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Shrimp nuggets returning to McDonald’s Japan menu with a special surprise

• Master Blaster
  Sep 16, 2025
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We have good reason to believe they’re plump.

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• Japan
• (fast food • food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McNuggets • Puripuri Ebi Purio • Shrimp)

Mountain climber in Nagano reaches summit and throws back out tying shoelaces

• Master Blaster
  Sep 16, 2025

Another case for Back to the Future auto shoes.

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• Japan
• (COK • hiking • Mount Tsubakuro • mountain climbing • Mountains • Nagano • outdoors • rescue • shoelaces)

Craft your own edible Mt. Fuji with Yamanashi’s Blue Udon

• Master Blaster
  Sep 15, 2025

Udon is going through its blue period.

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• Japan
• (blue • food • Fujisan Product • Mt. Fuji • Noodles • souvenirs • udon • Yamanashi)

Japanese police to use AI to search social media posts for potential terrorists

• Master Blaster
  Sep 15, 2025

Officer AI is expected to patrol feeds next year.

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• Japan
• (AI • crime • National Police Agency • police • social media • technology • terrorism)

Back to the Future burgers coming to J.S. Burgers Cafe for film’s 40th anniversary

• Master Blaster
  Sep 14, 2025

The Power of Beef.

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• Japan
• (back to the future • Biff Tannen • burgers • food • J.S. Burgers Cafe • Marty McFly • movies • restaurants)

Bonsai-tree-flavored gin on sale now

• Master Blaster
  Sep 14, 2025

I think that I shall never see a drink as lovely as a bonsai tree.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • bonsai • gin • Matsuba Gin • Matsubacha • Matsubaraya • Pine • pine needles • SiCX • tea • Tradman's Bonsai • trees)

Horribly translated movie titles strike again on the Japanese release of Anything for Jackson

• Master Blaster
  Sep 13, 2025

Anything for a buck.

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• Japan
• (Anything for Jackson • business • Conjuring • Horror • movie titles • movies • The Devil Made Me Do It • translation)

Osaka city employee suspended and demoted for verbally abusing boss

• Master Blaster
  Sep 13, 2025

Great, just give him more bosses to abuse…

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• Japan
• (city employees • culture • Osaka • Osaka dialect • power harassment • Toyonaka • verbal abuse)

Nearly 75% of store clerks in Japan feel stress from earphones on customers, according to survey

• Master Blaster
  Sep 12, 2025

But earphones don’t stress people out; people do.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • customer service • earphones • headphones • Lalande • Softbank • Surveys)

7-Eleven showcases its newest robots for cleaning, stocking, and customer service

• Master Blaster
  Sep 12, 2025

Can going robotic ease convenience stores’ profitability blues?

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • business • convenience stores • employment • Family mart • labor shortage • Lawson • robots)

Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo subway line to promote his newest album

• Master Blaster
  Sep 12, 2025

The train line has nothing special to plug at the moment though.

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• Japan
• (Ed Sheeran • events • music • Odeo Line • Oh! Ed! • play • subways • Toei • Tokyo)

The curious case of the 7-month-old milk that tasted fine and didn’t make anyone sick

• Master Blaster
  Sep 12, 2025

No one’s crying over expired milk this time.

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• Japan
• (Amagasaki • expiration date • Hyogo • labeling • milk • pasteurization • safety • school lunches • UHT sterilization)

Food Triathlon eating challenge accepting all comers at Yamaguchi restaurant this autumn

• Master Blaster
  Sep 11, 2025

A grueling challenge that requires you to be in peak eating condition.

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• Japan
• (competitive eating • eating contest • Food Triathlon • kara-age • ramen • Shoku no Triathlon • tonkatsu • Ube • Yamaguchi)

Contest underway for Pikachu Tokyo Banana 4-piece cushion set

• Master Blaster
  Sep 10, 2025

You can only enter and hope this Pikachu chooses you.

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• Japan
• (cakes • contest • cushions • food • nanab berry • Pikachu • pillows • Pokemon • snacks • Tokyo Banana)

Bruno Mars to hold fireworks shows in Saitama and Osaka this November

• Master Blaster
  Sep 9, 2025

Fireworks that are too good to say goodbye to.

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• Japan
• (Bruno Mars • entertainment • events • fireworks • music • Osaka • Saitama • Saitama Stadium 2002 • Sennan Long Park • The Bruno Mars Fireworks Show)

Cup Noodle releases extremely modified versions of their original flavors【Taste test】

• Master Blaster
  Sep 9, 2025

Cup Noodle like you’ve never tasted before.

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• Japan
• (Cup Noodle • Instant Ramen • makaizo • monjayaki • motsunabe • Nissin)

4-meter-tall smooshy robot and friends coming to the Osaka Expo

• Master Blaster
  Sep 9, 2025

Its four giant arms are all the better to hug you with.

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • Asratec • Halmonia Compass • Hidetaka Tenjin • HL-Zero • Nyusuke • Pneumatic Bot • robots • technology)

Astrologer arrested for running fake investment scheme worth approx. 2 billion yen

• Master Blaster
  Sep 8, 2025

The stars were finally aligned against the scammer.

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• Japan
• (astrologers • astrology • crime • crystals • fraud • investment fraud)

Buying a Dream Candle to cheer up a lonely birthday in a gloomy hotel room

• Master Blaster
  Sep 8, 2025

Add a touch of pyrotechnics to your special day.

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• Japan
• (Birthday • candles • Don Quijote • Dream Candle Deluxe • hotels • Ikuna Kamezawa • shopping • travel)

Dom Dom Burger releasing Power-Ranger-themed Super Sentai Burger

• Master Blaster
  Sep 6, 2025

Try not to get any sauce on your spandex or rubber monster suits.

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• Japan
• (Dom Dom Burger • Domzou • fast food • food • hamburgers • Himitsu Sentai Gorenger • power rangers • Super Sentai • tokusatsu)

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