, and only within mere days of the event’s opening have we really...
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Myaku-Myaku takes over the new 2025 Expo store in JR Osaka Station
If you ever thought, “I would buy this, if only it were Myaku-Myaku,” then this store is for you! We are literally days away from the start of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo and all the futuristic...
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American arrested for bringing gun, ammo, and hidden knife through Japanese...
It’s still unclear whether this is an accident or something worse. I remember a time when airport security was so tight little old ladies were getting padded down for weapons and everyone had to take...
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What convenience store foods taste best when seared? Japanese lighter company...
If you can eat it, you can sear it. When dining at Japanese restaurants, you may come across an item described as “aburi” which is the Japanese word for seared, in that it was briefly exposed to a...
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Widespread anime support and expansion initiatives planned by Japanese...
Let’s hope they really mean it this time. For many people, the first thing that comes to mind when they hear “Japan” is anime, and rightfully so. It is often the gateway that allows people around the...
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First-ever arrest made related to AI-generated porn in Japan
Yeah, but their hands are probably all mangled. It seems whenever a technological breakthrough occurs in artistic media, porn peddlers are among the earliest of adopters, whether it’s the peep shows...
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School suddenly changes field trip from 2025 Expo to Universal Studios Japan...
Will more follow their lead? On 13 April, the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo finally opened to the public. Attendance is still somewhat sluggish but that’s said to be normal for expos and is expected to pick...
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Sound that alleviates motion sickness found by Nagoya University team
He who controls the Spice Sound controls his tummy. They say music can soothe the savage breast, but now we’re learning that mere sound can soothe the savage stomach as well. More specifically, the...
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Bus driver who pocketed 1,000 yen in fares denied 12 million yen in...
Employer withholds 12,000 times what was taken from them. You never know how a small lapse in judgment can come back to haunt you exponentially down the road. Stealing a stamp here and there or...
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Japan’s Pop-up Pirate game turns 50 and changes up the rules
That little guy’s still popping like a teen though. Every once in a while, I come across something that I’ve known all my life but never realized came from Japan. Pearl brand drums and...
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Yakuza member arrested for renting a car once in 2022
Crime does pay but gets arrested for it. These days it seems like we’re asked to make an account or subscribe for everything in daily life from Baskin Robbins to public television. This makes things...
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On-site coverage of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo from our reporter’s mother
Seiji’s mom gives us her firsthand account. The 2025 Osaka-Kansai World Expo is now underway, and with an event of this magnitude, you can be sure we’re here to bring you coverage that you won’t find...
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Pageant in Gifu Prefecture allows all races, genders, species, and levels of...
You don’t get much more inclusive than that. Beauty pageants aren’t quite as big as they used to be, with a lot of major organizers moving on to other things like becoming president of the USA. But...
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Saitama police continue to piece together man’s naked rampage spanning three...
Long list of crimes committed in about an hour continues to grow. Over the years, there have been some pretty egregious crimes and acts of criminal recklessness, but an incident recently occurred in...
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Japan’s largest indie ice cream convention returns to Tokyo this Golden Week
Taste a whole country of ice cream all under one roof. It probably doesn’t get brought up as often as it should, but Japan has a very rich and diverse array of ice cream. The offerings found in...
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