Family Mart is giving away free socks for your ice cream in Japan

Testing the convenience of Convenience Wear.

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KFC Japan cooking up new yuzu Japanese citrus katsu sandwiches for summer

Yuzu and shichimi add distinctive delicious Japanese flavors to the fried chicken house from Kentucky.

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“Bumping men” are a uniquely Japanese class of criminals that are hard to deal with

This peculiar Japanese crime leaves its victims wondering what to do.

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Studio Ghibli adds folding fans to its anime specialty store in Japan

Totoro and No Face whisk you away to enchanted worlds.

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Chiko the one-year-old beagle saves Buddhist priest from bear mauling

Chiko shows it’s good to be noisy.

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“Matcha crisis” emerges as the world falls in love with powdered green tea

A matcha crisis isn’t fun and games like Time Crisis. It’s hard and grueling like Dino Crisis.

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Elon Musk didn’t have a baby with J-pop legend Ayumi Hamasaki, she’d like you to know

”It’s just not true.”

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Lock that opens when Osaka dialect is spoken unveiled at Expo 2025

Ore no Osakaben hetakusotte iitain? Hooooooonmaaaaaaniiiiii!

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Starbucks Japan releases exclusive new matcha drinks at select stores this summer

Limited-edition drinks are like nothing the chain has ever produced before.

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Japanese people demand that Gackt taste the government’s old old old rice

That’s where they want Gackt to go-oh-oh… Way down to kokokomai.

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No more using real katana for tourism activities, Japan’s National Police Agency says

Popular program in birthplace of samurai martial art iado forced to retool.

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Bicycle gang terrorize Shibuya Scramble with lame and annoying wheelies

Godspeed you beige emperors.

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Studio Ghibli releases new Totoro tenugui anime art for the rainy season in Japan

Traditional techniques bring centuries of craftsmanship to Totoro.

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Fukuoka woman arrested for drunk bicycle riding

It’s a more serious crime than you may think.

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Live-action Netflix One Piece Chopper shows face for first time – What do fans in Japan think?

Tony Tony Chopper moves and speaks in introduction video.

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Japan’s best rose gardens to visit in 2025

With thousands of bushes to be enjoyed, these floral wonderlands are just waiting for you to stroll around them.

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Plant extract that may grow hair discovered by Japan’s Rohto Pharmaceutical

Plants, you gotta love ’em.

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Beautiful covers make Studio Ghibli vinyl soundtracks and image albums look as good as they sound

Gorgeous artwork graces the jackets of LP releases of the work of Ghibli’s greatest composer.

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Donuts beyond mochi mochi: Mister Donut’s new donuts are so soft they’re almost drinkable

Japan’s favorite donut chain rolls out Micchurin donuts to celebrate its 55th anniversary.

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What to do if you forget your camera or other belongings on the Shinkansen

We get an unexpected lesson in bullet train property retrieval procedures.

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