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June, 2019 (Page 5)

How to make awesome Japanese curry in five minutes without using instant packs or even a stove

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 18, 2019
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Too lazy to really cook, but too gourmet for instant food? Our reporter Go finds a solution.

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• Japan
• (awesome • clever • COK • cooking • cool • curry • food • Go Hatori • microwave • SNOJ)

Incredible videos show seas of Hong Kong protestors parting to let ambulances through【Videos】

• SoraNews24
  Jun 18, 2019

Two-million person protests quickly and compassionately give up their position in the streets for the sake of the injured.

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• China
• (ambulances • Hong Kong • moving • politics • protest • protesters • touching • video)

Mini rice cooker cases: The newest Japanese capsule toys we never knew we needed until just now

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 18, 2019

Realistic cases are great for storing coins, creating scenes of home life for scale anime figures.

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • COK • cool • figures • gachapon • Kitan Club • rice cookers • SNOJ • toys • weird)

Sleepy Japanese kitty’s snoring is cuter and crazier than you’d ever imagine【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 18, 2019

Cat nap becomes a hilarious concert.

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• Japan
• (cats • crazy • cute • funny • pets • snoring • video)

Too-good-to-be-true fantasy scenario demotivates Japanese commuters who hate their jobs

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 18, 2019

Supposedly less-than-perfect jobs both sound a lot better than the ones many people actually have.

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• Japan
• (ads • bubble economy • COK • society • trains • work • working in Japan)

Spirited Away posters for first theatrical release in China are stunningly beautiful

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2019

A new take on a beloved Studio Ghibli anime film.

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• China, Japan
• (ads • anime • art • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • marketing • movies • posters • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Japanese boy band idol prostrates himself in front of police station after marijuana arrest【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 17, 2019

Japan takes celebrity drug use very differently than some other countries.

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• Japan
• (boy bands • celebrities • COK • crime • Drugs • Junnosuke Taguchi • marijuana • prostrate • video)

Our unrefined “potato” reporter gets a haircut by an anime hairstyle expert in Tokyo

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 17, 2019

Looking for a new ‘do? Leave everything to the staff at Sorcier’s in Tokyo–they’ll know exactly what to do.

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• Japan
• (anime • hair salon • Keisuke Inoue • Kichijoji • Sorcier • style • Tokyo)

We try a Ninja Kakigori shaved ice dessert in Japan and wash it down with Cheese Tapioca Tea

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2019

Castle setting is the perfect home for this shadow warrior’s Japanese dessert. 

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• Japan
• (Japanese desserts • kakigori • Nagoya • Ninja • shaved ice • shinobi • SNJO • sweets)

Japanese freestyle soccer maestro drops jaws with mind-blowing juggling skills in New York

• Koh Ruide
  Jun 17, 2019

And a joyful, positive attitude to inspire the world.

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• Japan, USA
• (funny • inspirational • Instagram • Japanese Twitter • juggling • motivational • soccer • soccer ball • video)

Pikachu and Jigglypuff dazzle as expensive but adorable high-end fashion boots!

• Kay
  Jun 17, 2019

Now you can make a fashion statement with these striking Pikachu and Jigglypuff boots … for a price.

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• Italy
• (boots • fashion • GCDS • GR8 • Pikachu • Pokemon)

Living next door to a stalker: Our Japanese reporter recounts the time her neighbour stalked her

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2019

Firsthand account is a cautionary tale for women living alone in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • living alone • marriage • police • relationships • romance • SNJO • stalker • stalkers • women)

We got all comfy in a traditional French manor in Japan and drank coffee from a matcha bowl

• Koh Ruide
  Jun 17, 2019

The best of France and Japan in one classy chateau.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • cafe • Chiba • coffee • French • house • luxury home • SNJO)

“They slipped 10,000-yen bills into rice balls” — Bizarre election corruption in Aomori revealed

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 16, 2019

It’s so bad that the region is now slang for “corrupt election.”

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• Japan
• (Aomori • corruption • election • Japanese politics • onigiri • rice balls • weird)

X Japan’s Yoshiki apologizes for having dinner with Jackie Chan

• Master Blaster
  Jun 16, 2019

For a drummer, he really doesn’t have the best timing in the world.

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• Japan
• (Hong Kong Protests • Jackie Chan • movies • music • X Japan • Yoshiki)

We arrive at Pokémon GO Fest 2019 Chicago to up our game, scout out shinies

• Katy Kelly
  Jun 15, 2019

P.K. Sanjun is in Chicago to enjoy the weather and catch Pokémon, and it just got cloudy.

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• Japan
• (chicago • COK • P.K. Sanjun • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokemon GO Fest • SNJO)

Setting of Ghibli’s Whisper of the Heart is More Tragedy Than Fantasy

• Anime News Network
  Jun 15, 2019

Studio Ghibli released the Whisper of the Heart anime film in 1995, a story of youth following their dreams.

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• Japan
• (Ghibli • Japanese society • society • Studio Ghibli • whisper of the heart)

An otaku is born! Japanese Twitter goes gaga over adorable one-year-old baby loving anime【Video】

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 15, 2019

“Whenever I watch anime, I lose the ability to speak too. It’s quite powerful.”

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• Japan
• (anime • baby • funny • K-On! • otaku • twitter • video)

Japanese beef bowl chain Yoshinoya releases new canned, ready-to-eat rice bowls 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Jun 15, 2019

We try the full selection of emergency pork, beef, chicken and mackerel rice bowls.

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• Japan
• (beef bowls • disaster • disaster preparedness • donburi • fast food • food • gyudon • rice bowls • Yoshinoya)

Tokyo’s Haneda Airport comes out with handy “Walking Curry” for those on the go

• Master Blaster
  Jun 15, 2019

Combines the savory satisfaction of a curry dish with the convenience of a cup of coffee.

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• Japan
• (convenience • curry • food • Haneda Airport • Haneda Walking Curry • Sky Station • Tokyo)

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