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Police in Japan likely to gain authority to hack phones to check messaging apps

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 21, 2026
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Regulations would be similar to those for phone taps.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • fraud • fraudsters • police • society • tokuryu)

Japan’s Pokémon donuts are back at Mister Donut, with Slowpoke making dount debut! [Pics]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 21, 2026

Slowpoke will naturally, though, be arriving a little later than Pikachu and Diglett.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cute • diglett • donuts • food • manga • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon donuts • Slowpoke • sweets • video games)

It’s time for the kokia to shine at this herb gardens and ropeway attraction in Kobe

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 21, 2026

The park’s Garden Fest 2026 -Autumn- event is enveloped in a sea of fire this year that’s perfect for making fall memories.

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• Japan
• (autumn • beautiful • COK • fall • firebush • gardens • Kobe • kokia • nature • outdoors • parks • ropeway)

Umamusume anime concerts unable to obtain visas from U.S. government, cancel L.A. shows

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 20, 2026

Horse girls get stuck in the starting gate ahead of what would have been the franchise’s first-ever concerts in America.

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• Japan
• (anime • concerts • idol singers • Idols • Los Angeles • manga • music • Umamusume • video games • visa • visas)

Flying Mud Boat teahouse is a hidden gem in Japan that boggles the mind

• Oona McGee
  Oct 20, 2026

This site takes traditional architecture to new heights, like a Ghibli world come to life.

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• Japan
• (architecture • buildings • cool • design • Flying Mud Boat • Ghibli • japanese architecture • Nagano • SNJO • teahouse • teahouses • Terunobu Fujimori • travel • treehouses)

Tiny no-screen digital camera gives us near-instant nostalgia by making us wait to see our pics

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 20, 2026

Kenko Tokina makes us think about our shots and feel extra emotion when we finally see how they turned out.

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• Japan
• (cameras • clever • COK • cool • digital cameras • Go Hatori • nostalgia • photography • SNJO • technology)

There are goats spending every day in downtown Tokyo, but why? [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 20, 2026

We’re used to seeing salarymen in this part of Tokyo, and now there are salary goats too.

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• Japan
• (animals • COK • crazy • cute • East Japan Railways • goats • JR • JR East • SNJO • stations • Tokyo • trains • weird • Yotsuya)

Umamusume anime concerts in U.S. may have to be cancelled over visa problems

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 20, 2026

After six months of trying, organizers say they still don’t have the necessary OK from the U.S. government to bring the horse girl concert to the City of Angels.

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• Japan
• (anime • concerts • idol singers • Idols • Los Angeles • manga • music • Umamusume • video games • visa • visas)

Voting begins for Japan’s next top kaiju

• Master Blaster
  Oct 19, 2026

Which one of these up-and-coming ancient abominations will face off against Godzilla next?

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• Japan
• (Glix • Godzilla • kaiju • monsters • movies • New Kaiju General Election • Rigedoh • Sagius • Toho • tokusatsu • Xenolhu)

Eight low-key great places to spend the day (or half a day) in Japan this fall

• SoraNews24
  Oct 19, 2026

Fall means an abundance of good weather but a shortage of time in Japan, but here are eight spots that are quick to see but you’ll remember for a long, long time.

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• (anime • Arakawa Amusement Park • art • Attack on Titan • beautiful • COK • Evangelion • Hakone • Hakone Open-Air Museum • Hitachi Seaside Park • Imperial Palace • Japan travel • manga • nature • Oita • parks • Shimane • Smal Worlds • SNJO • Tocho • Tokyo • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building • tourism • travel)

Tokyo bakery has a crazy expensive 10,000-yen bread loaf set, and we’ve tried it [Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 19, 2026

Japan’s luxury bread loaf boom was supposed to have died down, but apparently no one told this Ginza bakery.

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• Japan
• (bakeries • bread • COK • crazy • expensive food • food • Ginza • Luxury • SNJO • taste testxｘ)

New Studio Ghibli stamps – Too cute to wait until New Year’s to use, so they’re available right now

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 19, 2026

Totoro and the Catbus are ready to help you get started on wishing for good luck and happiness even before we get to nengajo season.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • crafts • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • nengajo • New Year's cards • stamps • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

The cheapest bento at this Osaka shop is only 200 yen, but is it actually any good?

• Elliot Hale
  Oct 19, 2026

Does the taste match its simple appearance?

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• Japan
• (bento • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • food • japanese bento • Kyobashi • Osaka • Sandaime Kacchan • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO)

Man in Suzuka offered 9 million yen for his semen, conned out of 38 million yen

• Master Blaster
  Oct 18, 2026

It was just too good to be true.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crime • fraud • Mie • senior citizens • special fraud • Suzuka • tokushu sagi • weird)

Burger King Japan now selling hamburgers minus everything but the meat

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 18, 2026

On the Beef is back, but in a sense it never really left.

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• Japan
• (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • meat • weird)

Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign

• Oona McGee
  Oct 17, 2026

Now’s the time to say goodbye to the city’s sixth running man before he disappears forever. 

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• Japan
• (Dotonbori • Ezaki Glico • Glico • Glico Running Man • news • Osaka • signs • tourism • tourist site • tourists)

Japanese taxi drivers granted right to kick rude passengers out of their cabs before destination

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 17, 2026

If passengers can’t be polite, then they can be walking.

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• Japan
• (buses • COK • customer harassment • etiquette • Japan travel • manners • society • taxis • tourism • transportation • travel)

This Japanese sandwich mascot is filled with fiery rage, and he’s got a point [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 17, 2026

Pocket sandwich innovator is sick and tired of being called an imitation, and furious too.

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• Japan
• (crazy • food • Fuji Baking • funny • Japanese pocket sandwiches • Lunch Pack • mascot characters • Mascots • pocket sandwiches • sandwichs • Snack Sandwich • video • weird • Yamazaki Baking)

Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 16, 2026

Zen and Ghibli map also makes for a beautiful mini poster.

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• Japan
• (anime • Japan travel • Kyoto • manga • Studio Ghibli • temples • The Boy and the Heron • tourism • travel • Zen and Ghibli)

Japan’s bean sprout shortage hitting Jiro-style ramen businesses hard

• Master Blaster
  Oct 16, 2026

Could this spell doom for one of the most beloved ramen styles?

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• Japan
• (bean sprouts • business • COK • economy • food • inflation • Jiro-style ramen • moyashi • ramen)

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