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Gray-sky Gundam photo will brighten the hearts of anyone who loves anime or awesomeness

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 10, 2022
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Yokohama’s life-size Gundam always looks incredible, but on this day the timing was just right to take it to a whole other level with an incredible wide-angle shot.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • beautiful • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • Minato Mirai • Mobile Suit Gundam • photography • robots • Yokohama • Yokohama Gundam)

Japan’s great at imitations, Japanese man hears U.S. coworkers say, then decides to hear them out

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 10, 2022

It sounded like stereotyping he’d heard before, but it turns out there was a twist ending.

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• Japan
• (COK • food samples • funny • internationalism • moving • plastic food samples • touching)

McDonald’s Japan’s Samurai Mac series: which burger is the greatest warrior of all?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 10, 2022

Four valiant contenders battle it out on our taste buds. 

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• Japan
• (burgers • fast food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Samurai Mac • SNJO • taste test)

Gundam lingerie is a way to show your love for giant robots and their handsome anime boy pilots

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 10, 2022

Oshi color options are part of the unexpected crossover of mecha anime and intimate apparel.

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• Japan
• (anime • fashion • Gundam • Gundam 00 • lingerie • Peach John)

Japan’s Curry Bread Grand Prix award winner is…a dorayaki sweet?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 9, 2022

Shock victory for Japanese pancakes in a competition usually reserved for bread.

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• Japan
• (curry • curry bread • curry pan • dorayaki • food • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • sweets)

Starbucks Japan’s seasonal food menu recommendations are full of delectable sweets and sandwiches

• Dale Roll
  Jan 9, 2022

Starbucks is offering a delicious array of sweets for you to have with your coffee or take home to share!

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• Japan
• (cafe • cakes • cookies • food • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)

McDonald’s Japan’s French fry rationing extended for about another month

• Master Blaster
  Jan 9, 2022

Good news for those with resolutions to lose weight.

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• Japan
• (business • french fries • imports • McDonald's • potato shortage • shortage • small size)

Married Japanese men and women rank the things they miss most about single life

• Scott Wilson
  Jan 9, 2022

Interesting overlaps and differences between genders.

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• Japan
• (Japanese society • marriage • Marriage trouble • married life)

Snow falls at Ghibli Museum, creates a magical anime wonderland【Pics & Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 8, 2022

Like stepping into a Ghibli anime in real life.

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• Japan
• (anime • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • movies • museums • robot • snow • Studio Ghibli • Tokyo • winter)

Perfectly made snow Totoro spotted by anime director in Japan’s frozen north

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 8, 2022

Hard-edged action anime all-star spots something cute, cuddly, and cold.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Hayao Miyazaki • Masami Obari • My Neighbor Totoro • snow • snowman • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Yep, that’s a whole ice cream cone as a ramen topping, as this restaurant in Japan offers【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 8, 2022

Main dish and dessert come in the same bowl with this enticing Frankenstein’s monster of ramen.

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• Japan
• (crazy • food • ice cream • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • sweets • weird)

The “Party Lucky Bag” from Amazon wasn’t quite the party we were expecting

• Master Blaster
  Jan 8, 2022

It’s Masanuki’s party bag and he’ll cry if he wants to.

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• Japan
• (Amazon • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2022 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Lucky Bags • Masanuki Sunakoma • novelty items • parties • party goods)

Thanko lucky bag gives us gadgets we didn’t even know we needed

• Oona McGee
  Jan 8, 2022

One of the weirdest fukubukuro purchases we made this year.

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• Japan
• (bento • cool • fashion • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2022 • gadgets • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Lucky Bags • Masanuki Sunakoma • rice cooker • Thanko • weird)

How many favorite voice actors do Japanese high school kids have and who are they?

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 7, 2022

Survey sheds light on who the most popular voices in anime are among boys and girls these days.

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• Japan
• (anime • favorites • high school students • high schools • Japanese high schools • Japanese students • seiyu • seiyuu • students • Surveys • voice actors)

Can our 30-something reporter pull off the fashions of this hit lucky bag for Tokyo teens?【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 7, 2022

Ikuna takes a chance on a lucky bag she’s in the market, but not the target market, for.

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• Japan
• (COK • fashion • fukubukuro • Ikuna Kamezawa • Lucky Bag Roundup • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Lucky Bags • SNJO)

High-ranking U.S. politician confirmed as a Demon Slayer music fan

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 7, 2022

Secretary of State is also fan of anime song.

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• Japan, USA
• (Antony Blinken • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train • government • Homura • J-Pop • Kimetsu no Yaiba • LiSA • Mugen Train • musc • politicians)

New designs added to custom Pokémon name pendants including popular fave Piplup

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 7, 2022

Use whatever words you like on your pendant and stud it with your Pokémon symbol of choice!

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• Japan
• (beautiful • Dedenne • expensive • jewelery • necklaces • pendants • Piplup • Pokemon • U-Treasure)

Tokyo changes age limit for kids going into opposite sex’s bath at hot springs and sento

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 7, 2022

Not all parents are happy with the stricter regulation.

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• Japan
• (bathing • COK • hot springs • kids • onsen • public baths • sento • society • youth)

Pokémon Café celebrates upcoming release of Pokémon Legends game with new limited-edition menu

• Dale Roll
  Jan 7, 2022

Enjoy Hisui Region Pokémon in edible form!

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• Japan
• (cute • food • limited time • Osaka • Pokemon • Pokémon Cafe • Pokemon Legends Arceus • Tokyo)

New Year lucky bag from makeup giant Shu Uemura may disappoint makeup buffs but thrill otaku

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 7, 2022

Maybe the real luxuries are the pirates we met along the way.

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• Japan
• (anime collaboration • beauty • cute • fashionable • Fukubukuro Roundup 2022 • Ikuna Kamezawa • Lucky Bag Roundup • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • makeup • makeup brush • makeup palette • One Piece • Shu Uemura)

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  1. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  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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  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
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