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Japan named most sleep-deprived country for fourth year in a row, according to survey

• Master Blaster
  Apr 7, 2026
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Look, I’m tired. Just think up your own lede for this, OK?

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• (dolphins • health • ResMed • science • sleep • survey)

Nintendo releases Metroid-shaped ice cube/cooking tray and Samus arm cannon pillow【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 5, 2025

As newest Metroid game hits store shelves, Nintendo celebrates with cool and clever merch line.

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• Japan
• (awesome • clever • cooking • cool • ice cube tray • Metroid • nintendo • Nintendo store • Nintendo Tokyo • pillows • sleep • video games)

Pokémon and hot spring bathhouse collaborate to bring Pokémon to your bath and sauna sessions

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 28, 2025

Bathhouse just north of Tokyo provides rubber Psyduckies, Ditto sauna stones, and other sights and scents to soothe tired Trainers.

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• Japan
• (anime • baths • COK • cute • health • hot springs • manga • onsen • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • relaxation • sleep • video games • wellness)

Pokémon Sleep’s sleep-promoting eats step into the real world with Japanese nutritionist recipes

• Casey Baseel
  May 10, 2025

Recipes let you eat like Snorlax so you can sleep like Snorlax.

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• Japan
• (anime • cooking • curry • food • health • manga • nutrition • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • sleep • Snorlax • video games • wellness)

Japan’s Sleep Shelter is here to help gamers play all night and sleep all day【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 4, 2025

Designers say it also makes for a great shrine to your favorite game/anime character.

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• Japan
• (bibi lab • Bibilab • clever • COK • crazy • interior • sleep • video games • weird)

Japanese elementary school installs standing sleeping pod for students to nap in【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 5, 2024

Getting enough sleep is important for good health, but commenters aren’t sure this is the best way to do it.

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• Japan
• (crazy • education • giraffenap • health • nap • schools • sleep • sleep pod • video • weird • wellness)

Japan has a smartphone blanket so good it’s called the “blanket that ruins people”

• Oona McGee
  Oct 16, 2024

Nitori wants to keep us scrolling in bed all winter.

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• Japan
• (bedding • beds • blankets • interior • news • Nitori • sheets • shop • shopping • sleep • wearable blanket • winter)

Nintendo made an interactive alarm clock, and it’s awesome in so many ways【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 10, 2024

Motion-sensing Alarmo wants to make you feel like you’re waking up in the game worlds of Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, and more.

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• Japan, USA
• (alarm clock • Alarmo • awesome • clever • cool • gadgets • Legend of Zelda • nintendo • sleep • Super Mario • video games • wellness)

Pokémon travel gear lineup includes transformable pillows to keep your neck comfy and heart happy

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 4, 2024

If you’re taking a trip, Pikachu and some of his pals want to tag along.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cute • Pikachu • Pokemon • sleep • travel • video games • Village Vanguard)

Crazy gadget company Thanko’s new “earphones” don’t play music, do heat your ears from the inside

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 9, 2023

Sleep aid device Mimipokka skips the tunes to focus on relaxation and destressing.

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• Japan
• (crazy • earphones • gadgets • relaxation • sleep • Thanko • warm • weird)

Miyagi hot spring inn offering free sleep analysis as part of relaxing, health-focused stay

• Dale Roll
  Oct 20, 2023

Three Japanese companies are working together to help show the importance of a good night’s sleep. Read More

• Japan
• (COK • health • hot spring • Miyagi Prefecture • Naruko • onsen • science • sleep • sleep analysis • study • travel • vacation • wellness)

We take a giraffe nap in a standing sleep pod at a cafe in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 25, 2023

Testing the benefits of vertical sleep and coffee in Harajuku.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • coffee nap • COK • cool • crazy • Egawa Tasuku • giraffe • giraffenap • Harajuku • interior • nap • Nescafe • pods • sleep • SNJO • standing nap • standing sleep • Tokyo • weird)

Standing sleeping pods coming to Tokyo cafe, promise to relieve fatigue and stress【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 2, 2023

Nescafé Harajuku is offering the opportunity to nap like a giraffe.

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• Japan
• (cafes • COK • cool • crazy • interior • nap • Nescafe • sleep • weird)

We tried Pokémon Sleep at an exclusive overnight pre-release experience

• Shannon
  Jul 17, 2023

We’re pretty sure it will make you want to sleep more and better.

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• Japan
• (exclusive • nintendo • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon Sleep • sleep • sleep cycle • Snorlax • test play)

Pokémon Sleep gameplay finally revealed in video, pre-registration opens【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 7, 2023

Game tells you which Pokémon you sleep like, and the better you snooze, the more Pokémon friends you make.

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• Japan
• (anime • health • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • sleep • Snorlax • video • video games • wellness)

Our newlywed reporter tests Japan’s Let Me Sleep Quietly Mask to stop snoring, help hubby get Zs

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 28, 2023

Sure, it looks crazy, but is it crazy enough to work?

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• Japan
• (COK • funny • Mariko Ohanabatake • sleep • SNJO • snoring • weird)

Crazy busy overnight work experience event for Japanese kids gives them just four hours to sleep

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2023

Late to bed, early to rise.

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• Japan
• (crazy • kids • Kintetsu • Kintetsu Railway • sleep • train stations • trains • weid • working in Japan)

We find, and try, the next step in pillow technology on Amazon Japan

• Master Blaster
  Mar 13, 2023

Steps can go in either direction, you know.

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• Internet, Japan
• (Amazon • Amazon Japan • COK • crazy • funny • pillows • product testing • shopping • sleep • SNJO • weird)

Japanese genius creates concept of the ultimate nap chamber

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 6, 2023

Who needs a bed when you can recreate Japan’s favorite place to take a nap?

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • funny • nap • sleep • sleeping on trains • trains)

Never oversleep again under the stern supervision of Japan’s Threatening Red Panda Nap Cushion

• Dale Roll
  Feb 3, 2023

We’d sign up to be terrorized by something so cute anytime. 

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • cushion • cute • Felissimo • funny • interior • pillow • plushies • red panda • sleep • stuffed animal • weird • YOU+MORE!)

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  3. Japan’s bean sprout shortage hitting Jiro-style ramen businesses hard
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  2. Starbucks Japan unveils new Pokémon collaboration with Pikachu Latte and exclusive goods
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  9. Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
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