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A mountain of chicken katsu awaits you at this restaurant in Osaka

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 24, 2020
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Will our reporter rise or fall to this gargantuan food challenge?

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• (Akamaru Shokudo • chicken katsu • food • food challenge • gourmet • Mount Tempo • Mt. Tempo • Osaka • Restaurant)

Osaka cancels one of Japan’s biggest anime cosplay events over coronavirus fears

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 20, 2020

Nipppombashi Street Festa regularly draws over 200,000 people to city’s Denden Town neighborhood, but not this year.

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• Japan
• (anime • Anime Japan • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • cosplay • Nippombashi Street Festa • Nipponbashi Street Festa • Osaka • otaku)

Man sees figure clinging to bus on highway in Japan, immediately calls police 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 17, 2020

The vehicle was spotted travelling at speed and showed no signs of slowing down. 

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• Japan
• (art • bus • buses • figurines • highways • Hyogo • mannequins • marketing • Osaka • public transport • roads • tradition • transport • travel • videos)

Law would make it illegal for Osaka adults to sleep with schoolgirls unless they REALLY like them

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 5, 2020

Proposed revision, which allows for consummation of “serious relationships,” would actually be stricter than existing ordinance.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • Osaka • society • youth)

Love doll funeral service in Japan helps silicone lovers rest in peace

• Oona McGee
  Jan 30, 2020

Say sayonara to your love dolls and figurines with the help of a Japanese monk who’s also an AV actress. 

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• Japan
• (customer service • dolls • funerals • hospitality • love • love dolls • omotenashi • Osaka)

Japanese police officers increasingly forgetting their guns in public restrooms

• Master Blaster
  Jan 28, 2020

At least they didn’t forget to flush… we hope.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • convenience stores • guns • Hyogo • Narita Airport • Osaka • police • restrooms • safety • Tokyo)

Final Fantasy VII cafes are opening in Tokyo and Osaka to celebrate legendary game’s remake

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 25, 2020

Cloud and Sephiroth get their own Buster Sword and Masamune-garnished mixed drinks.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII remake • food • Osaka • Square Enix • Square Enix Cafe • themed restaurants • video games)

Mayor of Osaka wants to legally control when kids can and can’t use smartphones in their own home

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 19, 2020

55-year-old politician thinks kids are ditching school because they’re spending too much time on their phones.

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• (COK • education • government • kids • laws • Osaka • schools • Smartphones • society • technology)

Nishinari, the slum of Osaka, now at risk of gentrification after becoming a tourist hotspot

• SoraNews24
  Jan 15, 2020

The “Harlem of Japan” may be losing the very thing that made it so popular in the first place.

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• Japan
• (gentrification • homeless • homelessness • Nishinari • Osaka • society • travel)

Survey ranks Japanese prefectures by how much people want to continue living there

• Shannon McNaught
  Jan 14, 2020

Spoiler: the most popular prefecture is also the largest.

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• Japan
• (47 prefectures • Fukuoka • Hokkaido • livable • most livable prefectures • Osaka)

Inside the rogue 7-Eleven, a convenience store completely cut off by its company

• Master Blaster
  Jan 5, 2020

Is this 7-Eleven just being run by a loose cannon, or is it a sign of bigger problems ahead?

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • business • convenience store • Higashiosaka • Mitoshi Matsumoto • Osaka • SNO)

KFC Japan holds annual memorial services for its chicken

• Master Blaster
  Dec 30, 2019

Execs pray for chickens of the past and future on “Chicken Thanksgiving.”

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• Japan
• (chicken • Chicken Thanksgiving • fast food • funeral • Higashi-Fushimi Inari • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • memorial service • Osaka • Sumiyoshi Taisha • Tokyo)

Japan prepares itself for…THE FUTURE!!! Lots of bridges and living underwater expected

• Master Blaster
  Dec 28, 2019

Mitsubishi’s view of 2020 was both incredibly on-point and way-off at the same time.

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• Japan
• (2020 • crazy • funny • future • Mitsubishi • Osaka • weird • World Expo)

Our pal Butch (a.k.a. Big Wave) becomes face of Taco Bell Japan’s hexagonal chicken tacos

• Master Blaster
  Dec 21, 2019

Limited-edition combos come with Butch accessories too!

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• Japan
• (advertising • Big Wave • Butch • Chickstar • fast food • fried chicken • Osaka • SNO • Taco Bell • Tokyo)

Futon izakaya lets you drink and sleep on the cheap

• Oona McGee
  Dec 17, 2019

Now you can sleep inside a restaurant in Japan.

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• Japan
• (cheap eats • COK • drinking • futon • izakaya • Osaka • SNOJ • value for money)

New cat hotel in Japan lets you watch kitties right outside your window for entire stay【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2019

Forget ocean views. “Cat view” is the best kind of hotel room.

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• Japan
• (animal cafes • capsule hotels • cat cafes • COK • hotels • Neco Republic • Osaka • rescue animals • rescue cats • travel)

Yamato delivery man kicked and yelled at by older colleague in Japan【Video】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 30, 2019

Japan is known for its amazing delivery services, but behind the scenes there’s a lot of stress in keeping up the high standard. 

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• Japan
• (crime • fighting • Japanese trains • manners • news • Osaka • police • scary • train manners • trains • video)

Osaka store catering to menstrual goods has staff wear badges saying if they’re on their period

• SoraNews24
  Nov 23, 2019

The ultimate store for feminine needs. Period.

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• Japan
• (Daimaru Department Store • department store • menstruation • Osaka • periods • Umeda • Women in Japan)

New visual unveiled for Universal Studios Japan’s Nintendo World shows a pixel-perfect panorama

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 22, 2019

Look forward to real-life takes on Peach and Bowser’s castles, Mario Kart themed attractions and more!
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• Japan
• (Mario • nintendo • Osaka • Super Nintendo World • theme park • theme parks • travel • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • video games)

Japanese people outraged by group riding bikes through underground shopping mall in Osaka 【Video】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 19, 2019

Group includes a man in his 40s who sees no problem with doing wheelies through Namba Station.

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• Japan
• (bicycles • bikes • crime • Japanese train stations • Namba Station • news • Osaka • police • train stations • trains)

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