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2026 (Page 30)
Starbucks Japan releases new Discovery Series collection celebrating local regions and traditions
- Oona McGee
Jul 18, 2026 - Tweet
Get a taste of local culture with a new souvenir range that captures the unique charms of Japan’s regions.
- Japan
- (Discovery Series • drinkware • limited edition • merchandise • mugs • regional exclusive • regional souvenirs • souvenir • souvenirs • Starbucks • Starbucks Discovery Series • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • tumblers)
Japan now has human refrigerators inspired by Japanese vending machines
- Oona McGee
Jul 18, 2026
Could this be the way of the future as people around the world adapt to rising temperatures?
- Japan
- (cool • crazy • Do Hiemon Box • fridges • heatstroke • human refrigerator • Japanese vending machines • news • summer • technology • vending machines)
Mass murder plot stopped by friend of Akihabara mass murderer
- Master Blaster
Jul 17, 2026
A friend to the friendless.
- Japan
- (Akihabara Massacre • crime • murder • Shuitsu Otomo • Tokyo • Tomohiro Kato • Toyama)
Defacing the Japanese flag is now a crime, says government, punishable by up to two years in jail
- Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2026
Causing “unpleasantness” could put you behind bars.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • flag • Japanese flag • Japanese flag law • laws • society)
After job-quitting service, leave-of-absence-request proxy service sees rising demand in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2026
Sometimes you need to tell your bosses you need a break, but you need someone else to be the one to tell them.
- Japan
- (job-quitting service • kyushoku daiko • leave of absence • mental healthm • society • taishoku daiko • weird • working in Japan)
Baskin-Robbins Japan’s semi-secret affogato is a perfect mix of fun and fancy [Taste test]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2026
Not every Baskin-Robbins Japan branch has it, but it’s very much worth tracking down.
- Japan
- (affogato • Baskin Robbins • Baskin-Robbins Japan • coffee • COK • drinks.espresso • food • ice cream • SNJO • sweets • Thirsty-one)
Teen girl in Japan refuses to be victim, personally escorts train pervert to police for arrest
- Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2026
Things did not turn out how this creep had planned.
Hatsune Miku collaborates with Hokusai’s art in new Vocaloid ukiyo-e illustration series [Pics]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2026
The styles of six virtual idols, one modern-day illustrator, and one legend of Japanese art history come together in beautiful ways.
- Japan
- (anime • art • Hatsune Miku • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • manga • The Great Wave • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji • ukiyo-e • virtual idols • woodblock paintings • woodblock prints)
Is Japan’s tourism boom slowing down? Foreign visitor numbers fall for first time in five years
- Oona McGee
Jul 17, 2026
New report shows a worrying trend, but is it the beginning of the end for Japan’s popularity as a tourist destination?
- Japan
- (foreign tourists • hotels • Japan travel • jnto • news • tourism • tourists • travel)
Tokyo and Osaka make it into this year’s EIU ranking of the world’s Top Ten Most Liveable Cities
- Krista Rogers
Jul 16, 2026
Plus, we share our recommendations for off-the-beaten-path places to visit in each of them.
- Japan
- (Economist • Global Liveability Index • lifestyle • living • Most Liveable Cities • Osaka • ranking • Tokyo)
Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea raising ticket prices, free Fast Pass ending next month
- Casey Baseel
Jul 16, 2026
New economic realities are coming to the place that bills itself as the land of dreams.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • COK • Disney • Disney Sea • Disneyland • Japan travel • Oriental Land • theme parks • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland • tourism • travel)
Kyushu yakisoba Sofuren’s new food truck ventures into the Kanto region for the first time
- Krista Rogers
Jul 16, 2026
This “Kyushu soul food” also has a fun connection to the creator of a manga/anime series of titanic proportions.
- Japan
- (Attack on Titan • food • food truck • Hajime Isayama • Hita • Kanto • Kyushu • Oita Prefecture • Sofuren • yakisoba)
7-Eleven Japan releases new sandwich that technically contains fruit but isn’t a fruit sandwich
- Oona McGee
Jul 16, 2026
Japanese convenience store chain makes us rethink the fruit sando with a beautiful new release.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • avocado • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • fruit sando • fruit sandwiches • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese fruit sandwiches • Japanese sandwich • Japanese sandwiches • sandwiches)
Starbucks Japan adds new Frappuccino, Tea, and Chillax Soda to its limited-edition summer menu
- Oona McGee
Jul 16, 2026
Exclusive drinks showcase two fruits, done three ways.
- Japan
- (Chillax Soda • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • mango • orange • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • tea)
Evangelion beautifully reimagined as iconic classical Japanese folding screen art series [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 16, 2026
Fujin and Raijin take a break and leave divine duties up to the Eva units.
- Japan
- (anime • culture • Evangelion • Fujin • Fujin Raijin • history • manga • Raijin • ukiyo-eart • Wind God and Thunder God)
Studio Ghibli releases huge new wooden clip collection featuring 25 anime movies
- Oona McGee
Jul 16, 2026
From Nausicaä to Earwig and the Witch, this collection celebrates all but one of Ghibli’s major feature films.
- Japan
- (anime • anime movies • clips • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • wood • wooden)
Shinkansen trial of moderately air conditioned cars draws mixed reactions from travellers
- Oona McGee
Jul 16, 2026
Some passengers are grateful for the warmer carriages, while others say they’re the last thing Japan needs during an excruciatingly hot summer.
- Japan
- (Air conditioning • bullet train • heatstroke • Japan Railways • Japanese trains • JR Central • JR West • moderately air conditioned car • railways • Sanyo • Sanyo Shinkansen • shinkansen • Tokaido • Tokaido Line • Tokaido Shinkansen • trains • travel • weak air conditioning)
Japan has otaku/fan event insurance to cover oshikatsu expenses when events are cancelled
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2026
If you don’t want to travel if you can’t see your oshi, JCB understands.
Can instant TKG from Don Quijote really recreate Japan’s beloved raw-egg-on-rice dish?
- Oona McGee
Jul 15, 2026
“TKG Anywhere in Seconds!?” promises to taste like tamago kake gohan, so we put it to the test.
- Japan
- (Don Quijote • eggs • food • how to • Japanese food • recipes • SNJO • tamago kake gohan • taste test • TKG)
Japan now has a takoyaki sandwich…created by a Michelin-listed restaurant
- Oona McGee
Jul 15, 2026
Osaka’s popular street food gets a new life in sandwich form.
- Japan
- (food • Japanese sandwiches • Japanese street food • Michelin • Michelin restaurant • octopus balls • octopus dumplings • Osaka • restaurants • sandwich • sandwiches • SNJO • street food • takoyaki • weird food)
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Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
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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
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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