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Jump Festa 2023 to be livestreamed around the world for first time ever

• Master Blaster
  Dec 13, 2022
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Live English subtitles and interpretations will be part of this year’s major manga celebration.

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• Japan
• (anime • Chainsaw Man • COK • Jujutsu Kaisen • Jump Festa • Jump Festa 2023 • livestream • manga • One Piece • Shueisha • Spy x Family • Weekly Shonen Jump)

New Whisper of the Heart antique shop collectibles now available in Donguri Kyowakoku shops

• Dale Roll
  Dec 13, 2022

Give your home that antique feel with these beautiful home items. 

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• Japan
• (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • drinkware • interior • Studio Ghibli • watches • whisper of the heart)

Japanese men and woman both have the same top requirement for a spouse in konkatsu poll

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 12, 2022

Communication skills and thoughtfulness make men’s and women’s lists, but don’t come out on top.

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• Japan
• (COK • dating • marriage • relationships • romance • society • survey)

Starbucks Japan’s Christmas customisation is the festive treat you need to try these holidays

• Oona McGee
  Dec 12, 2022

A very cute way to add a dash of Christmas flavour to your Frappuccino.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2022 • COK • cookies • customisation • customization • cute • dessert drinks • desserts • drinks • festive • Frappuccinos • gingerbread • Holiday Season • K. Masami • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Kakiage towers and Italian soba? We try out a unique soba restaurant in Tokyo

• Shannon
  Dec 12, 2022

Is it creative madness, or creative genius?

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• Japan
• (Akabane • creative • delicious • Mr. Sato • soba • taste test • Tokyo eats • Zenmi Kotobuki)

Daily Yamazaki convenience store’s “Flying in the Sky Donuts” are competition for Mister Donut

• Dale Roll
  Dec 12, 2022

Convenience store donuts fight their way up to the top of the Japanese donut world. 

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• Japan
• (Daily Hot • Daily Yamazaki • dessert • donuts • fresh-baked • sweets)

Why don’t hosts in Kabukicho approach our female reporter any more?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 11, 2022

Back when she was younger she couldn’t get away from them, so we visit a host club to find out what’s going on. 

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • host bars • hostess bars • hosts • Ikuna Kamezawa • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo • video game • yakuza)

Pokémon Oasis break room coming to Japanese ski resort this winter【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 11, 2022

When you need to get in out of the cold, Pikachu and his pals are waiting for you with tabletop trick art opportunities.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Hakuba • Nagano • Pikachu • Pokemon • restaurants • skiing • snowboarding • travel • video games)

Tokyo Banana’s Legendary Curry Bread tests the limits of what makes a good karepan 【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Dec 11, 2022

New store at Tokyo Station goes bananas for curry bread…and doughnuts.

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• Japan
• (awesome • bananas • bread • COK • cool • crazy • curry • curry bread • doughnuts • food • Japanese food • karepan • Mr. Sato • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • Tokyo Banana • Tokyo Bananas • Tokyo Station)

Japanese government wants to give people an extra 80,000 yen to have babies, but will it work?

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 11, 2022

Increase to Childbirth and Childcare Lump-Sum Grant is latest proposed plan to boost birth rate.

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• Japan
• (babies • birth rate • COK • declining birth rate • low birth rate • population decline • society)

85-year-old great-grandmother from Hiroshima is Japan’s newest virtual YouTuber/idol【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2022

And it’s all thanks to her “idiot grandchild.”

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• Japan
• (anime • elderly • Idols • manga • seniors • video • virtual YouTubers • VTubers • YouTubers)

“Have fun seeing what comes out” gacha machine is a mystery in more ways than one

• Oona McGee
  Dec 10, 2022

What the heck will come out of a machine like this?

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • Demon Slayer • figurines • gacha • gacha vending machine • Hokkaido • Japanese vending machines • Kimetsu no Yaiba • Manbekun • Oshamambe Station • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • vending machines • weird)

Domino’s Pizza now sells fancy gold-topped cakes in Japan【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2022

Yeah, Domino’s? Let me get a large peperoni and a gateau au chocolat with gold leaf for delivery.

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• Japan
• (cake • chocolate • COK • dominos pizza • food • gold • gold leaf • pizza • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

J-pop singer Rina Aiuchi wins legal right to call herself Rina Aiuchi

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2022

Tokyo district says Detective Conan singer can once again use the name that everyone else already calls her.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Detective Conan • J-Pop • lawsuit • music • Rina Aiuchi)

First live-action Spy x Family stage play video previews more in-costume cast members【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2022

Stage play gives first looks at Yuri and Fiona.

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• Japan
• (anime • Live action • manga • musical • musicals • Spy x Family • stage play • video)

“I’m the most famous thug in Saitama!” Japanese kids’ social media beef leads to beating, arrests

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2022

Never get into pointless arguments on the Internet, especially if the other person is friends with a yakuza member.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crime • delinquents • weird • yakuza • Yankee • youth)

Is real Tokyo as dangerous as the Yakuza video games? Chapter 4: Not Like a Dragon

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 9, 2022

The fourth and final stop on Mr. Sato’s look at Kabukicho, the real-world Kamurocho.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • hostess bars • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • SNJO • video game • yakuza)

Japanese fish that beat Pokémon Sapphire are retiring from video game streaming【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 9, 2022

End of the line for the gamer fish that became some of the very best.

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• Japan
• (animals • anime • cool • fish • Mutekimaru • pets • Pokemon • Pokémon Sapphire • video • video games)

This easy, camp-friendly gratin dish will keep you warm this winter with hot cheesy creaminess

• Dale Roll
  Dec 9, 2022

At home or out in the wild–this comfort food is so simple to make it’ll be your next favorite meal. 

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• Japan
• (camp food • camping • camping recipe • comfort food • easy recipe • gratin • Ken Outdoor Cooking • recipe • recipes • SoraKitchen)

Mos Burger has a new restaurant just for cheeseburgers, and you bet we tried it

• Shannon
  Dec 9, 2022

Because sometimes a regular Mos cheeseburger doesn’t cut it.

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• Japan
• (burgers • cheeseburgers • gourmet • Mos Burger • mosh Grab N Go • Mr. Sato • Restaurant • taste test • Tokyo eats • Tokyo restaurant)

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