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Does Comiket need to revise its booth code system for foreigners who don’t understand Japanese?

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 19, 2020
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Fan thinks Japanese linguistic stubbornness is limiting the potential audience of Japan’s artists and creators.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Comiket • dojinshi • Japanese language • linguistics • manga • society)

Japanese newspaper issues correction over hilarious Harry and Meghan photo

• Oona McGee
  Jan 19, 2020

When you can’t tell the difference between fiction and real life.

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• Japan
• (British Royal Family • Meghan Markle • news • newspapers • Prince Harry • royal family)

Counting sheep to get to sleep may work after all, unless you speak Japanese

• Master Blaster
  Jan 18, 2020

Japanese children’s book suggests we might have been doing it wrong all this time.

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• Global, Japan
• (Arabic • counting sheep • English • insomnia • Japanese • language • life hacks • linguistics • pronunciation • sleep)

Eat your burger with a Japanese sword at Shogun Burger in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Jan 18, 2020

Each blade is made by a craftsman from Seki using centuries-old traditional swordsmithing techniques.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • cool • fast food • food • hamburgers • Kabukicho • Katana • samurai • shinjuku • shogun • SNJO • swords • Tokyo)

It’s a cherry blossom party in your mouth with sakura matcha Pocky!

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2020

Sakura are ready to bloom on your taste buds even before the start of spring.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • food • Glico • green tea • matcha • Pocky • sakura • sweets)

Survey says more than 70 percent of Japanese people think gender inequality exists in Japan

• Dale Roll
  Jan 18, 2020

But it’s not just women who feel that way; a majority of men think so, too.

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• Japan
• (gender inequality • gender roles • men and women. • society • survey • working in Japan • workplace)

Hundreds of otaku line up to get spanked by anime voice actress at Tokyo event

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2020

Star of Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Symphogear gives a very special hello to her fans’ butts.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime songs • anisongs • Aoi Yuki • crazy • music • otaku • Puella Magi Madoka Magica • voice actors • voice actresses • weird)

New study shows wildlife thriving in areas evacuated after Fukushima nuclear meltdown【Video】

• Eli Pang
  Jan 18, 2020

As we reach almost a decade since the tragic incident which displaced over 100,000 individuals, Mother Nature makes her comeback.

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• Japan
• (2011 earthquake and tsunami • 2011 Tohoku Earthquake • animals • Fukushima • Fukushima nuclear disaster • nature • University of Georgia • video)

Fewer people committed suicide in Japan last year than in any other year on record

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2020

Suicide rate drops to historic low.

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• Japan
• (COK • mental health • society • suicide)

New ANA air pass with unlimited Japanese house rentals, multiple flights now taking applications

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 17, 2020

An amazingly affordable way to see Japan and live like a local.

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• Japan
• (Address • airlines • airplanes • All Nippon Airways • ANA • awesome • hotels • travel)

Pokémon releases ASMR videos featuring Charmander fire and snacking Chespin【Video】

• Master Blaster
  Jan 17, 2020

Gotta catch some Zzzz’s!

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• Japan
• (ASMR • Charmander • Chespin • cute • Pokemon • relaxing • videos • YouTube)

The One and Only Nose in the World – talented girl plays recorders using her nose [video]

• Katie Pask
  Jan 17, 2020

“What a waste of talent…this is awesome,” one Twitter user commented.

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• Internet, Japan
• (music • nose recorder • recorder • SMAP • twitter • unusual instruments • unusual musicians • video)

The weird and wonderful things you’ll find at Japanese love hotels【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Jan 17, 2020

Trending hashtag reveals some interesting quirks that guests have come across during their short-term stays.

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• Japan
• (dating • love • love hotel • love hotels • romance • society • trending • twitter)

Doll otaku’s plastic bedmate gets loving hospitality from beautiful Japanese hot spring inn

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 17, 2020

Traditional ryokan in onsen resort town wants to make sure both guests sleep tight.

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• Japan
• (customer service • dolls • futon • hospitality • hot springs • Japanese inns • onsen • otaku • ryokan • travel • Yufuin)

Japanese airline still using some startling old, almost 20-year-old computer tech, traveler learns

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 17, 2020

Air carrier has stuck with its airport OS for longer than just about any private PC user.

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• Japan
• (airlines • airplanes • crazy • Skymark • technology • travel)

Why throw away your leftover ramen broth when you can use it to make awesome ramen rice instead?

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 17, 2020

Hop into the SoraKitchen with us for a super-easy way to supercharge your rice cooker cooking.

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• Japan
• (awesome • clever • COK • cooking • ramen • rice • SNJO • SoraKitchen)

Try this netizen’s “secret menu” item beef bowl at Yoshinoya, if only to see what the heck it’s about

• Dale Roll
  Jan 17, 2020

This “secret menu” is really more of an alternate style of beef bowl.

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• Japan
• (beef bowl • Japanese food • Japanese Twitter • secret menu • weird • Yoshinoya)

In search of Japan’s hidden double pay phones

• Master Blaster
  Jan 16, 2020

And you’ll need to find them all for 100-percent completion of Japan.

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• Japan
• (Aomori • Duet Phone • Kagawa • kawasaki • pay phones • public phones • rare spots • Shimane • travel • Yamaguchi)

Shinkansen tale of crying baby, grumpy man, and clever attendant warms Japanese internet’s heart

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 16, 2020

“I can’t sleep with this noisy kid crying!”

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• Japan
• (bullet train • clever • COK • kids • moving • shinkansen • touching • trains • travel)

Universal Studios Japan’s Super Nintendo World preview shows fans busting moves, mystery block

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 16, 2020

Electropop outfit Galantis and pop singer Charli XCX made a Mario-influenced bop to promote USJ’s latest land!

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• Japan
• (Charli XCX • cute • Galantis • Mario • Mario Kart • music • Super Mario • Super Nintendo World • theme parks • Universal Studios Japan • USJ)

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  3. Godzilla becomes a Japanese randoseru backpack, as do two of his greatest rivals [Photos]
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  5. Japan’s free stock image site of muscular men doing whimsical and mundane things reveals rankings
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  2. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  3. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
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  5. Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
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  7. Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
  8. Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
  9. Starbucks Japan releases “Let’s Par-TEA!” Frappuccino and drinks for the holiday season
  10. Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing

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  1. Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  3. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  4. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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  6. Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
  7. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
  8. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  9. Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
  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
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
  5. Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
  6. Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
  9. Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
  10. Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa

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