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New line of Super Mario loungewear has the perfect pajamas for your stay-at-home life

• Dale Roll
  Sep 8, 2021
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Shirts, pants, sweaters, cushions, blankets, slippers, all with Super Mario characters. What more could you need?

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• Japan
• (accessories • clothing • COK • fashion • Gelato Pique • loungewear • nintendo • Nintendo Tokyo • pajamas • roomwear • Super Mario • video games)

We hunt for a PS5 in a high-stakes capsule toy machine in Akihabara

• Master Blaster
  Sep 2, 2021

Our reporter doesn’t have a problem though. He can stop anytime he wants.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • capsule toy machine • Monster Hunter Rise • nintendo switch • One Piece • PS5 • video games • Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Japan’s new Final Fantasy fried chicken looks crazy, tastes great【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 1, 2021

The flavor of the Light and Dark Crystals pairs great with a bottle of Moogle tea from Lawson.

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• Japan
• (Chocobo • COK • convenience stores • drinks • Final Fantasy • food • fried chicken • karaage kun • Lawson • Moogle • SNO • Square Enix • taste test • tea • video games)

China announces new three-hour-a-week video game limit for kids

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 31, 2021

New regulations surprisingly don’t include the phrase “You know, when I was your age…”

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• China
• (crazy • online games • society • video games • youth)

Multi-orchestra video game music festival to be held at the online Tokyo Game Show 2021

• Master Blaster
  Aug 31, 2021

TGS2021 is making the best of yet another online convention.

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• Japan
• (concert • music • music festivals • orchestra • streaming • TGS2021 • Tokyo Game Show 2021 • video games)

Samurai, ninja, and anime butlers join dinosaur staff at Tokyo’s “Weird Hotel”【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Aug 30, 2021

Say hello to the future of contact-free check-in.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • anime • COK • contactless • cool • Date Masamune • dinosaurs • Henn na Hotel • holograms • hotels • Idols • Miyagi • Ninja • projection mapping • samurai • Sendai • technology • travel • video games • weird)

Japan creates gaming chopstick holder, because gaming doesn’t always stop when it’s time to eat

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 30, 2021

Or is that eating doesn’t always stop when it’s time to game?

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• Japan
• (chopsticks • clever • cool • food • snack foods • video games • weird)

Pokémon Center megastores across Japan shutting down indefinitely because of coronavirus

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 26, 2021

Humanity’s elemental weakness to the coronavirus leads to near-immediate temporary closures of almost every Pokémon Center and Store in the country.

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• Japan
• (anime • coronavirus • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • video games)

Final Fantasy Crystal-flavor fried chicken coming to Japanese convenience stores

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 26, 2021

And you can wash it down with some Moogle tea.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • food • fried chicken • karaage • karaage kun • Lawson • Square Enix • video games)

Pokémon kimono outfits will have you wanting to wear ‘em all【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 25, 2021

This woman combined her love for kimono with her love for Pokémon, and the results are incredible!

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • fashion • haori • kimono • Pokemon • video games)

To celebrate Hashtag Day, Twitter shares top ten most used hashtags in Japan

• Katie Pask
  Aug 25, 2021

The #TopTen hashtags in #Japan for #2021 so far are #revealed!

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• Japan
• (fate/grand order • FGO • Genshin Impact • horse girl • JO1 • Jujutsu Kaisen • Lawson • Monster Strike • ranking • sixTONES • snowman • twitter • video games)

Japanese stores create clever anti-scalper policies for Pokémon cards, Gundam model kits

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2021

Making sure they end up in the hands of Pokémon Trainers and mobile suit fans, not resellers.

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• Japan
• (anime • clever • collectible trading card games • Gundam • Gunpla • models • plastic models • Pokemon • pokemon trading card game • resellers • robots • scalpers • video games • Yodobashi Camera)

Japanese grade students make working game consoles entirely out of cardboard for their summer homework

• Katie Pask
  Aug 24, 2021

Coolest. Homework. Ever.

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• Japan
• (cool • Gameboy • handmade • homemade • homework • Mario • nintendo • summer homework • Super Mario • technology • twitter • video games)

This “shiitake mushroom” is one of the most mind-blowing pieces of Nintendo fan art ever【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2021

It may not be Mario, but you can practically hear the character shout “It’s me!”

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• Japan
• (bread • cool • crazy • fan art • food • funny • mushrooms • nintendo • Super Mario • video • video games)

Pokémon Store closing down gives fans big old Poké-tears with heart-melting receipt message

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2021

Okayama branch has more to say than just goodbye.

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• Japan
• (anime • customer service • moving • Pikachu • Pokemon • touching • video games)

Japanese Lego master makes incredible sculpture of diabolical Dragon Quest villain【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 18, 2021

Video game’s bit-mapped beast rendered beautifully and blockily.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest III • LEGO • Square Enix • video games • Zoma)

New Uniqlo x Pokémon collection coming to Japan this month!

• Oona McGee
  Aug 16, 2021

Acclaimed London and New York artists put a new spin on some of our favourite pocket monsters.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • artists • cute • design • fashion • graphic T-shirts • James Jarvis • Meguru Yamaguchi • nintendo • Pikachu • Pokemon • shirts • t-shirts • Uniqlo • UT • video games)

Goombas defeated at Universal Studios Super Nintendo World — Animatronics fall off Mario mountain

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 13, 2021

They are the weakest Super Mario enemy, after all.

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• Japan
• (accident • Amusement Parks • funny • goomba • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Nintendo World • Universal Studios Japan • video games)

Piko Taro holds virtual Pikofest to help kick off Paralympics in its official video game

• Master Blaster
  Aug 12, 2021

Punch perms and leopard print for everyone!

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• Global, Internet, Japan
• (concerts • music • paralympics • Pegasus Dream Tour • piko taro • Pikofest • sports • video games)

Green and red herbs from Resident Evil are here to restore your health

• Oona McGee
  Aug 12, 2021

Official items from Capcom, produced by Umbrella Corp.

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• Japan
• (awesome • bath salts • biohazard • Capcom • cool • crazy • merchandise • Resident Evil • stationery • Umbrella Corp • video games)

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