Rising star in Japan’s foodie scene is making its 7-Eleven debut. Walk into a 7-Eleven in Japan and, as you’d expect, you’ll quickly find all sorts of very Japanese foods and drinks, such as green tea
Convenience store range strips everything back to basics, including the rice balls. Just last month, Calbee, Japan’s leading snack manufacturer, announced it would be switching to black-and-white prin
Our writer’s scheme to keep the birds off his balcony backfires in a spectacularly birdbrained way. As one might expect from someone with the kanji for “bird” (鳥) in his name, our Japanese-language re
If you need a break from the noise in your life, this Koenji cafe is waiting for you. In Tokyo you’re never very far away from a convenience store or vending machine, so going to a cafe to have a drin
Unique attraction is a hidden retro gem in a suspended state, and it might soon disappear forever. Japan is world-famous for top-class amusement parks, with USJ and Tokyo Disney Resorts being just tw
Wu-Tang Clan built its mythology on martial arts films and Asian iconography — and Yokohama finally got to witness that legacy live on the group's farewell tour.
The video, posted on TikTok on Wednesday, seems to show the uploader pouring liquid from a dish soap bottle onto sushi that had been delivered to him via a conveyor belt.
Ikebukuro Pokémon superstore and Pikachu dessert cafe won’t be reopening until nearly half a year after murder. In late March, the Pokémon Center superstore in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro neighborhood, also kno
The benchmark index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Prime section ended the day up 604.83 points, or 0.91%, from Friday at 66,934.33.
Totoro and friends want to keep you cool and smiling this summer with these traditional non-folding fans. Summer presents a bit of a conundrum in Japan. On the one hand, it’s not a matter of if the we
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