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Some reminders: Japan isn’t always as wacky as foreign media wants to think it is, literal translation can trip non-linguists up, and Osamu Tezuka was a really good manga creator.

Japan, UK
(anime • bugs • cockroaches • crazy • Daily Telegraph • Japanese language • linguistics • manga • Osamu Tezuka • Pheonix • politiciajns • prime minister • Sanae Takaichi • Telegraph • weird)

Starting this fall, you’ll be able to take a Pokémon Jet flight to Japan

Casey Baseel
Aug 27, 2026

ANA announces new international routes for its Pokémon Jet collaboration.

Japan
(Air travel • airlines • airplanes • airports • ANA • anime • awesome • cool • cute • Haneda • Japan travel • manga • Narita • Pikachu • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video games)

Starbucks Japan adds a gooey sweet potato Frappuccino to its menu this autumn

Oona McGee
Aug 27, 2026

New drinks showcase the delicious taste and texture of cold potatoes.

Japan
(autumn • beni haruka • cakes • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • tea)

Godiva Japan hops into tsukimi season with bunny and moon-themed chocolate assortments

Krista Rogers
Aug 27, 2026

Godiva Japan’s Autumn Collection is inspired by Japan’s seasonal moon-viewing tradition.

Japan
(autumn • chocolate • dessert • fall • Godiva • Luxury • moon • otsukimi • rabbit • sweets)

Domino’s puts a new spin on moon viewing with Tsukimi dango-inspired tarts in Japan

Oona McGee
Aug 27, 2026

Fusing an old food tradition with a thoroughly modern one.

Japan
(COK • crazy • Domino's • Domino's Japan • Domino's Pizza Japan • egg tarts • eggs • fast food • food • moon viewing • pizza • SNJO • taste test • tsukimi • tsukimi food • weird)

Tokaido Lumière Express: Stay overnight inside the Shinkansen from Osaka to Tokyo

Oona McGee
Aug 27, 2026

For about 2,000 yen more than a regular reserved seat, you can spend the night on board the bullet train instead of paying for a hotel.

Japan
(bullet train • bullet trains • Central Japan Railway • Central Japan Railway Company • Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • JR • JR Central • news • Osaka • overnight trains • shinkansen • Tokaido Shinkansen • Tokyo • tourism • trains • travel)

McDonald’s Japan reveals exclusive new Tsukimi moon viewing collection for 2026

Oona McGee
Aug 26, 2026

The moon rises at McDonald’s with eight limited-edition items on the menu, including a sukiyaki burger.

Japan
(burgers • commercials • fast food • food • Japanese commercials • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • tsukimi • tsukimi burgers)

Japan approves foreign resident visa renewal fee increases of up to 967 percent, starts soon

Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2026

Fee for permanent residency jumps 1,900 percent.

Japan
(COK • foreigners in Japan • Japan permanent residency • Japan visa • Japanese visa • Japanese visas • Living in Japan • permanent residency • permanent resident status • society • visa • visa fees • visas)

Starbucks Japan adds new Customisation Bar to stores, with free ways to hack your food and drink orders

Oona McGee
Aug 26, 2026

New bar helps to create up to 5.27 million possible combinations.

Japan
(customisation • customization • customized drinks • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • hacks • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Starbucks • Starbucks customization • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • tea)

Ministop brings bulked up Okinawan-style rice balls to mainland Japan for one week only

Elliot Hale
Aug 26, 2026

If you’re craving massive meals on a budget, portion-boosted convenience store foods are the way to go.

Japan
(COK • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • food • Japanese convenience stores • mapo tofu • Ministop • P.K. Sanjun • peperoncino • SNJO • spam musubi • upsize)

Dragon Ball Z theme park, financed by Saudi Arabia, to be built in France

Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2026

“You know of my interest in mangas,” says French president.

C Asia, Europe, Japan
(Amusement Parks • anime • COK • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Z • france • manga • paris • Saudi Arabia • theme parks)

Japan tripled its departure tax to fund tourism but is using the money on cherry blossoms and bears

Oona McGee
Aug 26, 2026

Questions are being raised over whether money from foreign tourists is being used as intended.

Japan
(bears • departure tax • government • government funding • Japanese Government • news • sakura • tax)

Amid foreign sex tourist rise, Japanese government considering outlawing paying for prostitution

Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2026

No selling should also mean no buying, expert panel says.

Japan
(COK • crime • law • prostitution • Prostitution Prevention Law • society)

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