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Godiva curry bread from a convenience store? Only in Japan…but should it exist at all?

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 4, 2021
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A company known for neither curry nor bread combines both at a budget price.

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• Japan
• (bread • chocolate • COK • convenience stores • curry • curry bread • food • Godiva • Lawson • SNJO • taste test)

How to use Japanese convenience store Lawson’s self-checkout terminals

• SoraNews24
  Jan 30, 2021

Speedy and convenient, the payment option is no snack run speedbump.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • how to • Lawson • self-checkout • SNJO • technology)

Starbucks Japan unveils first sakura drink for cherry blossom season 2021

• Oona McGee
  Jan 27, 2021

New chilled cup pairs sakura with fruit for a memorable springtime flavour.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • convenience stores • drinks • hanami • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)

We learn the dark secret of Japan’s Woodstock rice balls, still want to eat them【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Jan 26, 2021

This curry onigiri might not be quite as cute as we thought.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • cute • food • funny • Lawson • onigiri • Peanuts • rice balls • SNJO • Snoopy • taste test • Woodstock)

Loaded gun found in convenience store restroom in Japan, cop’s on-duty poop to blame

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 21, 2021

That wasn’t the only piece of police equipment left behind either.

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• Japan
• (bathrooms • COK • convenience stores • crazy • crime • firearms • funny • gun • Osaka • police • weird)

Japan now has talking Evangelion ATMs

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2021

I mustn’t run out of cash…I mustn’t run out of cash…

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• Japan
• (anime • ATM • convenience stores • cool • Evangelion • Lawson)

7-Eleven under fire in Japan for mysterious holes in their onigiri rice balls

• Oona McGee
  Jan 18, 2021

Customers wonder if the chain is now selling “air” as a new rice ball filling.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • conbini • controversy • convenience stores • Japanese convenience stores • kombini • konbini • marketing • onigiri • packaging • rice balls)

We try the new Famichiki Burger from Family Mart

• Oona McGee
  Jan 15, 2021

Is Japan’s new D.I.Y. fried chicken sandwich a match made in convenience store heaven?

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• Japan
• (burgers • chicken • COK • conbini • convenience stores • Famichiki • food • fried chicken • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • kombini • konbini • new • SNJO)

Deceptive strawberry milk package angers 7-Eleven customers following banana scandal

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 15, 2021

Here comes another shady fruity drink.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • controversy • convenience stores • drinks • packaging • strawberry)

7-Eleven Japan now has plant-based vegetarian steamed “meat buns”

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 14, 2021

Soy Man comes to the rescue of those seeking non-meat options.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • convenience stores • food • meat substitute • nikuman • soy meat • steamed buns • vegan • vegetarian)

Green tea strawberry dessert sandwiches: Today’s reason Japanese convenience stores are awesome

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 13, 2021

A new and welcome addition to the world of matcha sweets.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • food • fruit sandwiches • green tea • Lawson • matcha • sandwiches • strawberries • sweets)

7-Eleven Japan’s banana milk sparks controversy over deceptive packaging

• Oona McGee
  Jan 12, 2021

Customers feel duped by “camouflage packaging”.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • Banana milk • bananas • Beverages • controversy • convenience stores • drinks • marketing • packaging)

We try out 7-Eleven’s new home delivery service

• Dale Roll
  Dec 19, 2020

Is ordering 7-Eleven online for delivery better than going in-person?

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • conbini • convenience stores • delivery • food • home delivery • service • SNJO)

Japan’s favorite curry rice restaurant teams up with convenience store for Super Spicy Curry Buns

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 15, 2020

CoCo Ichibanya and Family Mart give us a curry meal we an hold in the palm of our hand.

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• Japan
• (coco ichi • CoCo Ichiban • coco ichibanya • COK • convenience stores • curry • Family mart • SNJO • steamed buns • taste test)

Who makes Japan’s best Spam-style onigiri convenience store rice ball? Let’s find out【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 12, 2020

We take a taste test trip in Okinawa and get acquainted with the local specialty.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Lawson • musubi • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • spam • taste test)

In celebration of Curry Bread Day, we find out which convenience store has the best curry bread【Taste Test】

• Katie Pask
  Dec 11, 2020

We here at SoraNews24 do the hard work so you don’t have to.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience stores • curry • curry bread • curry pan • Family mart • food • Lawson • taste test)

Ramen-flavored fried chicken is here, proves once again Japanese convenience stores are paradise

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2020

The always delicious Karaage-kun combines with another of Japan’s favorite comfort foods for an irresistible offer.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Calbee • COK • convenience stores • food • fried chicken • karaage • karaage kun • Korakuen • Lawson • potato chips • ramen)

25 different Japanese convenience store sandwiches – What’s inside them?【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 24, 2020

Following Japan’s “paper tiger sandwich” incident, we went out and bought every sandwich we could find to investigate.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • comparison • convenience stores • crazy • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • sandwiches • SNJO)

7-Eleven Japan’s “Paper Tiger” sandwich sparks online controversy over deceptive packaging

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 23, 2020

Attempted explanation gets called “lame excuse.”

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • controversy • convenience stores • food • packaging • sandwiches)

Melon bread showdown! Which Japanese convenience store melon pan is the one for you?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 20, 2020

Comparing the big three Japanese convenience stores’ versions of the country’s number-one sweet bread.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • bread • COK • comparison • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Lawson • melon bread • Melon Pan • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

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