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Rate of young Japanese people who want to get married someday drops to lowest ever in survey

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 13, 2022
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Number of children Japanese women want also drops to lowest ever in latest iteration of government study.

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• Japan
• (COK • declining birthrate • declining population • kids • marriage • relationships • society)

Japan to reexamine individual traveler ban, politician says current relaxations insufficient

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 12, 2022

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary wants foreigners to be able to visit Japan this fall and winter.

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• Japan
• (border restrictions • COK • coronavirus • entry restrictions • foreigners in Japan • PCR test • travel)

Our reporter can’t resist mystery of always-shut door being open on Tokyo subway station platform

• SoraNews24
  Sep 12, 2022

He didn’t know where it would lead, but he had to find out.

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

Spoons and bowls that use electricity to make food taste saltier to go on sale in 2023

• Master Blaster
  Sep 12, 2022

Take this news without a grain of salt.

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• Japan
• (bowls • clever • cool • food • health • Kirin • Meiji University • salt • science • spoons • technology • weird)

Hey, Thai tuk-tuk driver! Take us to the best Thai restaurant in this part of Bangkok!

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 12, 2022

Our “Hey! Japanese Texi Driver” series makes its overseas debut.

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• SE Asia
• (Bangkok • COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • restaurants • SNJO • Thailand • travel • tuk tuk)

Japanese shiitake mushroom snacks from Don Quijote, created for people who don’t like mushrooms

• Oona McGee
  Sep 12, 2022

They don’t call this chain crazy for nothing. 

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• Japan
• (COK • Don Quijote • food • japanese snacks • Mr. Sato • mushrooms • shiitake • snacks • SNJO • taste test • vegetables • weird • weird food)

Japanese research institute creates ‘cyborg cockroaches’ to help save people’s lives【Video】

• Katie Pask
  Sep 12, 2022

The impressive research leaves Japanese netizens both grossed out and in a moral quandary.

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• Japan
• (animals • bugs • cockroach • cool • crazy • insects • robots • science • technology • weird)

Wagyu beef gacha vending machine dispenses meat at random in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 11, 2022

Like a box of chocolates, you never know which one you’re gonna get.

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• Japan
• (beef • COK • food • gacha • gacha vending machine • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • MG Ogawa • omi beef • Osaka • SNJO • taste test • vending machines • Wagyu • weird)

Japanese public broadcaster issues apology for calling a train a “train”

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 11, 2022

Rail otaku take NHK to task.

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• Japan
• (COK • funny • Japanese language • kanji • linguistics • rail fans • tetsuota • train otaku • trains • weird)

Demon Slayers in the sky with new Kimetsu no Yaiba anime-themed airliner from ANA

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 11, 2022

Series star and its two biggest scene-stealers will escort fans to their destination…even when it’s the same airport they departed.

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• Japan
• (airplans • All Nippon Airways • ANA • anime • cool • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • travel)

The hidden meaning of the U.S. Air Force’s “shake and fries” patch in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 10, 2022

Special technique to help newcomers acclimate to life in Japan gives Japanese Twitter users a smile too.

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• Japan, USA
• (Air Force • clever • french fries • funny • Japanese language • kanji • linguistics • military • Yokota)

Tropicana’s Japanese licensee in hot juice for cartons that boast “100% Melon Taste”

• Master Blaster
  Sep 10, 2022

All the taste of melon with hardly any of the melon!

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• Japan
• (business • Consumer Affairs Agency • false advertising • juice • Kirin • Kirin Beverage • melon • Tropicana)

Flush your prayers down the toilet at this unique Japanese temple

• Oona McGee
  Sep 10, 2022

A new way to pray at the porcelain altar.

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• Japan
• (Buddhism • buddhist • COK • culture • Gunma • Japanese squat toilets • Japanese toilets • religion • SNJO • squat toilets • Toilets • tradition • unusual • weird)

We find “Yakushima Soba” on a mysterious menu at a souvenir shop at Yakushima Island’s airport

• Dale Roll
  Sep 10, 2022

A slightly bizarre start made for a delicious meal you can only get on this remote southern Japanese island!

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• Japan
• (airport • COK • food • Noodles • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soba • travel • Yakushima)

One Piece Devil Fruit Bath Bombs from Lush are on their way and will be offered outside Japan too

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 10, 2022

Bath Bomb fragrances evoke the adventure and friendship of the hit anime/manga series.

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• Japan, UK
• (anime • bath bombs • baths • cool • Devil Fruit • Devil Fruits • Gum-Gum Fruit • Lush • manga • One Piece)

Eating ALL the McDonald’s and KFC Tsukimi Moon Viewing Burgers in Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Sep 10, 2022

Plus, a brand new contender muscles in on the competition in a big way.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • KFC • KFC Japan • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moon viewing • Moon Viewing Burger • SNJO • taste test • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)

“Passengers who don’t want to be groped, please use the rear train cars” announcement angers Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 9, 2022

Tokyo station employee could have chosen better words.

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• Japan
• (chikan • COK • East Japan Railway • gropers • JR East • trains • video)

Celebrate Halloween at Ikea Japan with their special spooky menu

• Katie Pask
  Sep 9, 2022

‘Tis the season to eat lots of spooky treats!

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• Japan
• (food • halloween • ikea • ikea halloween • ikea japan • Restaurant • sweets)

Resident Evil survival horror maze opens at Universal Japan as part of Halloween horror event

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 9, 2022

Resident Evil 2 serves as inspiration for mission-based maze as zombie circus troupe takes over other part of the park for dancing.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • awesome • cool • halloween • Resident Evil • Resident Evil 2 • scary • theme parks • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • video games)

This Japanese vending machine wants to help you with the washing up

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2022

But how does it compare to what’s on offer at the Lawson convenience store? 

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• Japan
• (cleaning • COK • Duskin • Japanese vending machines • kitchen sponge • Lawson • SNJO • sponges • Tokyo • vending machines • weird)

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