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Lipton releases… Pudding Milk Tea in Japan?!?

• Oona McGee
  May 2, 2026
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Lipton caters to the Japanese market with an exclusive new dessert beverage.

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• Japan
• (desserts • drinks • food • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • latte • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Lipton • milk tea • Morinaga • new • pudding • purin • sweets • tea • tea latte • weird)

Mr. Sato discovers his inner beaver with a 16-inch chocolate “twig” at Tokyo Station

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 12, 2026

Why settle for a tiny snack when you can gnaw on one that doubles as a legendary sword?

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• Japan
• (big food • churros • COK • crazy • First Avenue • First Avenue Tokyo Station • food • Koeda • Morinaga • Morinaga no Okashina Okashiyasan • Mr. Sato • snacks • SNJO • Super Long • Tokyo • Tokyo Station)

Japan has toothpaste that’s supposed to make milk taste better after you brush with it【Taste test】

• Master Blaster
  Aug 7, 2025

We take Breath Labo to the lab.

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• Japan
• (Breath Labo • COK • crazy • milk • Morinaga • Morinaga no Oishii Milk • SNO • taste test • teeth brushing • toothpaste • weird)

What is Japan’s new “summer matcha” ice cream flavor from confectioner Morinaga?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 29, 2025

More matcha from Mow Matcha.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • green tea • ice cream • matcha • matcha sweets • Morinaga • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tea)

The Great Parm Exhibition coming to Harajuku, Tokyo for frozen treat’s 20th anniversary

• Master Blaster
  Jul 1, 2025

What’s the Parm in a little celebration?

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• Japan
• (events • exhibits • food • frozen snacks • Harajuku • Morinaga • Parm. ice cream • Tokyo)

Lovers of aloe yogurt can rejoice because it’s now in frappe form thanks to Family Mart

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 17, 2024

We sampled the chilly treat to see if it’s worthy of Morinaga’s longtime best-selling yogurt.

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• Japan
• (aloe • COK • convenience store • drink • Family mart • Famima Cafe • frappe • Morinaga • new product • SNJO • yogurt)

Fighting mild hunger with a Japanese soda that turns into jelly in the stomach【Taste test】

• Master Blaster
  Jun 30, 2024

Solidifies in your stomach, not in your hands.

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• Japan
• (carbonated drinks • dieting • drinks • hunger • in Jelly • In Tansan • Morinaga • soda)

Morinaga releases “hunger management” drink that turns into jelly in your stomach

• Master Blaster
  Jun 17, 2024

Hunger games in a can.

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• Japan
• (Amazon • carbonated drinks • diet products • drinks • in Jelly • In Tansan • Morinaga)

Beyond Goldfish crackers – Japan getting 75 different Pokémon crackers this summer!

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 12, 2024

Ottotto crackers team up with Pokémon and take an exclusivity cue from the franchise’s video games.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • cute • food • Morinaga • Ottotto • Pikachu • Pokemon • snacks • video games)

Do Hi-Chew-flavor Hi-Chews have a reason to exist?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 28, 2024

After decades and dozens of great fruit flavors, the latest version of the candy is Hi-Chew Just As It Is Flavor.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • Hi-Chew • Morinaga • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

Hit Japanese candy Hi-Chew, famous for fruity taste, releases new flavor: Flavorless

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2024

Lose the flavor, keep the chew.

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• Japan
• (crazy • food • Hi-Chew • Morinaga • sweets • weird)

Japanese sweets company teaches us new way to enjoy traditional Japanese rice drink

• Shannon
  Feb 28, 2024

Get the benefits of amazake without the strong sweetness.

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• Japan
• (amazake • coffee • delicious • Morinaga • recipe • refreshing • SoraKitchen)

International-hit candy Hi-Chew adds English to in-Japan logo, makes it bigger than the Japanese

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 10, 2024

America’s second-most popular Hi-Chew flavor will also make its in-Japan debut.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Hi-Chew • Japanese language • linguistics • Morinaga • sweets)

Lipton releases Pancake Tea Latte in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 1, 2024

Japan’s famous hotcake mix, now available in drinkable form.

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• Japan
• (drinks • food • hotcakes • Japanese pancakes • latte • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Lipton • Morinaga • new • pancakes • tea • tea latte • weird)

Hotcake-man steamed pancake buns make their heroic return to Japanese convenience stores

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 2, 2023

We missed you, Hotcake-man!

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• Japan
• (chukaman • COK • convenience stores • cool • Family mart • food • Hotcake-man • hotcakes • Morinaga • pancakes • steamed buns • sweets)

Japan’s popular Moonlight brand begins selling broken cookies

• Master Blaster
  Jun 26, 2023

That’s the way the cookie crumbles.

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• Japan
• (cookies • food waste • imperfect goods • Moonlight • Morinaga • snacks • Wakeari Moonlight)

Famichiki Pancake Steamed Buns take Japanese convenience store food to a whole other level

• Oona McGee
  Feb 1, 2023

We’ve never had fried chicken pancakes quite like this before.

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• Japan
• (awesome • chukaman • COK • convenience stores • Famichiki • Family mart • food • fried chicken • hotcakes • Morinaga • pancakes • review • SNJO • steamed buns • taste test)

Pancake steamed buns coming to Japanese convenience stores, said to pair well with fried chicken

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 21, 2023

Family Mart has a way for to combine two of our favorite comfort foods and eat them with our hands.

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• Japan
• (awesome • chukaman • COK • convenience stores • Famichiki • Family mart • food • fried chicken • hotcakes • Morinaga • pancakes • steamed buns)

Japanese candy Hi-Chew says a heartfelt, ridiculous goodbye as it retires Green Apple flavor【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2022

Famous anime voice actor voices flavor that’s stepping out of the spotlight after 40 years.

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• Japan
• (anime • food • funny • Hi-Chew • Morinaga • sweets • video • voice actors • voice actresses • weird)

This no-bake sweet sake super-easy dessert is a perfect summertime sweets companion【Recipe】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2022

Chilled Amazake Cracked Ice is a cool treat you can make even with zero cooking skills.

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• Japan
• (amazake • COK • cooking • food • Morinaga • recipe • sake • SNJO • sweets)

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