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Japanese Mascot Characters

  • Category:Souvenir
JAPAN TRAVEL
 
Cute and lovable characters of all colors and sizes
Children love them, so do adults. Yuruchara is the short form of yurui character, which is a term for Japanese mascot characters. “Loose” in literal translation, they are generally laid-back, fun, and lovable. The characters are u...

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Japan Has a Chicken Sandwich with Hot Sauce so Spicy

  • Category:Gourmet
ROCKET NEWS
 
Lotteria, the craziest fast food chain in Japan, ups the insanity with its new ghost pepper sauce sandwich.
For a while, it seemed like whatever psychotherapy Lotteria’s chefs were undergoing was working. It’d been months since Japan’s craziest fast food chain had released a hamburg...

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Ribbonesia Brings its Breathtaking Ribbon Art to Tokyo for New Exhibition

  • Category:Event
JAPAN TRENDS
 
Ribbonesia is the amazing art of Baku Maeda and Toru Yoshikawa. As the team’s name suggests, it creates breathtaking ribbon art that showcases the beauty yet simplicity of the everyday material.
Maeda does the hands-on craftsmanship while Yoshikawa comes up with the concepts and th...

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HAJIME’S VIDEO LAB / To be Creative, You Need Plus Alpha

  • Category:Experience
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Hello everyone, I’m Hajime. I’ll be writing down my daily thoughts in this monthly column, starting this month. Please lend me your support.
This is my first time writing for a newspaper on a regular basis, and I’ve been wondering what to write about. For this first installment, ...

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Matcha Mentos: An all-new Flavor Available Only in Japan

  • Category:Gourmet
JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - The craze for matcha has spread around the globe in recent years, with the powdered green tea ingredient lending color and health benefits to a variety of sweets and snacks.
Big names like McDonald’s, Krispy Kreme, Starbucks, Oreo, and Häagen–Dazs and have all taken a ride o...

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Big Mac Sauce Now Comes In a Jar From McDonald’s Japan

  • Category:Gourmet
ROCKET NEWS
 
Only 300 of these exclusive jars will be available to customers.
Over the years, McDonald’s has brought out some amazing burgers and limited edition releases in Japan. For many, though, it’s the fast food chain’s star staple, the Big Mac, that stands out above the rest, with its del...

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Travel on the Pikachu train this summer in northeast Japan

  • Category:Tourism
JAPAN TRENDS
 
All aboard the Pikachu train this summer!
If you loved the Pokémon concept cars by Toyota, how about a train next?
In 2012, the Pokémon With You project launched a Pokémon train in northeast Japan as part of a charity initiative to support children affected by the 2011 tsunami. Now...

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Pringles Adds 2 More Flavors to Their Japan Range

  • Category:Gourmet
JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - After recently viewing all the amazing Pringles flavors ever released in Japan, we couldn’t help but wonder what their next weird and wonderful releases might be. We didn’t have to wait too long, because the company just added two more limited-edition flavors to their range,...

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1st F-35 Assembled in Japan Revealed

  • Category:Event
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOYOYAMA, Aichi (Jiji Press) — The first F-35A cutting-edge stealth fighter assembled in Japan was unveiled at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. factory in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on Monday.
The Air Self-Defense Force plans to deploy the F-35A unit by the end of fiscal 2017 ...

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New Pokémon Mobile Game, Pokéland, Announced, Immediately Enters Alpha Testing With 134 Species

  • Category:Event
ROCKET NEWS
 
Focuses on battles with adorable “toy Pokémon.”
The number of Pokémon mobile games may still lag far beyond the number of Pocket Monster species, but smartphone gamers’ options to enjoy the franchise are slowly increasing. After the phenomenal launch of Pokémon GO in 2016, last mont...

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