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McDonald’s adds a Japanese daifuku pie to its menu for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Mar 17, 2023
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It’s sweets over flowers this sakura season.

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• Japan
• (Ado • asmi • cool • deep fryer • fast food • food • french fries • funny • McDonald's • music • TikTok • weird)

Japan’s newest capsule toys: Capsules that Absolutely Won’t Open【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 15, 2023

Our natural instinct is to open up our Gashapon capsules ASAP, but it’s not so simple here.

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• Japan
• (Bandai • capsule toys • crazy • funny • gachapon • gashapon • vending machine toys • weird)

We find, and try, the next step in pillow technology on Amazon Japan

• Master Blaster
  Mar 13, 2023

Steps can go in either direction, you know.

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• Internet, Japan
• (Amazon • Amazon Japan • COK • crazy • funny • pillows • product testing • shopping • sleep • SNJO • weird)

New Japanese KitKat combines two flavours in one for brand new taste sensation

• Oona McGee
  Mar 9, 2023

Piko Taro and his alter ego are on board with this new combination.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • cool • Daimaou Kosaka • food • funny • Japanese chocolate • Japanese KitKats • KitKats • limited edition • marketing • Nestle • new • piko taro • promotion • sweets • videos)

Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Exhibit now on in Tokyo

• Master Blaster
  Mar 6, 2023

I wonder if it’s really about poison though…

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• Japan
• (animals • aquariums • COK • crazy • exhibits • funny • Modokuten • poison • sightseeing • Sunshine Aquarium • Tokyo • travel • weird)

Japanese Self-Defense Forces and Tokyo police hold anti-nuisance YouTuber drill【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 3, 2023

”It was just a prank, bro!” won’t get intruders off with just a warning.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • funny • Japan Self-Defense Forces • JSDF • pranksters • Self-Defense Forces • video • weird • YouTubers)

Learn about taxes from a talking piece of poop with the Unko Tax Drill textbook — only in Japan

• Katie Pask
  Feb 24, 2023

Who had thought “being taught about taxes from a talking turd” on their 2023 bingo card?

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• Japan
• (crazy • finance • funny • gross • Ministry of Finance • poop • Poop Kanji Drill • society • tax • Textbooks • werid)

Giant metal orb appears on beach in Japan, anime fans say it’s probably Dragon Ball aliens【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 23, 2023

”The Saiyans are here” is just one theory from the otaku community for the mysterious object discovered in Hamamatsu.

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Z • funny • manga • Saiyan • video • weird)

Boner Cheering Screening at Tokyo theater is latest sign of returning to post-pandemic (ab)normal

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 22, 2023

Relaxed regulations will allow fans to cheer as live-action version of anime’s greatest pervert gets wild, tough, and hard.

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• Japan
• (anime • City Hunter • crazy • funny • Live action • manga • movie theaters • movies • Nicky Larson • weird)

Sony recommends confessing love with a PS5 present, Japanese gamers spot problems with the plan

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 15, 2023

Gifting a Valentine’s Day PlayStation 5 instead of chocolates in the classroom after school might not go so smoothly.

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• Japan
• (COK • funny • playstation • PlayStation 5 • PS5 • Sony • Valentine's Day • valentine's day chocolate • video games)

We buy adorable chick-shaped sugar cubes in Nagoya, realize the horror of using them

• Dale Roll
  Feb 12, 2023

Making food cute is not always a good thing…

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• Japan
• (Aichi • chick • chicks • cute food • funny • Nagoya • Piyorin • sugar • sweets)

Domino’s Japan changes medium pizzas to small, without changing size, in confusing clarification

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 10, 2023

Domino’s Pizza creates visual aid as it clears up confusing order system that’s been around for years.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • Domino's Pizza Japan • dominos pizza • food • funny • pizza • weird)

We try Amazon’s lowest rated posing mannequin, but it wasn’t the doll that was one star

• Katie Pask
  Feb 10, 2023

Can Amazon’s lowest rated posable mannequin turn our reporter into a skilled artist?

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• Japan
• (Amazon • Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • art • funny • mannequin • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO)

Japanese genius creates concept of the ultimate nap chamber

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 6, 2023

Who needs a bed when you can recreate Japan’s favorite place to take a nap?

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • funny • nap • sleep • sleeping on trains • trains)

Never oversleep again under the stern supervision of Japan’s Threatening Red Panda Nap Cushion

• Dale Roll
  Feb 3, 2023

We’d sign up to be terrorized by something so cute anytime. 

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • cushion • cute • Felissimo • funny • interior • pillow • plushies • red panda • sleep • stuffed animal • weird • YOU+MORE!)

Wearable Beanbag becomes a hot topic in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2023

Plonk yourself down anywhere, anytime with this crazy new “dress”.

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• Japan
• (bean bags • beanbags • COK • crazy • cushions • dress • dresses • fashion • funny • roomwear • warm • wearable beanbag • weird)

A closer look at the knockoff Totoro figure that will haunt my nightmares…and maybe yours too!

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 21, 2023

If this is the spirit that lives in my local forest, then I’m staying out of it.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • bootleg • COK • crazy • creepy • figures • funny • knockoffs • My Neighbor Totoro • scary • SNO • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • weird)

Pokémon-playing fish commit credit card fraud against owner in Japan via Nintendo eShop【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2023

Should we call this a “fishing” scam?”

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• Japan
• (crazy • Credit card • fish • funny • Mutekimaru • Mutekimaru Channel • nintendo • Nintendo eShop • pets • Pokemon • Pokémon Scarlet and Violet • video • video games • weird)

McDonald’s remixes Ado and Asmi hits along with the sound of their deep-fryer

• Master Blaster
  Jan 20, 2023

A mouthwatering mix.

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• Japan
• (Ado • asmi • cool • deep fryer • fast food • food • french fries • funny • McDonald's • music • TikTok • weird)

Kagoshima City releases catchy promotional video with weird dancing, bushy eyebrows, no pants

• Dale Roll
  Jan 12, 2023

You may not have ever thought about visiting Kagoshima City before, but we bet you will after seeing this video!

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• Japan
• (cool • dance • funny • Japan travel • Kagoshima • Kagoshima City • travel • video)

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  5. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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  1. Japan announces new permanent residency guidelines, foreigners must earn more than average Japanese person
  2. Studio Ghibli’s Calcifer is ready to light up your home as a magical-looking candle lamp [Photos]
  3. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  4. Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
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  2. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  3. Starbucks Japan unveils new Pokémon collaboration with Pikachu Latte and exclusive goods
  4. Studio Ghibli’s Calcifer is ready to light up your home as a magical-looking candle lamp [Photos]
  5. Lady Gaga and Family Mart team up for a Japanese convenience store work video [Video]
  6. New Gundam Base superstores coming soon in the U.S., with one opening this month
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  8. Studio Ghibli releases new onigiri rice ball-shaped lunch bag for Kiki’s Delivery Service fans
  9. Do Japan’s new single-minded convenience store bento show depressing poverty or satisfying focus?
  10. How to watch Studio Ghibli’s new anime in Japan, with a special after-dark outdoor screening for Halloween

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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
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
  5. Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
  6. Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
  9. Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
  10. Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa

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