ROCKET NEWS
 
It’s almost like keeping a secret garden or painting hidden inside your shoes!
Japanese gift item manufacturer and retailer REGALERIA have come up with a stylish way to brighten your footwear, well the inside of them, at least. The company has recently released a line of shoe insole...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Square Enix is celebrating the release of World of Final Fantasy on October 27th with a one-week promotion in Shibuya Station.
From October 10th to October 16th, the six columns in the concourse leading up to the Keio Inokashira Line are decorated with Final Fantasy characters in 3...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Fresh chestnuts are one of the few things in Japan that are truly seasonal and not available year-round like so many other food products these days. Chestnuts (kuri in Japanese) have been consumed here since prehistoric times. Charred chestnuts that are more than 9,000 years old hav...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Halloween is almost upon us, and H&M is currently showcasing what it claims are “four Tokyo Halloween styles”. In a video, the model Seria Kawachi goes through several quick costume changes to demonstrate the styles.
These are divided by area: Shibuya is “social girl”; Roppongi is ...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Have a meeting online but no time to do your makeup? No problem with this technology.
Telecommuting has yet to catch on in Japan, where logging long hours at the office by your physical presence, regardless of your work efficiency, is still required at many corporations.
Shiseido i...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Genki Haraguchi scored in the first half and Japan tied Australia 1-1 in a World Cup qualifier in Melbourne on Tuesday.
However, a penalty by the forward in the second half allowed Australia to tie things up.
The draw kept Australia at the top of Group B with eight points, while ...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Official campaigning for two House of Representatives by-elections kicked off Tuesday, serving as a prelude to a crucial fight in the next lower house election.
The race in Tokyo Constituency No. 10 is being fought, in effect, between a Liberal Democratic Party candidate and a ro...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Now, this is certainly unlike any curry we’ve seen before! 
Japanese bookstore and novelty shop chain Village Vanguard have once again amused us with a distinctly quirky  offering: pink and blue translucent curry!
This striking-looking curry is apparently available exclusively throu...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
”How can we get more chocolate in our eggs?” is a question we’d never have thought to ask, but we sure are glad this Japanese company did.
Last year, the great minds at Japanese confectioner Bourbon gave us sliced chocolate, thereby making chocolate sandwiches a possibility. Now, an...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
We say this definitely qualifies as a “treat.”
Back in August, I came down with a pretty serious bout of bout of homesickness when I saw that a bakery in the greater Los Angeles area was selling Pikachu churros. Tempting as it was to pack up and move home right then, I’m glad I stuc...

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