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A roadside hair salon stall in China made us Norway’s Haaland for US$1, and warmed out hearts too

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 27, 2026
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The haircut wasn’t the only great thing we got out of this great-price deal.

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• China
• (China • COK • crazy • Erling Haaland • funny • hair salons • haircut • hairstyling • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soccer • sports • tourism • travel)

Enjoy the world’s oldest gyoza chain hidden just outside Shinjuku Station

• Elliot Hale
  Jun 23, 2026

Serving up dumplings with almost 200 years of Chinese history.

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• Japan
• (China • Chinese cuisine • chinese food • COK • dumplings • food • gourmet • gyoza • Laobian • Laobian Dumpling • Restaurant • Rouben Gyozakan • Seiji Nakazawa • Shanghai Great World Guinness • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • SNJO • Tokyo)

Japan’s foreign tourist numbers projected to fall for first time in years in 2026

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 16, 2026

Major travel provider says that fewer international travelers will be coming to Japan in 2026, but they’ll be spending more.

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• Japan
• (China • China travel advisory • China travel warning • COK • Japan travel • tourism • travel)

What makes something “kawaii” to women from Japan, China, and South Korea? Survey investigates

• Krista Rogers
  Dec 3, 2025

Let’s find out if a cute thing for one woman is still cute for another from a different country.

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• Japan
• (China • culture • cute • FuRyu • girls • Japan • Kawaii • Korea • trends)

Starbucks releases a cute Frappuccino and Unicorn Cake…but not in Japan

• SoraNews24
  Jul 16, 2024

Putting cute cakes and limited-edition Frappuccinos to the test.

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• China, Japan
• (China • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • SNJO • Starbucks • sweets • taste test)

Nagasaki Lantern Festival is like Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away in real life

• Oona McGee
  Feb 4, 2023

Local resident reveals the secret spots you won’t want to miss during this breathtaking festival. 

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• China, Japan
• (beautiful • China • Chinese New Year • COK • events • festival • festivals • gorgeous • lanterns • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • Nagasaki Lantern Festival • SNJO • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • travel)

We go on a whirlwind tour of Asia’s night markets without stepping foot on a plane

• Katie Pask
  Nov 26, 2021

We sample the tastiest street food from around Asia without leaving Japan!

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• Japan
• (China • food • Kyoto • South Korea • street food • sweets • Taiwan • Thailand • travel • yatai)

China’s “Little Kyoto” shut down by government after complaints of Japanese culture “invasion”

• Oona McGee
  Sep 6, 2021

The future of the newly opened Japan-themed complex now remains unclear. 

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• China, Japan
• (architecture • buildings • China • culture • Kyoto • shopping • tourism • tourist sites • tradition • travel)

Chinese Embassy tweets controversial comic about U.S. democracy

• SoraNews24
  Apr 30, 2021

China starts another Twitter war, this time fanning the flames between Japan and American relations.

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• China, Japan, USA
• (China • Chinese Embassy • Chinese relations • embassies • foreign policy • politics • US embassy tokyo)

Tokyo Tower lights up with hope in first-ever event celebrating Chinese New Year

• Katie Pask
  Feb 11, 2021

It’s the first time in the tower’s history for such an event to happen.

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• China, Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • China • Chinese New Year • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Hope • Tokyo • Tokyo Tower)

YouTube video about home-grown, home-cooked, traditional Chinese food causes major controversy

• Dale Roll
  Jan 25, 2021

One dish created in the video has some people angry that it was included when it’s not Chinese food.

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• China, Korea
• (Asian food • China • chinese food • controversy • food • kimchi • Korea • korean food • Lixiqi • YouTube)

Street Fighter cosplayer fights coronavirus as real-life physician in China 【Pics & Videos】

• SoraNews24
  Feb 10, 2020

Chun-Li and Mai Shiranui are at the frontline looking to K.O. the pandemic.

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• China, Internet
• (bodybuilding • China • Chun-Li • coronavirus • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • health • Instagram • Mai Shiranui • muscles • video games)

Chinese social media urges people to cut up surgical masks before disposing of them, but why?

• Katie Pask
  Jan 30, 2020

A grim piece of advice is trending on Weibo.

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• China, Internet
• (China • COK • coronavirus • health • masks • sickness • surgical masks • Weibo)

We went to a Japanese restaurant in Italy, ate green sushi, learned a lesson about taking it easy

• Dale Roll
  Oct 28, 2019

Japanese food outside of Japan is not always what one would expect, but why worry about such a little thing?

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• Europe, Italy
• (all-you-can-eat • China • Italy • Japanese food overseas • Japanese Restaurant • SNJO • sushi • travel)

Beautiful Chinese snuff bottles reverse-painted on the inside impress Japanese netizens【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  Apr 8, 2019

Each masterwork of art takes much skill and dedication to produce.

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• China
• (amazing artwork • bottle • China • Chinese art • glass • ink painting • painting • video)

Chinese government uses character bearing uncanny resemblance to Mario in anti-corruption video

• Koh Ruide
  Feb 4, 2019

Famous plumber finds himself sucked into a world of politics.

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• Japan
• (China • copyright • corruption • Mario • video • YouTube)

Yes, believe your eyes: That is indeed a five-story building floating down a Chinese river

• Dale Roll
  Nov 14, 2018

And yet in some ways it’s not at all what it seems.

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• China
• (China • Chongqing • floating restaurants • water pollution • water polution regulation • Yangtze)

Man’s lottery success disintegrates in the wash, Japanese netizens commiserate

• Katy Kelly
  Jul 24, 2018

“Your one chance to win the jackpot slid down the drain?!” What would you do in this nightmare scenario?
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• China, Japan
• (bad luck • China • laundry • lottery • money • schadenfreude)

Amazing new AI program transforms photos into gorgeous amine artwork【Video】

• Richard Simmonds
  Jun 8, 2018

Monkeys with typewriters can write Shakespeare but can machines create anime as well as humans?

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• China, Japan
• (anime • art • China • cool • deep learning • Fudan University • illustration • manga • technology • video • yanghua jin)

Chinese Disney fans worry that an upcoming Pixar short film will be banned from theaters

• Dale Roll
  Apr 20, 2018

And it’s all because of that one time Xi Jinping ordered some meat buns from a local restaurant in Beijing.

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• China
• (Bao • baozi • China • Chinese censorship • Disney • meat buns • movies • Pixar • Winnie the Pooh • Xi Jinping)

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