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Naomi Watanabe sports Adidas stripes in her hair to celebrate becoming brand ambassador

• Shannon
  Feb 22, 2022
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Some are simply given a title, but others–like Naomi Watanabe–wear it proudly.

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• Japan
• (Adidas • COK • fashion • Naomi Watanabe)

Meow’s that? 2022’s ranking of the top cat names in Japan

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 22, 2022

For the third year in a row, this particular name takes the top spot for all felines, male or female.

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• Japan
• (Cat Day • cats • Japanese language • linguistics • names • pets • ranking • Top Ten)

Batman’s Gotham City creates first-ever sister city relationship…with a real city in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 21, 2022

Japanese municipality gets well-earned recognition for its bat emblem and bat castle.

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• Japan
• (Batman • castles • Comics • cool • DC • DC Comics • Fukuyama • Gotham • Hiroshima • Hollywood movies • movies • sister cities • The Batman • tourism • travel)

Business trends suggest young Japanese people just aren’t into jeans any more

• Master Blaster
  Feb 21, 2022

Blue jeans are not their lovers.

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• Japan
• (clothing • cool • fashion • jeans • JEM • pants • trends)

Cosplaying in Tokyo as Beijing Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen…Mr. Sato style【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2022

Mr. Sato sets out to spread joy and feel the love for the adorable Olympic panda…maybe?

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• Japan
• (2022 Olympics • Beijng Winter Olympics • Bing Dwen Dwen • COK • cosplay • crazy • funny • mascot • Mr. Sato • Olympics • panda • scary • SNJO • weird)

Matcha cake from one of Japan’s top tea towns has a one-month wait, but is it worth it?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2022

Teen shogi phenomenon Sota Fujii sets off surge in popularity for the Chabatake.

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• Japan
• (cake • COK • food • green tea • matcha • Shizuoka • shogi • SNJO • Sota Fujii • sweets • taste test)

Japanese mum’s secret curry recipe puts a new spin on the beloved dish

• Oona McGee
  Feb 21, 2022

Impressive meal that’s easy to make, thanks to this handwritten recipe from a gacha capsule toy machine.

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • cooking • cool • crazy • curry • curry rice • food • gachapon • natto • recipe • SNJO • taste test • weird)

McDonald’s Japan’s new bite-sized churros aren’t what we thought they would be

• Oona McGee
  Feb 21, 2022

There’s a reason why they only come in packs of four. 

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• Japan
• (chocolate • churros • COK • food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Ghibli Museum store shares the task all new employees struggle with, and how to overcome it【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2022

Catbus? Adorable! Cat jar? Scourge of new staff members.

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• Japan
• (anime • customer service • Ghibli Museum • Mamma Aiuto • Studio Ghibli • video)

Sake brand Dassai increases workers’ starting pay by over 40 percent, pledges to double salaries

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 20, 2022

Japan’s best-loved sake brewer gives people another reason to love them.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • Asahi Shuzo • COK • Dassai • sake)

We investigate whether the “Beijing Olympics” is, in fact, real

• Dale Roll
  Feb 20, 2022

Our Japanese-language reporter Seiji Nakazawa brings us news straight from the source.

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• Japan
• (Beijing Olympics • conspiracy theories • Go Hatori • investigative journalism • Seiji Nakazawa)

Tokyo ramen chain brings the heat with Carolina Reaper miso soup

• Master Blaster
  Feb 20, 2022

Come on, baby. Don’t fear the reaper.

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• Japan
• (Bankara Ramen • Carolina Reaper • Mala Noodle Emperor • ramen • spicy food • Tokyo)

Need a work-from-home office fast? Set up this Japanese cardboard desk in less than 1 minute

• Scott Wilson
  Feb 19, 2022

Eco-friendly *and* tiny-home-friendly.

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• Japan
• (cardboard • desk • eco-friendly • standing desks • work at home • work from home)

We Pokémon GO to Utsunomiya City for some Pokétourism

• Master Blaster
  Feb 19, 2022

Join us on a Polywhirlwind tour of Utsunomiya.

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• Japan
• (Ikuna Kamezawa • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon manhole covers • travel • utsunomiya • video games)

A cherry blossom menagerie of animals and designs is coming to Fukuoka’s TeamLab Forest museum

• Dale Roll
  Feb 19, 2022

Get in the spirit of spring with amazing interactive digital art exhibits!

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • digital art museum • Fukuoka • interactive art • pink • sakura • spring • Team Lab • TeamLab • TeamLab Forest)

How to use Japan’s revolving sushi capsule toy for a literal revolving sushi meal at home

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 19, 2022

Warning! This idea comes from Mr. Sato.

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • crazy • funny • gacha toys • gachapon • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • Mr. Sato • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • weird)

Lindt Japan keeps the sakura sweets coming with new cherry blossom dessert drink, macarons

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 19, 2022

Swiss chocolatier’s Japan branches keep the pedal/petal to the metal for sakura sweets season.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossom • cherry blossom sweets • drinks • food • lindor • Lindt • sakura • sakura sweets • sweets)

The top 10 poses trending with Japanese teens, as demonstrated by a couple of ossan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 19, 2022

Two middle-aged guys look to teen culture to reignite their inner kawaii.

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• Japan
• (COK • cute • funny • Generation Z • high school girls • high school students • Japanese high school girls • Japanese high schools • JK • Kawaii • LOL • Mr. Sato • photo poses • photos • purikura • ranking • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • social media • weird)

Japanese microcar owner’s tiny automobile collection turns heads in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 19, 2022

The cutest cars you’ll ever see!

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• Japan
• (Bubu 501 • Bubu 502 • Bubu Shuttle-50 • cars • cool • cute • driving • Honda • Japanese roads • microcars • Mitsuoka Motor Company • Ninja • police • roads • tiny • twitter • vehicles • videos • weird • wtf • Zoe Zipper)

American’s Japanese calligraphy gets called “cultural appropriation,” Japanese Twitter disagrees

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 19, 2022

Messages of thanks and support come flooding in for shodo beginner.

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• Japan, USA
• (calligraphy • COK • cultural appropriation • culture • internationalism • Japanese language • linguistics • shodo • society)

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  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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  2. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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  4. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  5. Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
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  8. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
  9. Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
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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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