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Matcha Kit Kat lovers can now enjoy more green tea chocolate options.
Following on from their popular “I LOVE FRUITS” series released last year, Nestlé Japan has announced their next premium collection, called “I LOVE TEA”, featuring five new tea-based flavours.
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Now you and your kids can experience the fun of owning a cat without any of the hairballs!
Kids these days sure do get some high-tech toys. Gone are the days of the Furby and the Tamagotchi — now we have actual moving, expressive robots! It’s all the good stuff about having a pet wi...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
MAIZURU, KYOTO PREF. – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended a graduation ceremony of the Japan Coast Guard School, a training school for future coast guard officers Saturday — the first time an incumbent prime minister attended the ceremony.
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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Hakuhodo’s latest in its series of HACKist creative lab prototypes is Pechat, a simple button-shaped device that “lets your stuffed animals chat”.
In essence, Pechat is a yellow button that can be added to any children’s toy, transforming it into a talking, interactive character.
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New menu item shows we’re not in the Bluegrass State anymore.
KFC is so popular in Japan that people commonly refer to it as just “Kentucky,” but the average Japanese citizen doesn’t really know anything about the Bluegrass State. As such, it’s not unusual for KFC Japan to offer thi...

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Calbee and the casual-gourmet French chain Ore no French will release an “Uni and Dried Roe Kyokujo Cream Sauce” potato chip flavor on March 21.
The “Ore no” series of restaurants boasts a unique concept: By doing away with all the niceties of typical gourmet restaurants, such as sp...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Taisin has created another superb ice sphere mold. The FLX65 Sphere, Heart, Star Ice Ball Mold has three alternate 65mm molds so you can vary the shapes you make to go in your glass and keep your beverage cooler for longer.
Simply heat the mold briefly in hot water, place good-qual...

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The Yomiuri Shimbun
The organizing committee for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games is increasing its demands that companies and organizations stop the unauthorized commercial use of logos and phrases related to the 2020 Games.
The Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee plans to spe...

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Beautiful kimono and obi sashes are transformed into caps in this impressive new range of Japanese streetwear.
 
After a year in development, Japanese company W@nder Fabric has released a unique lineup of caps made with traditional fabrics sourced from vintage kimono and obi sashes....

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Wanted: six full-time ninjas who have a way with words and can do backward handsprings. Pay: about ¥180,000 a month.
Aichi Prefecture said it is hiring full-time ninjas — the martial-arts masters and stealth assassins of feudal times — to promote tourism in an area known for histori...

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