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Shockingly huge, exquisite egg sandwiches found in Tokyo
“Shocking” and “exquisite” aren’t normally words used to describe an egg sandwich but we think we found one that fits the bill. Tamagoyaki is a hugely popular dish in Japanese cuisine consisting of...
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Meet Pikarin, the 20,000-year-old blood-stained idol from hell【Video】
Up-and-coming idol Shina Pikarin is making a bloody splash among teens in Japan with her occasional death-metal vocals and up-tempo pop beats. Having amassed a huge following, particularly among...
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25 ways Japanese politeness can get on the nerves of Japanese people
There is such a thing as being too courteous, and an online survey ranked the 25 most common examples of just that in Japan. Japan is legendary for its adherence to etiquette, formality and customer...
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Wine & Cheese Puccho add a hint of class to your chewy candy【Taste test】
Can this new wine and toasted cheese flavored gummy candy give connoisseurs a pocket-sized taste of the high life? Available at convenience stores and supermarkets for about 150 yen (US$1.40), Puccho:...
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Phantom Pikachu photo gives thousands the chills
Optical illusion? Smoke and mirrors? Or is this creepy photo of Pikachu the work of the supernatural? A Twitter user going by the handle of Otonashi posted this unusual photo on the evening of 6 May...
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Rice bowl with a mountain of roast beef served in Tokyo bistro
Good roast beef is a little hard to come by in Japan, and now we know why: This place is using it all themselves. Mr. Sato headed down to the second basement of a building in Shinjuku to investigate a...
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More adventures in localization: Icelandic film’s poster gets unusual...
It’s time for more misadventures in the land of cinematic localization as the movie Virgin Mountain gets promoted in Japan. This darling of film festivals worldwide from writer/director Dagur Kári was...
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Kyoto counter-terrorism unit called in after senior citizen “reserves”...
Some in the media are calling this incident yet another indication that Japan’s entering an unprecedented era of geriatric delinquency. ■ All in the name of convenient parking On 29 March, a cleaning...
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New mascot “Lucky Bear” appearing on Chinese TV looks awfully familiar
A roly-poly bear with red cheeks and white eyebrows recently appeared on a TV program in China, which can mean only one thing: Kumamoto Prefecture traveled six years back in time and ripped them off!...
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Junior high student shut down 444 school websites to “remind teachers they...
This month Osaka Prefectural Police pressed charges against a 16-year-old boy for a first-of-its-kind cyber attack in Japan. On 11 May, police announced ‘obstruction of business’ charges against a...
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The “Rakulet” adds a corrugated layer of luxury to cardboard toilets
Hot on the heels of a bed made of cardboard for use in disasters, one company has upped the ante with a whole line of cardboard emergency goods including a range of toilets to suit your needs....
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Japanese self-defense store CEO shows his dedication as he demos products on...
The head of a security and crime prevention dealer has been getting renewed attention on YouTube with videos of him trying out the merchandise on himself. KSP Self-Defense & Security is a...
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Taste the beginning of the end for Japanese Ritz: Wasabi & Cheddar / Tarako &...
Only a few months remain until the Ritz franchise in Japan changes hands and production is shifted overseas. Perhaps this is why we’re being treated to some distinctly Japanese flavors. ■ Times they...
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Our Japanese writers audition for upcoming Yakuza 6 game, get sexy pictures...
We sent six of our most dashing writers to a photo studio for some glamour shots at an appearance in the new Yakuza 6 video game. Much of the popular video game series Yakuza (Ryu ga Gotoku in Japan)...
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Elderly pickpocket “Calling Tamako” finally apprehended after string of Tokyo...
Since February 2015, the Tokyo area has been hit by a spate of thefts by an elderly woman who has managed to evade arrest until just this week. As the sun was setting on the evening of Monday, 16 May,...
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Aichi Police send unothodox message to molesters via poster with homoerotic...
At a first glance, you’d probably be hard pressed to figure out what this poster is promoting, but that may be the genius of it. This poster was spotted by Twitter user @Hirotan_real421 somewhere in...
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New book reworks classic paintings in modern Japanese popular styles
Ever wondered what Munch’s The Scream or Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring might look like if done in modern day Japan? If so, then this book is for you! Eshi de Irodoru Sekai no Meiga by publisher...
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Japanese pitcher throws one heck of a slider, slides self right off the mound
Saitama Seibu Lions’ pitcher Yuta Nakazaki has been raising eyebrows with his unique disappearing act immediately after every pitch. The 25-year-old’s trademark throw starts with the wind-up… Then the...
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Japanese “horror kindergarten”, where the kids are literally little monsters,...
You’d better come equipped with lots of decoy candy if you hope to escape this demonic daycare facility. An ambitious project is underway in Nagasaki City where an actual kindergarten will be remade...
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Does the new Lemongina taste like medicine and dirt? Mr. Sato investigates
Not since New Coke has a soft drink lowered the bar of expectations quite like Lemongina and its great taste of topsoil. Back in March 2015, Suntory took its licensing of popular French soda Orangina...
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