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Anime cosplayer burglar arrested in Japan, can’t stop dressing up/stealing
- Casey Baseel
Mar 15, 2019 - Tweet
”Get in the damn prison cell, Shinji!”
- Japan
- (anime • burglary • COK • cosplay • crazy • crime • Evangelion • Fukuoka • Spider-Man • weird)
Our lovestruck reporter tries to make a batch of cookies for his girlfriend for Japan’s White Day
- Casey Baseel
Mar 15, 2019
After getting love-dovey Valentine’s Day chocolate for the first time in his life, Seiji steps into the SoraKitchen to make cookies that require no butter or liquid.
- Japan
- (COK • cookies • Find Seiji a Girlfriend Project • funny • moving • recipe • relationships • romance • SNOJ • SoraKitchen • tofu • touching • Valentine's Day • white day)
Rich and bald or handsome and poor? Survey asks Japanese women who’d they’d rather marry
- Casey Baseel
Mar 15, 2019
Does a thick wad of bills make up for a thin head of hair?
New cyberpunk maid cafe opens in Akihabara, Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Mar 15, 2019
Japanese maids in thigh-high stockings are ready to take you to the year 2045.
- Japan
- (Akiba Zettai Ryoiki • Akihabara • cafes • cosplay • Kawaii • maid cafes • maids • moe • otaku)
Japanese Internet mythbusting: Can a corn dog soaking in energy drink charge a smartphone?
- Master Blaster
Mar 15, 2019
It’s a SoraScience experiment as we test out a piece of viral Internet trivia from Japan.
- Japan
- (American dog • charger • COK • corn dog • energy drinks • experiment • funny • iPhone • monster • mythbusting • science • Smartphones • SNO • SoraScience)
Panda sightings in Tokyo cause frenzy on social media
- Oona McGee
Mar 15, 2019
After reading reports of an escaped panda on the streets of Tokyo, we headed out to find out what was going on.
- Japan
- (animals • COK • cute • Kawaii • marketing • news • Olympic Park • Oreo • Oreos • panda • pandas • SNOJ • zoos)
Four pieces of important advice for foreigners in Japan moving from the countryside to Tokyo
- Koh Ruide
Mar 15, 2019
These tips will prepare you for a smooth transition from rural to urban living.
- Japan
- (advice • countryside • foreigners in Japan • Lifehacks • moving • rural life • SNO • Tokyo • urban living • working in Japan)
Totoro cream puffs come to the Ghibli Museum neighbourhood with exclusive new Catbus cookie
- Oona McGee
Mar 15, 2019
We visit the new Shirohige’s Cream Puff Factory in Tokyo and try the very special Rum Raisin Catbus you can’t get anywhere else.
- Japan
- (Catbus • COK • cookies • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • SNO • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Totoro)
Idol singer mega-group AKB48 cancels annual General Election following string of scandals
- Casey Baseel
Mar 14, 2019
Event will be skipped for the first time in 10 years, leaving fans to find some other way to throw money at their favorite idol units.
- Japan
- (AKB48 • AKB48 General Election • idol singers • Idols • music • scandal)
Barely half of Japanese men in survey will give thank-you gift to women for Valentine’s chocolate
- Casey Baseel
Mar 14, 2019
Richer men in study found to spend less per-gift than their poorer counterparts.
- Japan
- (chocolate • COK • obligation chocolate • society • survey • Valentine's Day • white day)
New Yahoo! News Juice bar in Harajuku squeezes headlines to make your free custom drink
- Katy Kelly
Mar 14, 2019
The latest pop-up Tokyo juice bar grants you a custom juice based on a Yahoo! News article, its comments and post date!
Wrinkly Pikachu cookies are the latest Japanese interpretation of Ryan Reynold’s CG Pikachu
- Casey Baseel
Mar 14, 2019
Edible fan art comes after the latest preview taste of the live-action Detective Pokémon movie.
- Japan
- (anime • cookies • cute • Detective Pikachu • food • funny • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games • weird • Wrinkly Pikachu)
Sakura in Japan 2019: The best spots for hanami cherry blossom viewing
- Oona McGee
Mar 14, 2019
People in Japan cast their vote for their favourite hanami spot and the places where they most want to see sakura before they die.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • hanami • sakura • travel)
Godiva Japan unveils beautiful cherry blossom party cake, but you won’t find it at fancy stores
- Casey Baseel
Mar 14, 2019
Gourmet chocolatier is selling its mouthwatering sakura/matcha combo where ordinary people go to satisfy their sweet tooth.
- Japan
- (cake • cherry blossoms • chocolate • convenience stores • Godiva • green tea • hanami • Lawson • matcha • sakura • sweets)
“Rabbits are liquid?” Escape artist bunny breaks free of its cage in Japan【Video】
- Shannon McNaught
Mar 14, 2019
It turns out rabbits are pretty small under all that fluff.
Cheap, casual restaurant Gusto offers beautiful spring sweets using gourmet Uji green tea
- Kay
Mar 14, 2019
Enjoy these lovely desserts made with green tea from Kyoto’s Uji City this spring, and without spending a fortune!
- Japan
- (family restaurant • family restaurants • green tea • Gusto • matcha • restaurants • sweets • Tsuijiriichihonten • Uji)
Pepsi’s new Japan Cola has a special ingredient: one of Japan’s most delicious sweets seasonings
- Casey Baseel
Mar 14, 2019
Japan-exclusive soft drink has a citrus finish, but it’s not from oranges, lemons, or limes.
- Japan
- (COK • Cola • drinks • pepsi • Pepsi Japan Cola • soft drinks • Suntory • yuzu)
Japanese exchange student sparks culture debate on Twitter with comment about American clothing
- Dale Roll
Mar 14, 2019
How much can the way a country’s citizens dress say about that country?
- Japan, USA
- (American culture • COK • culture shock • exchange students • internationalism • society • studying abroad)
Japanese former adult video actress Sola Aoi is pregnant, shares maternity photos
- Casey Baseel
Mar 13, 2019
”Seriously?” asks internationally famous actress, who’s shocked every time she takes a bath at how quickly her body is changing, but knows it’s for not just one, but two special reasons.
Sega suspends sales of yakuza video game after actor/musician is arrested on cocaine charges
- Casey Baseel
Mar 13, 2019
It’s one thing to play a crime boss in a game, but when the real life actor starts breaking the law, Sega is ready to pull the plug.
- Japan
- (crime • Drugs • Judge Eyes • Judgement • Masanori Taki • Pierre Taki • scandal • Sega • video games • yakuza)
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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
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
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
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
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Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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