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Japan’s Valentine’s Day gets extra cute with the return of KitKat Heartful Bear【Photos】

• Elliot Hale
  Jan 9, 2026
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This year, KitKat is bringing everyday goods like pouches, tumblers, and towels to make the holiday feel much more adorable.

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• (Afternoon Tea Living • bears • COK • collaboration • collaboration goods • cute • gifts • goods • Heartful Bear • KitKat • KitKat Heartful Bear • limited edition • love • Nestle • Nestle Japan • products • Valentine's Day • Valentine's Day gifts)

Celebrating Good Couple’s Day in Japan…by getting our significant others to dress us

• SoraNews24
  Nov 23, 2024

You don’t want to be in an argument when your partner has control of your outfit of the day.

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• (COK • Couple's Day • couple's outfits • couples • good couples day • love • married couples • romance • SNJO • society • working in Japan)

How to get a date in Japan, according to hosts in Kabukicho

• Oona McGee
  Dec 26, 2022

There’s one piece of dating advice that a mama and hosts all agree on.

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• Japan
• (bars • COK • dating • host bars • host clubs • hosts • Kabukicho • love • mama • romance • shinjuku • SNJO • Takashi Harada • Tokyo)

Our reporter’s in relationship trouble after fake girlfriend loses $10,000 on a World Cup bet

• Master Blaster
  Dec 8, 2022

Can this romance fraud survive the stress of a lost bet?

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• Japan
• (fraud • Go Hatori • international romance scam • line • love • relationships • romance fraud • Singapore • soccer)

Tinder just opened a convenience store in Japan, aimed at adults only

• Oona McGee
  Sep 22, 2022

SwipeMart made romantic dreams come true, and now there are hopes it’ll spread around the country.

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• (COK • combini • convenience stores • cool • dating • dating in Japan • konbini • love • online dating • pop-up • romance • Shibuya • SwipeMart • Tinder • Tokyo)

Shinto priest blesses Domino’s pizzas to bring love to those who eat them on Valentine’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Feb 11, 2022

Special religious ceremony adds the essence of Japanese love deities to chain’s heart-shaped pizzas.

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• Japan
• (Domino's • Domino's Pizza Japan • food • Japanese shrines • love • marketing • pizza • shinto • Shinto shrine • shrines • Valentine's Day • weird)

Japanese KitKat Bears debut exclusively in Japan, but are they any good?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 29, 2022

Join us as we break into this limited-edition box of Valentine’s Day chocolates.

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• (bears • candy • chocolate • COK • cute • food • Japanese KitKats • KitKat • KitKats • limited edition • love • Nestle • Nestle Japan • SNO • sweets • taste test • Teddy Bears • valentine chocolate • Valentine's Day)

New Japanese KitKat is…a Heartful Bear!

• Oona McGee
  Jan 20, 2022

Japan-exclusive chocolate comes with special messages for Valentine’s Day.

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• (bears • candy • chocolate • COK • cute • food • Japanese KitKats • KitKat • KitKats • limited edition • love • Nestle • Nestle Japan • sweets • Teddy Bears • valentine chocolate • Valentine's Day)

Long wallet or bifold? What your wallet says about you in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 15, 2022

For some people, the way a man carries his money can be a dealbreaker. 

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• Japan
• (accessories • culture • dates • dating • fashion • Japanese society • love • marriage • Reina Triendl • romance • society • survey • wallets)

Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular Men protest against Christmas on streets of Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Dec 22, 2021

“Building a brighter future for those who aren’t popular”.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • love • news • protesters • protests • Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular Men • romance • Shibuya • Tokyo • videos)

When is the right time for a love confession in Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 9, 2021

First date? Second? Fourth? Sixth? Japanese women reveal when they’re most likely to say yes to being your girlfriend.

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• Japan
• (dating • Japanese women • kokuhaku • love • love confessions • relationships • survey • women)

Does Tokyo’s “breakup shrine” really have the power to end relationships?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 8, 2021

We set out to dispel rumours about the shrine’s mysterious power…but it ends up biting us in the butt.

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• Japan
• (Big Wave • Butch • COK • culture • history • legends • love • relationships • religion • romance • scary • Seiji Nakazawa • shinto • shrines • SNJO • spirits • Tokyo)

Japan’s “First Date Awards” reveals the best places to wine and dine when dating in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  May 10, 2021

These award-winning restaurants tick all the boxes for a successful first date in the capital. 

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• Japan
• (dates • dating • first dates • Japanese restauramts • love • restaurants • romance • Tokyo)

It’s too hard to sell Japanese people on romance dramas nowadays, says broadcasting president

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 1, 2021

According to BS Fuji’s top dog, there’s a reason why making romance dramas in Japan is an uphill battle.

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• (COK • dramas • Japanese dramas • love • relationships • romance • romantic dramas • society • television • TV • TV dramas)

When you fall in love with a cosplayer【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 13, 2021

Hashtag goes viral online, with photos that cosplayers and those who love them can relate to.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • funny • Japanese women • LOL • love • photography • photos • romance • twitter • viral hashtag)

The return of Terrace House? Seina and Noah star in new series produced by the reality show【Vids】

• SoraNews24
  Feb 8, 2021

Former presenter Reina Triendl and her sister also make an appearance, naked in a bathtub together.

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• (celebrities • Japanese women • love • marriage • reality TV • Reina Triendl • Seina Shimabukuro • television • Terrace House • TV • videos • Wedding • YouTube)

Terrace House stars announce their marriage on social media 【Pics & Video】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 4, 2021

Japanese model looking for her “last love” finally gets her happy ending.  

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• Japan
• (celebrities • Japanese women • love • marriage • reality TV • television • Terrace House • TV • Wedding)

Starbucks releases cutest Valentine’s Day collection ever

• Oona McGee
  Feb 3, 2021

Cupid stars in this romantic new range, which even includes a leather key holder pouch!

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• Korea
• (COK • cute • drinkware • limited edition • love • mugs • romance • Starbucks • starbucks korea • travel mugs • tumblers • Valentine's Day)

Genital manju sweets, with a dash of “pubic hair”, raise eyebrows in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 13, 2021

His and hers steamed cakes are a popular gift for newlyweds.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • food • Ibaraki • Japanese sweets • love • manju • marriage • newlyweds • sweets • weird)

Man goes on first date with woman, she brings 23 family members along for the meal

• Oona McGee
  Oct 25, 2020

Woman’s cunning plan to test a potential boyfriend backfires in spectacular fashion.

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• China
• (COK • crazy • dating • first dates • love • meals • relationships • Restaurant • romance)

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