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Overwhelmed by modern social media? Japanese company is bringing back pagers with an emoji-twist

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 2, 2024
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Sega’s emojam wants to keep messages short and sweet, plus within your circle of close friends.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • emojam • gadgets • pagers • Sega • social media • society • technology)

Chiitan launches official cryptocurrency Chiitan☆Coin, understands if you don’t want to buy it

• Master Blaster
  Sep 3, 2024

This otter fairy only put it out there for those into that kind of thing.

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• Japan
• (Chiitan • Chiitan Coin • crazy • cryptocurrency • funny • Mascots • meme coins • Otters • social media • Solana • weird)

Shogun Coffee Soft Serve is a divine ice cream for modern-day samurai in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 3, 2024

Saza Coffee captures the essence of traditional Japan in a sweet dessert.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • coffee ice cream • coffee sweets • food • ice cream • Instagram • review • samurai • Saza • Saza Coffee • shogun • Shogun Coffee • SNJO • social media • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • sweets • taste test)

Bad-mannered tourists cause chaos at new Mt Fuji viral photo spot, city erects fence to stop them

• Oona McGee
  Jun 1, 2024

Fuji City’s Great Dream Bridge becomes a nightmare for local residents.

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• Japan
• (bad manners • Fuji • Fuji City • Instagram • Living in Japan • Mt Fuji Great Dream Bridge • Mt. Fuji • news • overcrowding • overtourism • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourists • tourists site • travel)

Has the Mt Fuji Lawson blackout screen really stopped tourists from taking photos?

• Oona McGee
  May 29, 2024

Visit to Fujikawaguchiko reveals the truth about the tourist situation.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • Fuji • Fujikawaguchiko • Instagram • Japanese convenience stores • Kawaguchiko • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • news • overtourism • SNJO • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

Tourists damage Mt Fuji Lawson blackout screen that was meant to stop bad-mannered visitors

• Oona McGee
  May 28, 2024

Bad behaviour continues as sightseers find way to override the system.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • Fuji • Fujikawaguchiko • Fujisan • Instagram • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji Lawson • news • overcrowding • overtourism • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

Mt Fuji Lawson view now blocked by screens, but will it stop bad-mannered tourists?

• SoraNews24
  May 22, 2024

First look at the new screens makes us wonder if this is a good enough deterrent.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • Fuji • Instagram • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • overtourism • social media • TikTok • tourism • tourists • tourists site • travel)

Tokyo sweets store sells beautiful soft serve ice creams that look like works of art

• Oona McGee
  May 6, 2024

We try the edibile flowers that everyone’s talking about right now, and let you know where you can get them.

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• Japan
• (cafes • food • ice cream • Instagram • review • SNJO • social media • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • sweets • taste test • TikTok • Toranomon Hills)

French Fries Bread in Tokyo’s Shibuya becomes a hit on social media

• Oona McGee
  Apr 22, 2024

Taking carb-on-carb meals to new extremes.

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• (bread • cool • cool food • food • french fries • new restaurant • restaurants • review • Shibuya • SNJO • social media • taste test • Tokyo • weird food)

Daihatsu dealership takes down controversial tweet boasting that they like trees

• Master Blaster
  Aug 1, 2023

I think that I shall never see a tweet as backhanded about a tree.

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• Japan
• (Big Motor • car dealerships • cars • Daihatsu • herbicide • scandals • social media • trees • tweet)

Will Twitter’s rebranding result in poaching ‘X Japan’ name? Legendary musician Yoshiki weighs in

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 25, 2023

Social media app’s renaming might hit a snag in Japan.

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• Internet, Japan
• (J-Pop • music • social media • twitter • X Japan • Yoshiki)

Ghibli Park visitors caught in lewd acts with anime character figures

• Oona McGee
  Mar 10, 2023

The silence from Studio Ghibli regarding the matter has landed it in hot water.

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• Japan
• (Aichi Prefecture • Amusement Parks • anime • anime figures • controversy • figurines • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • lewd • news • social media • Studio Ghibli • Tales from Earthsea • theme parks • up-skirt • When Marnie Was There)

Japanese celebs go on “patrol” to help revolving sushi chain Sushiro

• Master Blaster
  Feb 10, 2023

I’m doing my part!

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• Internet, Japan
• (business • Chiitan • Conveyor belt sushi • Hajime Shacho • Hikaru • Kazutoyo Kobayu • revolving sushi • social media • sushi • Sushiro • Takafumi Horie)

Shiga woman defrauded 4.4M yen by man asking for money to fly down from the ISS and marry her

• Master Blaster
  Oct 11, 2022

Ground control to major fraud…

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• Japan
• (crime • fraud • international romance scam • internet • ISS • social media)

Bill Gates effect works its magic at Parasitological Museum in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Sep 8, 2022

Struggling museum sees its fortunes reversed after tweet from famous visitor.

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• Japan
• (Bill Gates • charity • donations • Meguro • Meguro Parasitological Museum • museums • nonprofit • parasites • social media • Tokyo • travel • twitter • weird • wtf)

Government study finds seniors active online more likely to feel life is worth living

• Master Blaster
  Jun 19, 2022

Are they using the same Internet as me?

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• Japan
• (aging population • COK • elderly • internet • senior citizens • seniors • social media • society • survey • technology)

Road in Chiba plagued by accidents involving shutterbugs seeking “Chiba-fornia” shots【Video】

• Master Blaster
  Mar 23, 2022

Chiba-fornia dreamin’ on such a winter’s day.

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• Japan
• (cars • Chiba • Chiba-fornia • illegal parking • photography • safety • social media • Sodegaura • video)

Japanese jam jar lids close on their own, as if by magic

• Oona McGee
  Mar 22, 2022

People around Japan are blown away by this bizarre discovery. 

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• Japan
• (Aohata • cool • jam • mystery • photos • science • social media • trends • twitter • universal design • videos • viral videos • weird)

Japanese ambassador stayed in Ukraine to fight in his grandfather’s samurai armour? No, not true

• Oona McGee
  Feb 27, 2022

Fake news story goes viral around the world, but the real story behind it is just as compelling.

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• Japan
• (ambassador • armour • diplomacy • embassies • embassy • fake news • invasion • misinformation • news • photos • Russia • samurai • social media • twitter • Ukraine • war • warriors)

The top 10 poses trending with Japanese teens, as demonstrated by a couple of ossan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 19, 2022

Two middle-aged guys look to teen culture to reignite their inner kawaii.

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• Japan
• (COK • cute • funny • Generation Z • high school girls • high school students • Japanese high school girls • Japanese high schools • JK • Kawaii • LOL • Mr. Sato • photo poses • photos • purikura • ranking • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • social media • weird)

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