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We bought the latest in low-rated fitness technology from Amazon: the Nejirunba

• Dale Roll
  Sep 26, 2022
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And then we brought it to the office for everyone to test out!

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• Japan
• (Amazon • Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • COK • crazy • exercise • fitness • funny • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • weird)

Japan’s newest potato chip flavor: Convenience store fried chicken

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2022

Family Mart’s Famichiki is too delicious to be limited to chicken form.

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• Japan
• (Calbee • COK • convenience stores • Famichiki • Family mart • food • fried chicken • potato chips)

Official My Neighbor Totoro cookbook teaches you to make Satsuki’s bento and other Ghibli meshi

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2022

”Children’s cooking picture book” will delight Ghibli fans of all ages.

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• Japan
• (anime • cooking • cool • food • Ghibli food • Ghibli meshi • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Amazon’s unmanned ‘just walk out’ store Amazon Fresh leaves us feeling like criminals

• Katie Pask
  Sep 25, 2022

Amazon’s innovative ‘no checkout required’ supermarket leaves our reporter feeling uneasy.

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• (Amazon • amazon fresh • amazon go • COK • cool • Ikuna Kamezawa • london • SNJO • technology • travel • unmanned • unmanned shops)

How hard is it to break Japanese tiles like a karate pro?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 25, 2022

This Tokyo store lets you write a wish on a tile to help make your dreams come true.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • COK • cool • Japanese tiles • karate • Kawara Smash • Kawarana • martial arts • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • things to do • things to do in Tokyo • tiles • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Cup Noodle’s latest giveaway prizes are insane, even by Cup Noodle standards【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2022

Nissin is never afraid to think outside the box, and this time they’re way outside of it.

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• Japan
• (crazy • cup noodles • food • funny • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • mystery meat • Nissin • ramen • sauna • weird)

Japanese convenience store will now ask customers who ask for a fork to use chopsticks instead

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2022

Family Mart no longer gives a fork.

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• Japan
• (chopsticks • COK • convenience stores • environment • Family mart • forks • plastic • SDGs • trash)

Hershey’s team up with Japanese sweets company Monteur to make delicious autumn delicacies

• Katie Pask
  Sep 24, 2022

The popular collaboration is back for another year, for a limited time only!

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • Hershey's • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Japanese town’s Pikachu, Eevee mailboxes are awesome, and there’s another Pokémon to see too【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2022

Three Pokémon species are ready to send your mail on its way in this city south of Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • Eevee • mailbox • Pikachu • Piplup • Pokemon • post office • SNO • travel • video games • Yokohama)

Autumn arrives at Starbucks Japan with two new seasonal drinks

• Oona McGee
  Sep 24, 2022

Is it worth stopping by Starbucks this fall?

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• Japan
• (autumn • COK • drinks • fall • Frappuccino • K. Masami • limited edition • Pumpkin Spice Latte • seasonal drinks • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweet potato)

Now you can set up your very own Secret Base with new Pokémon camping supplies

• Dale Roll
  Sep 24, 2022

Camp out in style with these outdoor goods sold at Pokémon centers this fall!

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• (anime • camping • cute • outdoors • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • video games)

Imperial Hotel Tokyo offers crustless bread…in the sense that it never had crust to begin with

• Master Blaster
  Sep 23, 2022

Bread as naked as the day it was born…

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• Japan
• (bread • clever • cool • crust • food • food waste • hotels • Imperial Hotel • sandwiches • SDGs • travel)

Reminder to Fox News: “Exploding milk” is not a Japanese adult video genre

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2022

Apparently Tucker Carlson never read our explanation of Japanese breast-related vocabulary.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • funny • Japanese language • linguistics • SNO • weird)

A calendar filled with pictures of furry panda butts is here to improve your gloomy Mondays

• Katie Pask
  Sep 23, 2022

Be healed by a year’s worth of panda butts.

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• Japan
• (animals • calendar • crazy • cute • funny • pandas • weird)

Japanese convenience store chain creates a burger-flavoured steamed bun, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 23, 2022

Family Mart x Mos Burger collaboration opens new doors for konbini food.

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• (COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • Family mart • fast food • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Mos Burger • nikuman • review • SNJO • steamed buns • taste test)

Two Sega fans get married in Japan, win at weddings with awesome Mega Drive wedding cake【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2022

An edible Sega tower of power to mark the start of married life.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cake • cool • Genesis • Mega Drive • Sega • Sega CD • sweets • video games • wedding cake • weddings)

Japan will officially reopen to independent foreign travelers in three weeks, prime minister announces

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2022

There’s good travel news for local residents too.

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• Japan
• (border control • COK • coronavirus • entry ban • Japan travel • travel)

Japanese hotels likely to legally require travelers to wear masks under revised regulation

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2022

Proposed amendment comes as Japan is expected to announce timetable for unrestricted inbound tourism.

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• Japan
• (border control • COK • coronavirus • health • hotels • masks • travel)

Tinder just opened a convenience store in Japan, aimed at adults only

• Oona McGee
  Sep 22, 2022

SwipeMart made romantic dreams come true, and now there are hopes it’ll spread around the country.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience stores • cool • dating • dating in Japan • konbini • love • online dating • pop-up • romance • Shibuya • SwipeMart • Tinder • Tokyo)

We bought a sausage egg roll maker because of social media, but was it worth it?

• Shannon
  Sep 22, 2022

It only requires two ingredients, so it can’t be hard to mess up, right?

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • cool • kitchen gadgets • Masanuki Sunakoma • simple • SNJO • weird)

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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