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Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo releases exclusive Christmas goods in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 1, 2025
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Golden snow globe is one of the stars of this limited-edition showtime collection. 

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• (Christmas • Christmas 2025 • coffee • cup • drinks • drinkware • glasses • limited edition • mug • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Japan tumbler • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • tumbler • tumblers)

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba wins award for politician who wears glasses the best

• Master Blaster
  Oct 7, 2025

What better note is there for a Japanese PM to go out on?

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• Japan
• (fashion • glasses • Japan Glasses Best Dresser Award • politics • prime minister • Shigeru Ishiba • sunglasses)

Nope, these are NOT Gundam Char Aznable sunglasses! No siree…not at all…

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2025

Finally, someone who’s not Char gets to stand in the spotlight’s shine!

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• Japan
• (anime • Char Aznable • fashion • glasses • Gundam • manga • Mobile Suit Gundam • Premium Bandai • Quattro Vageena • robots • Strict-G • sunglasses • Zeta Gundam)

Cleverly designed bath-use glasses that don’t fog up make a splash in Japan

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 28, 2025

A prize-winning Japanese author helps make waves in the glasses and plastic bath tubs industries.

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• Japan
• (anti-fog • bath • glasses • heat-resistant • Kerorin • Megane Store • ofuro • onsen • product • sauna • Sonoko Machida)

Starbucks Japan reveals exclusive sakura goods at Reserve Roastery Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Feb 12, 2025

Limited-edition cherry blossom tumblers and mugs bring joy to hanami flower-viewing season.

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• Japan
• (apron • bags • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2025 • COK • cute • drinkware • furoshiki • glasses • hanami • mugs • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • sakura • sakura 2025 • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • tumblers)

Starbucks Japan reveals new Valentine’s Day goods for 2025

• Oona McGee
  Jan 10, 2025

Limited-edition mugs, cups and tumblers serve up a whole lot of love with the cutest cats around!

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • cute • drinkware • glasses • goods • holidays • limited edition • mugs • shop • shopping • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers • Valentine's Day)

Harry Potter and Detective Conan announce “collaboration of glasses-wearing boys”

• SoraNews24
  Jan 9, 2025

You’re a detective, Harry?

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• Japan
• (anime • Detective Conan • eyeglasses • glasses • Harry Potter • manga)

Starbucks Japan reveals new winter holiday goods to wrap up 2024

• Oona McGee
  Dec 25, 2024

Mugs, tumblers and limited-edition Stanley cups with Hokkaido’s shimaenaga snow fairy as the star. 

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• Japan
• (animals • birds • Christmas • Christmas 2024 • cute • drinkware • ermine • glasses • goods • holidays • limited edition • mugs • shimaenaga • shop • shopping • snow fairy • Stanley • Stanley cup • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)

Japanese company develops classy heavy metal band frames for glasses

• Master Blaster
  Dec 15, 2024

It’s like a T-shirt for your face.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • eyeglasses • eyewear • fashion • glasses • heavy metal • Iron Maiden • Judas Priest • Loud Eyewear • music • Slayer • weird)

Starbucks Japan reveals new holiday goods for the 2024 festive season

• Oona McGee
  Nov 22, 2024

Collection includes limited-edition Stanley cups and a rhinestone tumbler with an eye-watering price tag. 

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • drinkware • glasses • holidays • limited edition • mugs • shop • shopping • Stanley • Stanley cup • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)

Kyoto company developing autofocus glasses for sufferers of presbyopia and other conditions

• Master Blaster
  Oct 1, 2024

Let your glasses focus your eyes so you can focus on the important things in life.

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • clever • cool • Elcyo • eyesight • glasses • Kyoto • liquid crystal • Osaka University • presbyopia • technology)

What happens when you freeze your boss’s glasses in a block of ice?

• Master Blaster
  Aug 12, 2024

Results may vary.

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• (business • friendship • glasses • ice • Seiji Nakazawa • summer • Toyotomi Hideyoshi • Yoshio)

New samurai glasses are Japan’s latest weird must-have souvenir

• Oona McGee
  Jul 27, 2024

See the world through the eye of Date Masamune, the One-eyed Dragon. 

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• Japan
• (cool • Date Masamune • funny souvenirs • glasses • Heso Productions • Japanese souvenirs • merchandise • samurai • Sendai • Sengoku • shopping • souvenirs • weird)

Japan’s new difficult-to-drink-from beer glass protects your liver, but it’s a brutal experience

• Oona McGee
  Jul 25, 2024

Yona Yona Ale brewer purposely takes the enjoyment out of drinking.

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• Japan
• (beer • beer glass • COK • drinking • glasses • glassware • health • news • SNJO • taste test • Yo-Ho Brewing • Yona Yona Ale • Yona Yona Beer)

Studio Ghibli glasses cases let anime characters keep an eye on your spectacles

• Oona McGee
  Apr 19, 2024

Luisa and The Baron, Jiji, Totoro and No Face are spectacles all of their own. 

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• (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • glasses • Hayao Miyazaki • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • The Cat Returns • Totoro)

See the world through a new lens while wearing a pair of Studio Ghibli-inspired eyeglasses

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 3, 2023

The authentic glasses are based on the ones worn by two bespectacled characters from classic anime films.

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• Japan
• (anime • eyeglasses • eyewear • fashion • glasses • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Washin)

Our writer gets enticed by AliExpress’s reading-in-the-dark glasses…but do they really work?

• Master Blaster
  May 24, 2023

Masanuki is drawn to high-beam eyes like a moth to a flame.

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• Japan
• (AliExpress • glasses • LED lights • Masanuki Sunakoma • online shopping • reading glasses • shopping)

Very limited sale of glasses that can halt or reverse nearsightedness begin in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Aug 10, 2022

A pair of truly “corrective” lenses?

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • eyesight • glasses • health • myopia • nearsightedness • technology)

Disney villain-themed eyeglasses in four styles up for presale in Japan

• Shannon
  Mar 15, 2022

Because why should only heroes hog the spotlight?

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• Japan
• (101 Dalmatians • collaboration goods • Disney • Disney villains • glasses • Sleeping Beauty • Snow White • The Little Mermaid • Zoff)

How to stop your glasses from fogging up when wearing a mask

• Oona McGee
  Feb 15, 2022

Handy hack from a longtime Japanese mask wearer.

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• Japan
• (COK • eyeglasses • face masks • glasses • hack • lifehack • Lifehacks • masks • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO)

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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