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Japanese government hires leading comedy agency to explain national defense spending
- Master Blaster
2 hours ago - Tweet
The number one rule of comedy is unwavering loyalty to the government.
- Japan
- (AI • comedy • defense policy • politics • society • video • weird • Yoshimoto Kogyo)
Starbucks Japan unveils new winter drinkware collection with limited-edition Stanley cups
- Oona McGee
4 hours ago
New collection brings warmth and style to tumblers and mugs this winter.
- Japan
- (bottles • cups • drinkware • merchandise • mugs • Stanley cup • Starbucks • Starbucks drinkware • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Stanley Cup • tumblers • winter)
Pokémon doughnuts pop up at Mister Donut, with a new gathering that’s bigger than ever
- Oona McGee
13 hours ago
The “Everyone Gather Together! Winter Pokémon Campaign” goes all out for the 30th anniversary celebrations.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cute • diglett • donuts • doughnuts • food • manga • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)
Discount retailers known for massive bargains releases massive Japanese egg sandwich
- Casey Baseel
15 hours ago
Don Quijote doubles up its “Peculiar Preference” sandwich.
- Japan
- (big food • COK • crazy • Don Quijote • egg sandwiches • eggs • food • photos • sandwiches • SNJO • tamago sandwiches • taste test)
Tokyo to build new crematoriums to meet surging demand
- Master Blaster
17 hours ago
Death is a growth industry that no one’s happy about.
- Japan
- (aging population • business • corpse hotel • cremation • crematorium • death • funeral • itai hotel • society • Tokyo)
Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
- Master Blaster
yesterday
If you’re going to do wrong, do wrong right.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • gambling • law • pachinko • police • senten hoshiki • society • three-store system)
Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
2 days ago
Preserving arcade culture is hard enough without hacker jerks making it even tougher.
- Japan
- (Arcades • crime • cyberattacks • hacking • Taito • Tatio Station • video games)
Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
- Casey Baseel
2 days ago
Fukubukuro season starts very early for Starbucks fans in Japan.
- Japan
- (bags • cafes • coffee • drinks • drinkware • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup • fukubukuro roundup 2027 • Lucky Bag Roundup • lucky bag roundup 2027 • Lucky Bags • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
- Casey Baseel
2 days ago
Art collection includes never-before-shown illustrations from Hayao Miyazaki’s vision for a feudal-Japan version of Beauty and the Beast.
- Japan
- (anime • art • Beauty and the Beast • books • Hayao Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki Image Board Collection • illustration • manga • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli)
Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
- Elliot Hale
2 days ago
Suntory’s newest Craft Boss release promises the taste of freshly dunked buttery pastry in a single bottle.
- Japan
- (BOSS • Boss coffee • coffee • COK • Craft Boss • crazy • croissants • drink • drinks • Suntory • weird)
First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
- Casey Baseel
2 days ago
Green oasis in the center of Tokyo is site of city’s newest cafe serving exclusive coffee blend.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • drinks • food • Imperial Palace • Imperial Palace East Garden • Japan travel • restaurants • Tokyo • tourism • travel)
Godzilla becomes a Japanese randoseru backpack, as do two of his greatest rivals [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
3 days ago
King of the Monsters looks to become lord of the backpacks.
- Japan
- (awesome • backpacks • bags • COK • cool • fashion • Ghidorah • Godzilla • Japanese backpacks • kaiju • King Ghidorah • Mechagodzilla • randoseru)
Japan’s free stock image site of muscular men doing whimsical and mundane things reveals rankings
- Krista Rogers
3 days ago
The site with a goal of “Adding muscles to everyday life” has released a new gallery collecting its most viral muscly moments up to the present.
- Japan
- (free • macho • Muscle Plus • muscular men • photos • revitalization • stock images • trending • viral)
Thief mails 46 million-yen watch back to Tokyo store he stole it from, says “I’m sorry”
- Casey Baseel
3 days ago
Latest crook to hit Tokyo’s hottest theft target feels either remorse or fear, but probably shouldn’t expect forgiveness.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • Nakano Broadway • robbery • theft • video • watches • wristwatches)
This is Japan’s best cycling course, but is it fun for bicycling beginners too?
- Casey Baseel
3 days ago
We head to the Seto Inland Sea for a Shimanami Kaido sampler.
- Japan
- (bicycling • COK • cool • cycling • Ehime • Japan travel • outdoors • Saya Togashi • Seto • Seto Inland Sea • Shimanami Kaido • SNJO • travel.tourism)
Mr. Sato searches for the mysterious new wall of fortune in Tokyo
- Master Blaster
3 days ago
Our new favorite hole in the wall.
- Japan
- (art • COK • cool • crazy • fortune-telling • Kabe Uranai • Mr. Sato • Shibuya • SNJO • Tokyo • travel • weird)
Starbucks Japan releases now Tokyo Reserve Roastery Christmas drinkware collection [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
3 days ago
Starbucks Japan’s premium brand is ready to help you get started on Christmas shopping right now.
- Japan
- (Christmas • drinks • drinkware • Starbcuks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Reserve Roastery)
Japanese government announces criteria for creating backup capital of Japan
- Casey Baseel
4 days ago
Four cities are the most likely candidates to become vice-capitals in case Tokyo is struck by an incapacitating natural disaster.
- Japan
- (backup capital • capital city • capital of Japan • COK • Fukuoka • government • Nagoya • Oska • politics • Sapporo • society • vice-capital)
This hot spring near Osaka’s Kansai Airport resolves the pick-two-out-of-three bathhouse dilemma
- Casey Baseel
4 days ago
Perfect for when you’ve got to fly, but want to soak.
- Japan
- (airports • baths • hot springs • Japan travel • Kansai International Airport • onsen • Osaka • Osaka Prefecture • SNJO • tourism • travel)
Starbucks Japan invites us to par-tea with its new Earl Gray Frappuccino [Taste test]
- Casey Baseel
4 days ago
Three new drinks, featuring seven kinds of tea, join the Starbucks Japan menu.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Earl Gray • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • Joyful Medley • K. Masami • latte • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
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Starbucks Japan unveils new winter drinkware collection with limited-edition Stanley cups
Pokémon doughnuts pop up at Mister Donut, with a new gathering that’s bigger than ever
Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Discount retailers known for massive bargains releases massive Japanese egg sandwich
First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
Japanese government hires leading comedy agency to explain national defense spending
Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
Japan’s free stock image site of muscular men doing whimsical and mundane things reveals rankings
Tokyo to build new crematoriums to meet surging demand
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Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing- Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
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Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
Starbucks Japan releases now Tokyo Reserve Roastery Christmas drinkware collection [Photos]
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?- Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
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Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
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First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
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Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
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Virtual idol Hatsune Miku redesigned with look that adds new elements and brings back old ones
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