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McDonald’s Japan Bringing Back Matcha Treats Again This Year With New Twist

  • Category:Gourmet
JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - As we’ve seen time and time again, McDonald’s Japan likes to shake up its menu to keep customers coming back to try all the new and limited-time goodies, with everything from peach milkshakes and Pikachu McFlurries to monstrous burgers like the Giga Mac.
Last year, they also...

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Spirited Away No Face Soy Sauce Bottle and Rice Scoop Will Bring Taste of Ghibli to Your Kitchen

  • Category:Souvenir
ROCKET NEWS
 
Iconic character from Hayao Miyazaki anime is ready to terrify and/or charm you at mealtime.
Just about every Studio Ghibli anime features a plucky heroine who has an adventure, or at least a dramatic coming-of-age experience. Along the way, she generally meets a handsome, helpful y...

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New ‘Shachihoko’ Ornaments for Kumamoto Castle Unveiled

  • Category:Event
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
KUMAMOTO (Jiji Press) — New shachihoko ornaments for the towers of Kumamoto Castle in Kumamoto went on display Wednesday at a tourist facility near the castle, which was heavily damaged by powerful earthquakes in April last year.
Jolted by the quakes, a total of four sculptures o...

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Duty-free Shops to Open In The Immediate Arrival Area of Narita Airport’s Terminal 2

  • Category:Shopping
ROCKET NEWS
 
Travelers to Japan will soon be able shop duty-free as soon as they land, eliminating the need to carry heavy purchases on-board beforehand.  
Narita International Airport, Japan’s predominant international airport, is about to become the first airport in Japan to receive duty-free ...

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Chun-Li and Cammy Street Fighter Cosplay Underwear Are Dream Come True for Female Video Game Fans

  • Category:Shopping
JAPAN TRENDS
 
While fans of the Capcom video game franchise Street Fighter are stereotypically male, now female aficionados can get their hands on two official sporty lingerie sets based on the characters of Chun-Li and Cammy White.
These two new Street Fighter lingerie sets don’t come cheap, th...

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Sea Shepherd Pulls Plug on Campaign to Disrupt Japan Whale Hunt

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JAPAN TODAY
 
SYDNEY - Activist group Sea Shepherd on Tuesday pulled the plug on its annual campaign to disrupt Japanese whaling, saying it can no longer match the country's military and economic power.
The organisation has waged a 12-year high-seas battle against whaling in the Southern Ocean, c...

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Häagen-Dazs Japan Unveils Its Next Unusual Ice Cream Flavour: Orange Sweet Potato

  • Category:Gourmet
ROCKET NEWS
 
This is no ordinary sweet potato offering.
Häagen-Dazs has been spoiling its Japanese customers with unusual flavours specifically geared towards local tastes for a number of years now, and while many of the company’s limited-edition releases have showcased well-known ingredients li...

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Maehara Leads in DP Election

  • Category:Event
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
In the presidential election to be held on Friday for the opposition Democratic Party, former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara has the support of about 50 percent of the 127 people scheduled to be candidates on the party ticket in national elections.
This puts Maehara in the lead o...

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Super Mario and Princess Peach Wedding Registration Forms Make Matrimony Super in Japan

  • Category:Experience
ROCKET NEWS
 
The first couple of Nintendo grace the legally binding documents.
Nintendo’s Super Mario and Princess Peach have known each other for a long time. Their first face-to-face meeting, at the end of the original Super Mario Bros., came 32 years ago, so most would say they’ve had plenty ...

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Takahashi Ends Long Drought in Freestyle Wrestling

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
PARIS — When the referee raised his hand in victory in the gold-medal match, Yuki Takahashi recalled why he has continued in wrestling since he started at age 10.
“To have my hand raised after winning gives me an incredible sense of accomplishment,” said Takahashi, who ended Japa...

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