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Vending machine selling edible bugs is an instant hit in Kumamoto, generates about $4,600 a month

• Koh Ruide
  Jan 9, 2019
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Fancy some crunchy diving beetles or irresistible pupae?

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• Japan
• (bugs • crunchy • edible insects • food • Kumamoto • Snack • vending machine)

Japan goes from capsule hotels to capsule offices with free Wi-Fi, device charging in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 9, 2019

Three of Tokyo’s most useful stations offer individual-size offices free of charge.

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• Japan
• (capsule hotels • COK • cool • free • Shinagawa Station • Shinjuku Station • SNOJ • technology • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • trains • travel • weird)

“We don’t need an age of women” Japanese commercial says, then hits actress in face with cream

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 9, 2019

“I am me” declares actress in video for department stores that’s sparking debate and controversy.

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• Japan
• (ads • controversy • crazy • cream • department stores • Sakura Ando • society • video • weird • women's rights)

We’re utterly stumped by this kids’ Spot the Difference Puzzle from a Japanese family restaurant

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 9, 2019

Our reporter challenges the Dark Souls of children’s mealtime entertainment, and enters a twisted maze of interrogations to find the answer.

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• Japan
• (brainteaser • children • kids' meal • puzzle • Saizeriya • spot the difference • Yuichiro Wasai)

Female otaku has perfectly sensible answer for when people ask why she doesn’t get a boyfriend

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 9, 2019

Dark magic and a price too great to pay are great reasons for remaining single.

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• Japan
• (anime • clever • COK • dating • Fullmetal Alchemist • funny • otaku • relationships • romance)

Artist collapses at Comiket and dies, leading brother to make a request of all anime illustrators

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 9, 2019

Message of heartfelt thanks is mixed with cautionary advice as artist passes away far too young.

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• Japan
• (anime • artists • Comiket • Winter Comiket 2019)

Turtle-shaped train station in Japan features gigantic tortoise head sticking out of its roof

• Koh Ruide
  Jan 8, 2019

Recent snappy makeover may be just the thing it needs to attract more visitors.

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• Japan
• (architecture • cool designs • cute • reptiles • tortoise • train station)

Nearly half of young Japanese women say they “hate” the company they work for in survey

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 8, 2019

Young men show more satisfaction, but it plummets once they hit a certain age.

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• Japan
• (COK • society • survey • working in Japan)

Seiji shares a very special tip to keep warm and have fun in the Japanese New Year

• Master Blaster
  Jan 8, 2019

Our esteemed writer brings us a new twist on the classic sweetness of amazake.

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• Japan
• (amazake • disaster preparedness • drinks • faucet • New Year's • plastic bottles • Seiji Nakazawa)

Drink like a fish, but with lizards and snakes, at Tokyo’s awesome reptile bar【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 8, 2019

Tea and cookies at a cat cafe too cutesy for you? We’ve got just the alternative for your next night out in Tokyo!

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• Japan
• (alcohol • animal cafes • animals • bars • COK • cool • lizards • Nakano • reptiles • snakes • SNOJ • Tokyo • weird)

Annual New Year’s post dash in Japan looks like a scene from a blockbuster film【Video】

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 8, 2019

Every year, dedicated post office workers hop on their scooters to deliver a nation’s New Year’s cards, and it’s so much fun to watch!

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• Japan
• (Japanese New Year • motorcycle • nengajo • new year cards • post office)

Origami memory jars: Japanese Twitter’s beautiful way to collect happy memories like a coin bank

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 8, 2019

A creative and decorative way to reward yourself for your hard work and remind yourself that good things can, and do, happen.

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• Japan
• (art • bautiful • clever • cool • crafts • cute • origami • society)

Adidas Shindo: Lose weight and release stress like a samurai with a wooden Japanese katana

• Oona McGee
  Jan 8, 2019

Adidas exercise class takes its moves from Japanese samurai.

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• Japan
• (Adidas • aerobics class • exercise • gym • Japanese swords • Katana • weight loss)

Turns out that mochi can be made more delicious by smothering it in creamy carbonara sauce

• Koh Ruide
  Jan 8, 2019

Simple recipe upgrades the classic carbonara pasta to stretchy proportions.

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• Japan
• (carbonara • cheesy • fusion cuisine • mochi • recipe • rice cake • SNJO • YouPouch)

Want to be popular with the ladies/men? Be good at making takoyaki, study says

• Dale Roll
  Jan 8, 2019

It seems that there’s a connection between “being good at cooking takoyaki” and “getting lots of love confessions”.

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• Japan
• (cooking • dating • food • octopus • relationships • romance • society • survey • takoyaki)

Japanese high schools stop asking students to specify their gender on application forms

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 7, 2019

Two prefectures do away with once-standard question, over two dozen more consider following their lead.

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• Japan
• (COK • entrance exams • gender • high schools • LGBT • society)

Twitter’s most retweeted tweet of all time: New record set by Zozotown billionaire Yusaku Maezawa

• Oona McGee
  Jan 7, 2019

The new world record comes with the offer of 1 million yen each for 100 lucky people.

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• Japan
• (competitions • Elon Musk • money • news • otoshidama • space • tweets • twitter • world records • yusaku maezawa • ZOZOTOWN)

Gamer in Japan turns the PlayStation Classic into a true, and awesome, portable system

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 7, 2019

Month-long modding project lets him go back to the 32-bit past on the go.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • playstation • PlayStation Classic • Sony • technology • video games)

Seiji buys an Armani lucky bag worth almost US$300, models his clothing catch

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 7, 2019

What could a lucky bag featuring one of the world’s most luxury brands possibly contain?

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• Japan
• (Armani • fukubukuro 2019 • lucky bag • luxury brand • New Year's • Seiji • SNJO)

Loving husky dog gives her owner the most enthusiastic greeting, and also the loudest

• Dale Roll
  Jan 7, 2019

When this owner returned to her hometown for a few days, her family dog’s reaction was priceless.

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• (animals • cute • dogs • funny • huskies • moving • pets • touching • video)

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