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Japanese government’s investment alligator mascot missing, possibly in hiding

• Master Blaster
  Apr 9, 2025
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Followers are demanding crocodile tears.

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• Internet, Japan
• (alligators • economy • investing • Mascots • money • NISA • stock market • Tsumitate Wanisa)

Visiting the top sakura site in Kanto…without any planning

• Oona McGee
  Apr 9, 2025

What could go wrong?

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • Gongendo • hanami • Saitama • sakura • SNJO • spring • tourist sites • travel)

Free Pokémon-catching mini game with all 151 Kanto Pokémon added to Google searches!

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2025

Pikachu, I search for you!

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• Japan
• (anime • Google • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games)

New Japanese KitKat flavours include sakura and pineapple candy

• Oona McGee
  Apr 8, 2025

Region-exclusive chocolates are the newest must-buy Osaka souvenirs.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • food • Japanese chocolate • Japanese KitKats • Kit Kat • KitKats • limited edition • marketing • Nestle • new • Osaka • pine ame • pineapple • sakura • sweets)

Sakura Ride Plan: A new way to see the best cherry blossom sites in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Apr 8, 2025

Hanami flower-viewing doesn’t get much better than this.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • cars • cherry blossoms • hanami • sakura • SNJO • taxi tour • taxis • Tokyo • tourist sites)

Starbucks releases a new Frappuccino in Japan to help us “forget about everyday life”

• Oona McGee
  Apr 8, 2025

A new drink and sweets to ease our sorrows.

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• Japan
• (cool • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • marketing • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

The beautiful booth models of the Tokyo Motorcycle Show【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Apr 8, 2025

Automotive show makes its annual visit to Tokyo with models in tow.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • booth models • cars • COK • motorcycles • SNJO • Tokyo Motorcycle Show)

Studio Ghibli releases new My Neighbour Totoro corn gift for Mother’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Apr 8, 2025

A heartwarming moment from the anime movie delivers joy in the real world.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • corn gift • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • gifts • manga • merchandise • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Starbucks Japan unveils exclusive new drinkware goods for summer

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2025

Mugs, cups and tumblers make a splash for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (cool • cups • drinkware • limited edition • mugs • Starbucks • Starbucks drinkware • Starbucks goods • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • tumblers)

The Sushiro of the future to open at the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025

• Master Blaster
  Apr 7, 2025

Great Scott! It’s Sushi to the Future!

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • COK • conveyer belt sushi • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • Expo 2025 • food • future • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • seafood • sushi • Sushiro • sustainability • technology)

Lunch fit for a samurai lord: Japanese cafes offers castle bento lunches, sells boxes too【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 7, 2025

Cafe’s location means it knows its customers will be in a samurai mood.

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• Japan
• (bento • bento boxes • castles • culture • food • history • Katana • museum • restaurants • swords • tableware)

New line of adorable Ghibli gel ink pens reminds us that being creative by hand is still special

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 7, 2025

Champion of hand-drawn animation is a fitting motif for when you want to put pen to paper.

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• Japan
• (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • pens • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Starbucks vs 7-Eleven: Which chain serves up the best acai drink in Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2025

On-trend flavour put to the test in this Smoothie-Frappuccino showdown.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • acai • COK • combini • convenience stores • drinks • food • Frappuccino • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese Frappuccino • konbini • My Fruits³ Frappuccino • smoothie • smoothies • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Purification salt for gamers who can’t handle horror games released in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Apr 6, 2025

A pyramid of salt a day keeps the Pyramid Head away.

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• Japan
• (Dai 4 Kyokai • horror games • Japanese culture • Kyofu Kokufuku Morishio • morishio • salt • Shizuoka Mokko • superstitions • video games)

Tokyo train little luxury showdown – Green Car vs. Kaiji, which is more comfortable?

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2025

The answer might depend on what kind of drink you reach for after a long day at the office.

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• Japan
• (Chuo Line • COK • East Japan Railway Company • Green Car • Japan Railway Company • JR • JR East • Ome Line • SNJO • tourism • trains • travel)

Explore Japan’s volcanic beauty at Hakone’s latest attraction

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 6, 2025

With an active volcano below and Mt. Fuji in the distance, you’ll truly be surrounded by the raw power of nature.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • Hakone • Hakone Ropeway • Kanagawa • Mt. Fuji • nature • outdoors • Owakudani • tourism • travel • volcano)

Gacha Toilets aim to offer Japanese mountain climbers relief and trinkets

• Master Blaster
  Apr 5, 2025

I gacha toilet right ‘ere, pal!

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• Japan
• (capsule machines • clever • COK • gacha machines • Gatcha Toilet • hiking • Mountains • nature • outdoors • porta-potties • Toilets)

45 years of Gundam history assemble at Uniqlo for new anime T-shirt line【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 5, 2025

Hero mecha from across decades of anime history come together for a very cool group shot.

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• Japan
• (anime • fashion • Gundam • manga • Mobile Suit Gundam • shirts • t-shirts • Uniqlo • UT • With from Mercury)

New tanuki soba specialty restaurant in Ikebukuro serves up soba with a unique taste and visuals

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 5, 2025

The noodles at Tanuki Soba wa Nomimono don’t look like any bowl of tanuki soba that we’ve ever seen, but we’re not complaining.

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• Japan
• (COK • dining • gourmet • Ikebukuro • nomimono • Noodles • Restaurant • SNJO • tanuki soba • Tokyo)

Cloud’s Final Fantasy Buster Sword is now a cat scratching pad thanks to Square Enix Pets

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 5, 2025

Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest-themed items are ready to level-up your pet supply setup.

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• Japan
• (Buster Sword • cats • dogs • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest Slime • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • pets • slime • Square Enix • Square Enix Pets • SQUX Pets • video games)

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