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Summer Wars’ Mamoru Hosoda reveals latest anime movie, dark fantasy revenge story Scarlet【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 29, 2025 - Tweet
Director of Belle, The Boy and the Beast discusses how real-world events influenced the creation of his first post-pandemic anime.
City hall in Japan now has a giant Evangelion robot statue in its lobby【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 26, 2025
The real-world Village-3 from Evangelion Thrice Upon a Time launches the Shin Hamamatsu Project.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Eva Unit-01 • Evangelion • Evangelion Unit 01 • manga • Rebuild of Evangelion • statue • Thrice Upon a Time • video)
Switch 2 release date announced, Nintendo to sell both “Japan-only” and “multi-language” versions
- Casey Baseel
Apr 2, 2025
Nintendo finally reveals the big date for the long-awaited Switch successor, which will be getting a brand-new Donkey Kong adventure.
- Global, Japan
- (Donkey Kong • From Software • Mario Kart • nintendo • Nintendo Direct • switch • Switch 2 • video • video games)
Ghibli, One Punch, Fullmetal Alchemist artists create hand-drawn Major Leage Baseball anime video
- Casey Baseel
Mar 27, 2025
First video viewable now with more to come.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • baseball • Major League Baseball • manga • MLB • Shohei Ohtani • sports • video)
Japanese video games don’t need to Americanize, says Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai
- Casey Baseel
Mar 21, 2025
Creator of Kirby says that Americanized elements aren’t what overseas fans of Japanese games are looking for.
- Japan
- (Kirby • Masahiro Sakurai • Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games • Smash Bros • video • video games)
Japan’s new trading card game hit has pictures of real-life middle-aged men on every card【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 21, 2025
“Ojisan trading card game” brings smiles to young and old in Fukuoka town.
- Japan
- (card games • collectible card games • collectible cards • crazy • funny • moving • society • touching • trading card games • trading cards • video • weird)
American reporter blown away by cheap food prices at Tokyo baseball stadium, locals less impressed
- Casey Baseel
Mar 21, 2025
With foreign media in town for the Major League Baseball season opener, Tokyo Dome’s concession stands shine bright.
- Japan
- (baseball • drinks • food • Major League Baseball • society • sports • Tokyo Dome • video)
J-pop…maybe J-metal?…band Asunojokei blends genres, wins fans in Japan and abroad【Interview】
- SoraNews24
Mar 19, 2025
We sit down for a talk with Kei Toriki about making a musical chimera.
- Japan
- (Asunojokei • heavy metal • interview • J-Pop • J-rock • music • SNJO • video)
Tokyo government makes a magical girl anime video about the dark side of contract scams【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 19, 2025
Magical girl contract goes very, very wrong in public service ad.
Pikachu steals show at MLB opener, baseball stars introduced at Tokyo Dome with Pokémon music【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 18, 2025
Even with Shohei Ohtani in the house, Pikachu still knows how to electrify a crowd.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • baseball • cool • cute • Dodgers • manga • MLB • Pikachu • Pokemon • Shohei Ohtani • sports • Tokyo Dome • video • video game music • video games)
Princess Mononoke gets first-ever IMAX screenings to show off gorgeous new remaster【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 13, 2025
Studio Ghibli classic has never looked better or bigger.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • GKids • Hayao Miyazaki • IMAX • manga • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli • video)
Shovel shamisen is a quirky and fun addition to the Japanese music scene【Video】
- Elliot Hale
Mar 8, 2025
What started as a garden tool is now a bona fide musical instrument.
- Japan
- (cool • crazy • culture • Japanese music • Japanese traditional music • music • shamisen • shovel • shovel shamisen • video • weird)
Major Japanese restaurant chain gives its OK to dip sushi toppings in miso soup【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 6, 2025
Pulling the fish off your sushi and swirling it around in your miso soup would get you some harsh looks in a lot of restaurants, but apparently not at this conveyor belt sushi chain.
- Japan
- (crazy • food • Kura Sushi • Kurazauhi • miso soup • restaurants • sushi • video • weird)
Shinkansen Explosion from Netflix may look like Speed rip-off, but its roots go farther back【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 5, 2025
New movie from Shin Godzilla director stars former boy band star on bullet train that can’t slow down.
- Internet, Japan
- (bullet train • movies • Netflix • Netflix Japan • Shinju Higuchi • shinkansen • SMAP • speed • trains • Tsuyoshi Kusanagi • video)
Cursed artifact cafe opens in Tokyo, is naturally also cute and serves parfaits【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 3, 2025
The first and second floor are very different at Cafe Juju.
- Japan
- (cafes • crazy • haunted house • Horror • Obaken • restaurants • scary • video • weird)
The new world’s smallest park is in Japan, and it’s so tiny you might not even notice it【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 28, 2025
Guinness World Records awards designation to Shizuoka town after thorough measuring of dimensions.
- Japan
- (crazy • funny • Guinness World Record • nature • parks • video • weird • world record)
A real-world Pokémon that people can actually ride is on the way from Honda【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 28, 2025
Motorcycle-like Legendary Pokémon is being brought to life by Japan’s top bike builder.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cars • cool • crazy • Honda • Koraidon • manga • motorcycles • Pokemon • video • video games)
Japan’s original virtual YouTuber returns after a three-year hiatus with new music video【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 28, 2025
Welcome back, Kizuna AI.
Brand-new Anne of Green Gables anime adaptation reveals preview video, premiere date【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 7, 2025
One of Japan’s favorite coming of age stories is coming back with an all-new anime series.
- Japan
- (anime • Anne of Green Gables • Anne Shirley • books • manga • video • World Masterpiece Theater)
Japan to have full-flat overnight sleeper buses this spring【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 1, 2025
Why sit when you can lie down?
- Japan
- (buses • highway buses • overnight buses • Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation • tourism • travel • video)
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown- Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
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Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
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This hot spring near Osaka’s Kansai Airport resolves the pick-two-out-of-three bathhouse dilemma
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