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New gacha toy makes a weirdly cute addition to our desks and keeps our bottle caps safe

• CJ
  Apr 22, 2019
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Never lose a bottle cap again with a Bottle Cap Cat!

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • cat toys • collectibles • gacha • gacha games • weird)

Remote airport in Shimane serves up the best honey in all Japan: Airport Honey!

• Master Blaster
  Apr 22, 2019

A hidden gem in Japan’s countryside offers a taste you’ll never forget.

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• Japan
• (Airport Honey • bees • food • Hagi Iwami Airport • honey • pizza • Shimane • SNJO • travel)

Japanese netizens dismayed at abysmal win rate of Pepsi Japan’s rock-paper-scissors promotion

• Koh Ruide
  Apr 22, 2019

Not surprising considering the chances of winning is less than one percent.

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• Japan
• (campaign • Japanese Twitter • Keisuke Honda • outrageous • pepsi • Pepsi Japan Cola • promotion • Rock paper scissor)

Japanese netizen takes photo of cuddly foxes, draws burly monstrosity out of it

• Koh Ruide
  Apr 22, 2019

Internet names it “Muscle Fox”, pits it against “Macho Right Hook Dog”.

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• Japan
• (dog • fight • fox • funny • Humor • Japanese Twitter • muscles • Shiba Inu)

“Students are only allowed three sneezes in class” Japanese people share their worst school rules

• Scott Wilson
  Apr 22, 2019

Things are so bad, an organization was formed to investigate these ridiculous rules.

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• Japan
• (black companies • dress code • hair color • Japanese high school • japanese school • middle school • school rules • sneezing)

Looking for a unique afternoon tea in Tokyo? Have a picnic indoors at Fruit Picnic in Harajuku

• CJ
  Apr 21, 2019

Relax on a lawn and enjoy some good food without having to actually sit outside.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • cafe • fruit • garden • Harajuku • picnic • strawberries)

Japanese convenience stores want you to be honest and request to pay higher sales tax rate

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 21, 2019

Soon, some shoppers will be expected to say “Excuse me, but please charge me more.”

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• Japan
• (COK • consumption tax • convenience stores • sales tax • shopping • society • taxes • weird)

You could be renting this 300-year-old samurai era house in Japan right now

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 20, 2019

”Just about the best-condition 300-year-old property you’ll ever find,” boasts realtor.

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• Japan
• (apartments • Chiba • cool • history • houses • Living in Japan)

30 ways people keep reacting to our born-in-America returnee Japanese writer

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 20, 2019

After spending his first few years living in the U.S., he’s spent the rest of his life answering the same questions over and over.

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• Japan, USA
• (COK • internationalism • kikoku shijo • returnees • SNOJ • society)

Detective Pikachu makes his Pokémon Cafe debut with new menu items for the live-action sleuth

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 20, 2019

The first-ever live-action Pokémon movie is getting a special salute from Tokyo’s permanent Poké-eatery.

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• Japan
• (anime • Detective Pikachu • food • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Cafe • restaurants • themed restaurants • video games)

One graffiti artist to be honored by Tokyo while another graffiti artist sits in jail

• Master Blaster
  Apr 20, 2019

Tokyo governor sends clear message never to vandalize…unless you’re the toast of the art world.

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• Japan
• (art • Banksy • graffiti • Paul Han • Tokyo • Yuriko Koike)

Foreign workers being hired for Fukushima nuclear power plant decommissioning project

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 20, 2019

Tokyo Electric Power Company plans to use new visa rules to add foreign staff to its 2011 earthquake/tsunami cleanup efforts.

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• Japan
• (2011 earthquake and tsunami • 3.11 • COK • earthquake • Fukushima • Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant • nuclear energy • nuclear power plant • TEPCO • Tohoku earthquake and tsunami • Tokyo Electric Power Company • tsunami • visas • working in Japan)

Five members of the Bad Lobster biker group arrested by Ebina police

• Master Blaster
  Apr 19, 2019

Residents live in mild fear of the gang and hope their daughters never bring a Bad Lobster home for dinner.

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• Japan
• (biker gangs • bosozoku • crime • ebi • Ebina • Kanagawa • lobster • Shrimp)

Lone Wolf and Cub’s Kazuo Koike passes away, final tweet is a salute to his manga rival

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 19, 2019

Unabashed lifelong otaku’s final online words express admiration for another recently departed anime/manga legend.

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• Anime & Manga, Japan
• (anime • Kazuo Koike • Lone Wolf and Cub • lupin III • manga • Monkey Punch)

Handsome Japanese YouTuber surprises fans with photos of his “dorky” high school self

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 19, 2019

Relationship advice YouTuber changed his whole look in very little time.

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• Japan
• (fashion • Handsome men • makeover • YouTubers)

Japan’s amazing wisteria flowers are here to make us all forget about the cherry blossoms【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 19, 2019

Amazing garden’s massive 150 year-old flowering ofuji looks more beautiful than ever.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • flowers • gardens • nature • parks • Tochigi • wisteria)

Giga Big Mac returns to McDonald’s Japan, along with Grand Big Mac and new Big Mac Jr【Taste Test】

• Dale Roll
  Apr 19, 2019

What’s the difference between the regular Big Mac, the Big Mac Junior, the Grand Big Mac, and the Giga Big Mac?

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• Japan
• (Big Mac • fast food • Giga Big Mac • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan)

“We wasted so much time in English class” — Japanese Twitter user points out major teaching flaw

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 19, 2019

One simple chart could have made all the difference.

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• Japan
• (COK • education • english language • Japanese language • linguistics • phonics • teaching English)

One-man anime creator is back with a staff and a beautiful new video with two cool twists

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 19, 2019

This schoolgirl doesn’t meet the boy you’d think she would, and she’s not who you expect either.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautful • line • loudraw • Makoto Shinkai • video)

“Women, go back to the kitchen” command misogynistic election banners seen in Okinawa

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 18, 2019

Female candidate and male opponent denounce classless political message.

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• Japan
• (election • gender • Okinawa • politicians • politics)

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