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7-Eleven Japan wants to stop selling adult magazines, cites concern for foreigners, female customers

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 22, 2019
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Company cites desire to avoid giving Japan a bad reputation as visitors from overseas come for the Tokyo Olympics.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • conveneince stores • Family mart • foreigners in Japan • Lawson • magazines • society)

Man arrested for buying cup meant for 100-yen coffee but pouring 150-yen latte into it

• Koh Ruide
  Jan 22, 2019

Sneaky upgrade in coffee quality incurs the wrath of the law.

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• Japan
• (cafe latte • coffee • convenience store • crime • Japanese Twitter • stealing)

New Pokémon dress shirt line lets you dress like an adult in the company of all 151 Kanto species

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 22, 2019

Wearing a suit to the office isn’t so bad when you’ve got Pikachu, Eevee, and your other Pokémon pals with you.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cute • dress shirts • fashion • Original Stitch • Pikachu • Pokemon • shirts • video games)

We try the new teriyaki burgers from McDonald’s Japan 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 22, 2019

How do they stack up against the original Teriyaki McBurger?

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• Japan
• (burgers • fast food • food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • RNO • taste test • teriyaki • teriyaki burger • Teriyaki McBurger)

Japanese netizens scurry to leave comments on possible Tokyo Banksy rat graffiti

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 22, 2019

Japan took to the Internet to share memes, get cheesed off over politics and chew over the big question: how old is this rat sketch, anyway?

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• Japan
• (Banksy • Google Street View • memes • rat with umbrella • street art • Tokyo City • Yuriko Koike)

Shake Shack Japan unveils new sakura cherry blossom drinks for 2019

• Oona McGee
  Jan 22, 2019

The Shack-ura Shake now comes in two different flavours for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • drinks • fast food • limited edition • sakura • Shake Shack • Shakura)

Japanese women encouraged to give boyfriends sexy underwear and loaf of bread for Valentine’s Day

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 22, 2019

The Pan Pan present set is a steamy, strange way to show your affection this February.

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• Japan
• (bread • COK • fashion • funny • Handsome men • underwear • Valentine's Day • weird)

Instant karma on the streets of Japan as jackass motorcyclist shows the essence of “dasai”【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 22, 2019

Come for the twist ending, stay for a useful Japanese vocabulary lesson.

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• Japan
• (accident • cars • crazy • funny • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • motorcycles • video)

J-Pop singer to perform song written and composed by the emperor and empress at upcoming ceremony

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 22, 2019

Singer Daichi Miura of Dragon Ball Super fame is selected to perform a song created by some unlikely collaborators–the Imperial Family of Japan.
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• Japan
• (abdication • Akihito • Daichi Miura • Emperor • empress • Michiko • music)

Bizarre English test in Japan asks students about winged vegetables, launches new meme

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 21, 2019

Say hello to the Four Heavenly Kings of Center Listening.

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• Japan
• (Center Test • crazy • education • english language • entrance exams • funny • illustration • linguistics • schools • universities • weird)

Japanese teacher punches high school boy in the face, social media is still on his side【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 21, 2019

“Well, yeah, of course you’re gonna get punched if you talk to someone that way.”

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• (Corporal punishment • education • high school • scandal • schools • Teachers • video • violence)

Tech geek heaven: Japan’s first do-it-yourself keyboard specialist shop opens in Akihabara

• Koh Ruide
  Jan 21, 2019

Design a truly unique keyboard just for you.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • calculator • cool • customization • keyboard • personalize)

Taste the Earth with Japan’s new Sublime Volcanic KitKats

• Oona McGee
  Jan 21, 2019

We try the newest sensation in the sweets world: chocolate made from volcanoes.

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• Japan
• (chocolates • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kat Chocolatory • Kit Kats • Sublime Volcanic • volcanic chocolate)

Japanese netizens thrilled at the prospect of wielding adamantine claws like a certain superhero

• Koh Ruide
  Jan 21, 2019

And all for just 55 bucks.

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• Japan
• (Amazon • characters • claws • cool • Japanese Twitter • Wolverine)

Osaka police on the lookout for guy calling himself “Tights World”

• Master Blaster
  Jan 21, 2019

It’s the burning question on everyone’s lips: Who is Tights World?

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• Japan
• (crime • denier • Nishiyodogawa • Osaka • police • tights • Tights World)

Member of yakuza arrested for having honest job, dishonest application

• Dale Roll
  Jan 21, 2019

60-year-old man’s application paperwork lands him in trouble.

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• Japan
• (arrest • Organized crime • part time job • police • post office • yakuza)

Internet cafe now offering free, all-you-can-eat bread and fries every morning to customers

• Koh Ruide
  Jan 21, 2019

Fill that tummy and start your day strong for zero yen.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • bread • free • fries • internet cafe • Kaikatsu Club)

Still using water to make your instant noodles? You’re missing out on amazing green tea noodles!

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2019

We taste test a brand-new way to make the age-old favorite food of students, loafers, and busy people.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • life hacks • Seiji Nakazawa • SNOJ • soba • SoraKitchen • taste test)

Can you guess what celebrity snuck into this Japanese Coming of Age Day photo?

• Master Blaster
  Jan 20, 2019

Twitter user’s fun experiment in style grabs the attention of the actual celebrity photoshopped into the image above.

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• Japan
• (Coming of Age Day • fashion • Kitakyushu • music • X Japan • Yoshiki)

Japanese subway conductor sues city for legal right for his beard to exist, monetary compensation

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2019

Verdict handed down in multi-year fight between facial hair and Municipal Transportation Bureau.

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• Japan
• (beards • COK • government • grooming • lawsuit • Osaka • society • subways • trains • weird)

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