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2026 (Page 10)

Japan’s Cell Phone Memory Restart event reunites users with old photos and past selves

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2026
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A solution for when your trips down memory lane are blocked by a phone that won’t turn on or hold a charge.

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• Japan
• (cell phones • COK • cool • KDDI • Natsuno Futon • phones • retro • retro tech • smartphone • SNJO • technology)

McDonald’s Japan makes beautifully bittersweet burger anime music video with Idolmaster [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2026

Chihaya Kisaragi and Imadaketsukimitabemi go moon-viewing together.

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• Japan
• (anime & manga • burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • idol singers • Idolmaster • Idols • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • music • The Idolmaster • tsukimi • tsukimi burgers • video • video games)

Official Metal Gear car boxes are coming to provide stealthy style for your pets

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2026

”Cat? Cat?!? Caaaaaaaaaaat!”

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • crazy.funny • cute • Konami • Metal Gear • Metal Gear Solid • pets • video games • weird)

New Godzilla figure is adorable, destructive, and baseball-loving for Dodger Stadium Godzilla Night

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2026

City of Angels welcomes King of the Monsters at Dodger Stadium.

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• Japan
• (baseball • bobblehead • cool • Dodgers • figures • Godzilla • Godzilla Minus Zero • kaiju • Los Angeles • MLB • movies • sports • toys)

Lady Gaga and Family Mart team up for a Japanese convenience store work video [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2026

Can the recording star make people gaga over the idea of working at Family Mart?

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• Japan, USA
• (ads • commercial • convenience stores • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • Lady Gaga • music • video)

7-Eleven Japan revamps its convenience store pizza, but did it ruin a good thing?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 25, 2026

We find out if 7-Eleven delivers on its promise to enhance the size and texture of its pizzas.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • Japanese pizzas • konbini • pizza • pizzas • SNJO)

Do Japan’s new single-minded convenience store bento show depressing poverty or satisfying focus?

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2026

The line between simplicity and inadequacy can be a fine one. Which side do Lawson’s new Ittentoppasugi fall on?

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • cheap eats • cheap food • convenience stores • crazy • food • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • sausage • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Osaka may name a district after mascot Myaku-Myaku

• Master Blaster
  Sep 25, 2026

I wonder who will become Myaku-Myaku Mayor.

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• Japan
• (Ishin no Kai • Japan Innovation Party • Myaku-Myaku • Osaka City • Osaka Metropolis Project • Osaka Prefecture • special wards)

Osaka’s amazing budget-luxury hotel has free takoyaki, craft beer, and comedy shows

• Elliot Hale
  Sep 25, 2026

To truly experience the city, OMO7 Osaka is a dream stay for any traveler.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • COK • culture • food • Hoshino Resorts • hotels • Janjan Yokocho • luxury hotel • Natsuno Futon • OMO • OMO7 Osaka • Osaka • regional food • Shinsekai • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Starbucks Japan unveils new Pokémon collaboration with Pikachu Latte and exclusive goods

• Oona McGee
  Sep 24, 2026

Pokémon + Starbucks takes us on an epic coffee adventure, and now we want to catch ’em all.

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• Japan
• (anime • bottles • cups • drinks • drinkware • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • gaming • goods • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • merchandise • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon + Starbucks • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • tumblers • video games)

Fukushima’s popular dialect T-shirt vending machine gets its first sibling in Iwaki

• Elliot Hale
  Sep 24, 2026

Pick up a wearable Japanese lesson featuring dinosaurs, hot springs, and deep sea fish.

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• Japan
• (COK • dialects • Fukushima • Fukushima dialect • Iwaki • Japanese linguistics • linguistics • regional dialects • t-shirts • tourism • travel • vending machine)

Japanese airport offering 19,250-yen sandwiches as last Japan meal for international travelers

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2026

If you want one last taste of Japanese luxury, Kansai International Airport has a restaurant that says it can give it to you in just five minutes.

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• Japan
• (airports • beef • fast food • food • Japan travel • Kansai International Airport • Kobe beef • sandwiches • steak • travel)

US$9,700 solid-gold Pokémon figure going on sale in Japan, life-size gold-leaf Pikachu appears too

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2026

Artisans create an extremely expensive, and extremely accurate, recreation of a certain Steel/Ghost-type Pokémon.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • crazy • expensive • figures • Gholdengo • gold • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games)

Sanrio to release own rhythm game for smartphones next January

• Master Blaster
  Sep 24, 2026

Hello, tired fingers.

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• Global, Japan
• (Hello Kitty • rhythm games • Sanrio • Sanrio Games • Sanrio Kawaii Me Live! • smartphone games • video games)

Beautiful Studio Ghibli coin/card cases recreate scenes and props from anime classics [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2026

What better place to carry your train pass than inside No Face’s Spirited Away train ride?

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• Japan
• (accessories • anime • bags • card case • coin case • Donguri Kyowakoku • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • pouches • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Japan restarts at-home collection agent visits for public TV fees

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2026

Japan’s public broadcaster will once again send third-party agents to people’s doors, resuming unpopular tactic of collecting quasi-obligated fees.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • NHK • NHK fees • public broadcaster • society • weird)

Converse Japan and one of Japan’s greatest painters combine for fine fowl shoes [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2026

An all-star of the Edo period art world graces a new canvas.

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• Japan
• (All Stars • art • Converse • Converse All-Stars • Converse Japan • culture • history • Iyo Jakuchu • painting • shoes • sneakers)

Bear found on Japanese fishing boat, escapes into the sea

• Master Blaster
  Sep 23, 2026

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water…

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• Japan
• (bear encounters • bears • fishing boats • Miyagi Prefecture • police • Shiogama)

New Cardcaptor Sakura fashion line delivers magical girl style for real-world ladies

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2026

Anime-inspired looks with for-fans nods to the classic series.

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• Japan
• (anime • Cardcaptor Sakura • Clamp • COK • fashion • manga • skirts)

Famous Kyoto shrine has a message for foreign tourists who think it’s okay to dance at sacred sites

• SoraNews24
  Sep 23, 2026

Fushimi Inari Taisha asks visitors to show some respect after dance videos filmed beneath its famous torii gates spark criticism online.

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• Japan
• (etiquette • foreign tourists • Fushimi Inari • Fushimi Inari Shrine • Fushimi Inari Taisha • international tourists • Japan travel • Japanese etiquette • Kyoto • Kyoto tourism • manners • news • overcrowding • overtourism • shrines • temples • tourism • tourist site • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

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  10. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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