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Ed Sheeran becomes a Pokémon anime character for new music video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2022
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”Celestial” video sees Ed Sheeran meet up with his favorite Pokémon species and fight against the series’ greatest antagonist.

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• Japan
• (anime • Celestial • Ed Sheeran • music • Pikachu • Pokemon • video • video games)

Ramen and dekotora come together at this restaurant in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 30, 2022

Korakuen Iekei Ramen Truck Yaro Since 2021 celebrates Japan’s culture of decorated trucks. 

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• Japan
• (Chiba • COK • decorated trucks • decotora • Dekotora • food • iekei ramen • Japanese food • Korakuen • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • trucks)

Can you enjoy a day at Tokyo’s Kokugikan sumo stadium if you know nothing about the sport?【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2022

Our sumo beginner gets a lesson from a kimono-clad veteran.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • Ikuna Kamezawa • Kokugikan • SNJO • sports • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • sumo wrestling • Takashi Harada • travel)

Yuzu Pringles: New Japan-exclusive flavour is so stimulating it’s turned Mr P’s eyes to stars

• Oona McGee
  Sep 30, 2022

An all-new take on Sour Cream and Onion for those who like things sour. 

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• Japan
• (chips • egg sandwiches • eggs • food • Japanese Pringles • potato chips • Pringles • snacks • tamago sando • weird)

The Big Bomb Onigiri Japanese rice ball helps us conquer mountain race but conquers us in the end

• Katie Pask
  Sep 30, 2022

Our reporter completes a challenging race only to face a tougher challenge — a giant rice ball!

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• Japan
• (big food • crazy • food • koshihikari • Masanuki Sunakoma • onigiri • rice • rice ball • rice balls • SNJO • takeout • taste test)

The cool secret hidden in Tokyo Metro pillars at Ginza station

• Oona McGee
  Sep 30, 2022

Subtle design details make the station and its passengers feel much more calm and pleasant.

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• Japan
• (COK • Ikebukuro Station • SNJO • stations • subways • trains • weird)

Tokyo Metro adds platform display showing where least crowded parts of the next train will be

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2022

Test program could help Tokyo commuters go from crazy crowded commutes to simply very crowded commutes.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cool • crowded • rush hour • subways • technology • Tokyo Metro • trains)

Japan’s new Melon Pan slices: Simply pop them on bread and heat and eat

• Oona McGee
  Sep 30, 2022

Making Japanese melon bread at home is now easier than ever before!

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• Japan
• (bourbon • bread • COK • cooking hack • food • melon bread • Melon Pan • new • sliced melon pan • sweets • toast)

A beautiful, bittersweet interspecies anime romance that’s also an instant noodle commercial【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2022

Kitsune udon and kitsune girl star in the latest gorgeous anime video from Nissin.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Donbei • Eisaku Kubonouchi • instant noodles • kitsune udon • Nissin • udon • video)

Four bikers dressed as Spider-Man arrested in Saga City

• Master Blaster
  Sep 30, 2022

With bitchin’ bikes come bitchin’ responsibility.

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• Japan
• (bikers • bosozoku • cosplay • crime • motorcycles • saga • Spider-Man)

Brad Pitt’s Bullet Train adds Japanese subtitles for its Japanese dialogue, makes Japan happy

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 29, 2022

It might sound redundant, but sound really is the issue here.

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• Japan
• (Brad Pitt • COK • cool • deaf • hearing impaired • movies • moving • society • subtitles • touching)

Fly-through video of Sailor Moon Museum exhibit shows what’s waiting for fans in Tokyo【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 29, 2022

Exhibit enters its second phase, which will still be open when Japan reopens to international tourism.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • cool • drones • exhibition • manga • museums • Naoko Takeuchi • Roppongi Museum • Sailor Moon • Sailor Moon Museum • video)

All-ages Catbus, real-world Spirited Away office part of new Studio Ghibli museum exhibit【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 29, 2022

If you can’t get one of the limited number of Ghibli Park tickets, the Ghibli Exhibition will still give you a taste of the magic.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • awesome • Catbus • cool • Ghibli Exhibition • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • museums • My Neighbor Totoro • Nagoya • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • whisper of the heart)

What happens when a sweet bun maker teams up with a tonkatsu sandwich specialist?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 29, 2022

You get two very unusual crossover products.

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• Japan
• (anko • anpan • bread • curry • curry bread • curry pan • food • fried pork cutlet • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Kimuraya • Maisen • pork cutlet • red bean • red bean paste • taste test • Tokyo • tonkatsu • tonkatsu sandwiches)

We go to an old, hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant to eat Indonesian fried rice

• Dale Roll
  Sep 29, 2022

Yes, even we wondered, “Why?”

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• Japan
• (chahan • chinese food • fried rice • Indonesian food • nasi goreng • Shin-Okachimachi • Tsukuba Express)

Japanese KitKats get a new regional flavour, straight from a Tokyo island

• Oona McGee
  Sep 29, 2022

Plus, all the regional-exclusive KitKats get a revamp, giving them a whole new look. 

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• Japan
• (chocolate • cool • food • island lemons • Japanese KitKats • KitKats • lemon • Nestle • new • Ogasawara • ogasawara islands • regional KitKats • souvenirs • sweets • Tokyo islands)

Testing our luck – Can visiting Japan’s power spots improve the omikuji temple fortune you draw?

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 29, 2022

After a month of visiting auspicious sites, Seiji’s luck levels should be maxed out, right?

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• Japan
• (crazy • fortune-telling • funny • good luck • luck • omikuji • power spots • Seiji Nakazawa • Sensoji • temples • travel)

Fushigi Yugi gets new manga chapter and pop-up store with new art to celebrate 30th anniversary

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 29, 2022

It’s like Suzaku just made fans’ wishes come true.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • Fushigi Yugi • manga • pop-up stores • video • Yuu Watase)

Play this Nintendo game with your partner before you decide to marry them, Japanese Twitter says

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 29, 2022

Some pre-marital fraternal violence can reveal your chances of spousal happiness.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • funny • marriage • nintendo • Personality test • relationships • romance • Smash Bros • Splatoon • Super Smash Bros. • video games)

Lupin III x McDonald’s Japan commercial makes us want to zip through the drive-thru 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 28, 2022

Lupin’s latest anime caper takes place at the golden arches.

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• Japan
• (burgers • Chicken McNuggets • COK • fast food • food • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McFlurry • milkshakes • moon viewing • Moon Viewing Burger • pie • sukiyaki • sweets • tsukimi • tsukimi burgers)

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  10. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan

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  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  3. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  4. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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  8. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
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  10. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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