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Twitter users claim that after a recent snowfall Tokyoites were greeted by eight times as many Hachikos as usual. But is it a loyal doggy miracle, or just an adorable bit of photo editing?

Japan
(cute • dogs • Hachiko • Shibuya • snow • Tokyo)

Muscle Men Making Macho Mochi Must Mean Magnificent Memories!

ロケットニュース24
Jan 5, 2016

Do you like hunky, muscle-bound men and mochi? Then we have the perfect event for you!

Japan
(event • macho cafe • macho me • Macho Mochi • Macho29 • Shibuya)

Upcoming party in Shibuya combines house music with cutting open a tuna, girls get in free

Master Blaster
Dec 15, 2015

Hey, you got your tuna in my house music! Hey, you got your house music in my tuna! Wait a minute…

Japan
(dancing • house music • kaitai show • Shibuya • Tokyo • tuna)

Miss & Mr. Aoyama Contest boasts stunning contestants, maybe the next generation of TV stars?

Krista Rogers
Dec 10, 2015

An MC from a Japanese variety show recently visited the prestigious Miss & Mr. Aoyama Contest and discovered some very tough competition.

Japan
(beautiful women • beauty pageant • colleges • Handsome men • Miss Aoyama • Mr. Aoyama • Shibuya • Tokyo • video)

Hooters opening gaming bar in Tokyo in partnership with video game company Namco

Casey Baseel
Dec 8, 2015

Companies collaborating to earn all of the disposable income from 20 and 30-something males in Japan.

Japan
(bars • Hooters • Namco • restaurants • Shibuya • Tokyo • video games)

Two Tokyo wards issue Japan’s first ever same-sex partnership certificates

Krista Rogers
Nov 6, 2015

Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward has been creating headlines around the world since the district first announced that it would begin issuing Japan’s first same-sex partnership certificates in the fall. Fast forward to this month, and both Shibuya and neighboring Setagaya Ward today issued their very first certificates!

Japan
(LGBT • partnership certificates • rights • same-sex marriage • Setagaya • Shibuya • Tokyo)

You party, we tidy — Volunteers, kids hit Shibuya streets to clean up after Halloween hijinks

Evie Nyan
Nov 2, 2015

Remember when everyone’s minds were blown by images of Japanese fans tidying up their section after the World Cup? Well what might seem amazing to some is totally atarimae (obvious and expected) to the typical Japanese mindset. As your mother may have told you as a kid; you make the mess, you tidy it up! And the day after the massive Halloween party at the famous Shibuya crossing last weekend, volunteers were out in droves this year again with plastic bags and gloves to make the streets all sparkly again.

But just how many of them actually even contributed to the mess to begin with? According to reports on Twitter, not too many—and boy, are they angry…

Japan
(clean up • halloween • manners • rubbish • Shibuya • tidy • trash • volunteer)

Tokyo Halloween 2015: Our reporters’ collection of photos from their night in Shibuya【Photos】

Krista Rogers
Nov 2, 2015

On Friday night, illustrious RocketNews24 reporters Mr. Sato and P.K. Sanjun ventured out into the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo’s hub of youth culture. Both dressed as Marge Simpson, they were there to check out this year’s collection of crazy costumes. While Halloween as a holiday is still only catching on in Japan, they were thrilled by the number of like-minded, costumed revelers they found.

Join us for a photographic tour of some of the costumed people they ran into on the streets of Shibuya!

Japan
(cosplay • costumes • halloween • Mr. Sato • photos • Shibuya • The Simpsons • Tokyo)

Our reporters search for the spirit of Halloween in Shibuya and make some new friends

Master Blaster
Nov 1, 2015

It’s been months of events and marketing in the making, and Halloween has finally arrived in Japan. Our own Mr. Sato and P.K. Sanjun decided to hit the streets of Shibuya in costume to report on the festivities at hand.

Well actually, they went a day early, but as we’ll soon see, October 31st ain’t nothing but an ordinal number assigned to anachronistically named month, because in Japan, Halloween comes whenever you want it to.

Japan
(halloween • Mr. Sato • Shibuya • The Simpsons • Tokyo)

Japanese cell phone provider gives same-sex couples with Partnership Certificates family discount

Casey Baseel
Oct 26, 2015

Cell phone service in Japan isn’t exactly cheap, and if you spend a lot of time on your smartphone talking with clients, chatting with friends, or otherwise keeping in touch with the rest of the world, it’s not hard to run up a monthly bill in the neighborhood of 10,000 yen (US$84). Thankfully, Japanese providers offer a variety of discounts to help soften the blow, with reduced rates for family members being a huge help.

Now, as part of the changing societal concept of what constitutes a family, Japan’s largest telecommunications provider has begun offering family discounts to same-sex couples who present documentation of their union.

Japan
(Docomo • LGBT • NTT • same-sex marriage • Shibuya • Smartphones • society)

Cosplaying taxis with monster drivers to offer free rides to cosplayers in Shibuya this Halloween

Oona McGee
Oct 25, 2015

Halloween in Japan keeps getting bigger and better every year, with cosplayers coming out in droves to celebrate the world of costumes and make-believe. This time around, Japanese car manufacturer Nissan is joining the fun with a fleet of taxis dressed up in Halloween costumes, complete with “monster drivers” behind the wheel.

The monsters and their vehicles will be helping fellow ogres and ghouls by offering free rides to people in costume in the Shibuya area on October 29 and 31. What’s more, the unusual vans promise to be so spacious, they’ll accommodate any type of outfit you’re wearing!