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School suddenly changes field trip from 2025 Expo to Universal Studios Japan over safety concerns

• Master Blaster
  Apr 18, 2025
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Will more follow their lead?

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • class trip • Osaka • safety • school trips • schools • society • students • travel • Universal Studios Japan)

“Flat Takoyaki” at Nanpuu reimagines Japanese street food

• SoraNews24
  Apr 14, 2025

Fried octopus balls get a totally new look at this Japanese restaurant chain.

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• Japan
• (COK • fast food • food • Japanese food • Japanese street food • local specialties • Nanpuu • octopus balls • Osaka • Osaka specialties • review • SNJO • specialty food • street food • takoyaki • taste test • weird • weird food)

Child-friendly Starbucks store opens in Osaka offering child-exclusive drinks

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 12, 2025

Kids in tow but still need your coffee fix? Starbucks’ newest branch is the perfect location for families.

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• Japan
• (Aeon Mall Dainichi • cafes • children • COK • cool • drinks • drinks for children • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fun for kids • Japanese Frappuccino • kid-friendly • kids • Kids Frappuccino • Moriguchi • Osaka • shopping mall • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

American arrested for bringing gun, ammo, and hidden knife through Japanese customs

• Master Blaster
  Apr 11, 2025

It’s still unclear whether this is an accident or something worse.

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• Japan, USA
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • airport security • airports • guns • Kansai International Airport • knives • Osaka • smuggling)

Myaku-Myaku takes over the new 2025 Expo store in JR Osaka Station

• Master Blaster
  Apr 11, 2025

If you ever thought, “I would buy this, if only it were Myaku-Myaku,” then this store is for you!

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• Japan
• (2025 Expo • 2025 Osaka World Expo • Coupy Pencil • Mascots • Myaku-Myaku • Osaka • Osaka Station • pine ame • Umeda • Uni-ball)

Japanese comedy giant Yoshimoto holds surprisingly existential pavilion at 2025 Expo

• Master Blaster
  Apr 11, 2025

To laugh or not to laugh. That is the question.

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • art • comedy • entertainment • events • Osaka • pavilions • Yoshimoto Kogyo)

New Japanese KitKat flavours include sakura and pineapple candy

• Oona McGee
  Apr 8, 2025

Region-exclusive chocolates are the newest must-buy Osaka souvenirs.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • food • Japanese chocolate • Japanese KitKats • Kit Kat • KitKats • limited edition • marketing • Nestle • new • Osaka • pine ame • pineapple • sakura • sweets)

The top 9 sakura cherry blossom viewing spots in Japan that you should know about

• Oona McGee
  Apr 4, 2025

The best seasonal events and hidden sites for an unforgettable hanami experience.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • cherry blossoms • Gaisen sakura • hanami • Okayama • oldest sakura in Japan • Osaka • Saitama • sakura • Shiga • Tochigi • tourism • travel • Yamanashi • Yamataka Jindai Zakura)

New Takoyaki Burger from Wendy’s Japan makes us rethink Osaka’s specialty food

• Oona McGee
  Mar 31, 2025

Find out if octopus balls taste better in burger form.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • local specialties • octopus balls • Osaka • Osaka specialties • review • SNJO • specialty food • takoyaki • Takoyaki Burger • taste test • weird • weird food • Wendy's • Wendy's Japan)

New Okonomiyaki Burger flips up the fast food scene in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 26, 2025

Exclusively available in one area of the country.

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• Japan
• (burgers • cool • fast food • food • local specialties • Lotteria • okonomiyaki • Osaka • weird • weird food)

Osaka Prefecture bans seniors from talking on the phone while using ATMs

• Master Blaster
  Mar 26, 2025

Ban is first of its kind in Japan.

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• Japan
• (ATM • ban • crime • elderly • ordinances • Osaka • seniors • special fraud • tokushu sagi)

Wendy’s First Kitchen to sell octopus ball burgers to celebrate Osaka

• Master Blaster
  Mar 25, 2025

Where’s the octopus?

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• Japan
• (2025 Expo • fast food • First Kitchen • mix juice • Osaka • takoyaki • Takoyaki Burger • Wendy's)

The Great Capcom Exhibition is coming to Osaka this spring

• Master Blaster
  Mar 8, 2025

All the Capcom characters are here, from Ryu to the other Ryu!

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• Japan
• (Capcom • Devil May Cry • events • exhibitions • Great Capcom Exhibition • Monster Hunter • Nakanoshima Museum of Art • Osaka • Resident Evil • Street Fighter • video games)

Traveler at Japan’s Kansai International Airport confirmed infected with measles, caution urged

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 24, 2025

If you were at Osaka’s major international airport earlier this month, you’ll want to keep an eye on your physical condition for the next few weeks.

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• Japan
• (health • Kansai Airport • measles • Osaka • tourism • travel)

Pepsi Zero Peach is being released in one area of Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 23, 2025

An exclusive limited-edition flavour for a very special event.

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • COK • Cola • drinks • japanese drinks • Kansai • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • marketing • Osaka • pepsi • soft drinks • World Expo)

Potential-measuring techno crystals, mist that doesn’t get you wet to be part of Osaka Expo 2025

• Master Blaster
  Feb 19, 2025

Wait no m0re for The Land of Nomo.

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • COK • cool • events • Osaka • Panasonic • pavilion • technology • The Land of Nomo)

Osaka bans smoking on all of its streets, violators will be fined by patrols, vaping included

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 28, 2025

Japan’s third-largest city expands smoking ban ahead of world’s fair.

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• Japan
• (COK • Expo 2025 • Osaka • Osaka Expo • Osaka Expo 2025 • smoking • tourism • travel)

Lucky leaping leopards! It’s the fukubukuro for Osaka ladies and now men too

• Master Blaster
  Jan 25, 2025

Ride the tiger!

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• Japan
• (COK • fashion • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • funny • Lucky Bag Roundup 2025 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • Masanuki Sunakoma • Naniwa Komachi • Osaka • Osaka Obachan • SNJO)

Retro game arcade severely damaged in fire in Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 23, 2025

Fire breaks out at Osaka arcade popular with foreign tourists, motorcycle in building may have made situation worse.

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• Japan
• (Arcades • COK • fire • game centers • Osaka • retro games • Tsutenkaku • video • video games)

Osaka woman causes 8 separate traffic accidents in 35 minutes

• Master Blaster
  Jan 23, 2025

Suspect claims she wasn’t driving dangerously and wasn’t driving.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crime • hit-and-run • Osaka • police • Shin-Midosuji • traffic accidents • weird)

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