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Homestar Star Wars BB-8 Home Planetarium projects X-wing starfighters
If you still haven’t sated your Star Wars fix after re-watching Rogue One on DVD and can’t wait until the release of The Last Jedi, Sega Toys is here to help with the latest in its series of Homestar...
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Japanese diapers commercial under fire for perceived sexism
Is this Japanese diaper commercial sexist, misguided or innocuous? Advertising the Moony brand of diapers, the “moms don’t cry” commercial by Unicharm Japan was actually released in December last year...
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Enjoy the creepiest menu at the Tokyo Ghoul cafe
This summer fans of the manga and anime Tokyo Ghoul will want to head to The Guest Cafe and Diner in Ikebukuro, Tokyo for another themed pop-up. In addition to decking out the interior of the cafe with...
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Shogi de Chocolat promotes traditional Japanese board game in sweetest way...
In February, a Polish women became the first foreign female professional player of the Japanese strategic board game shogi. It’s relatively rare for shogi to make the foreign-language news but the...
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Foreign detainees go on hunger strikes at two immigration facilities in Japan
Foreigners detained at immigration facilities in Tokyo and Nagoya have gone on hunger strike to protest their long detentions and conditions. Last week, some 40 detainees started a hunger strike in...
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JAL launches new Doraemon plane flights between Tokyo, Beijing and Guangzhou
Apparently in a move designed to compete with ANA’s popular Star Wars airplanes, Japan Airlines has launched a Doraemon-themed Boeing 787. If you’re a Doraemon fan in Japan, you will want to book a...
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Credit card company forms music idol group, Higashi-Ikebukuro 52
How can a credit card company find a new way to advertise its services? In Japan, it would seem to mean by forming an idol group. Higashi-Ikebukuro 52 is not the latest “sister group” spin-off of...
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Beat the Japanese summer with antiperspirant that turns armpits blue
The Japanese summer is hot and humid, which can be extremely unpleasant for those unfortunate souls who have to travel the Tokyo public transport system during the peak rush hour. Sweaty bodies and...
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9 Hours opens women-only designer capsule hotel in Kanda, Tokyo
The capsule hotel renaissance continues unabated as 9 Hours opens up a new branch in Kanda, Tokyo, exclusively for women. Long the quirky preserve of budget travelers and eventually edged out by...
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Tokyo Art City by Naked immerses visitors with projection mapping and digital...
“Tokyo Art City by Naked” is set to be the latest digital spectacle to take the capital by storm when it runs at Gallery Aamo inside Tokyo Dome from June 16th to September 3rd. Mixing video,...
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Piko Taro and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike team up to perform PPAP, promote...
What next after PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)? In the wake of the success of the viral hit of 2016, the comedian Piko Taro has tried to extend his popularity with a guest appearance in a K-Pop hit as...
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Travel on the Pikachu train this summer in northeast Japan
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...
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Ribbonesia brings its breathtaking ribbon art to Tokyo for new exhibition
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...
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Studio Ghibli Totoro theme park to open in Aichi in 2020
Fans, your prayers have (almost) been answered. Studio Ghibli has negotiated with Aichi Prefecture on the location of a Ghibli theme park, set to open sometime in 2020 — mostly likely in time for the...
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MetaLimbs give users multiple arm interaction with two wearable robotic arms
Japan is the land of high tech, if you discount the national obsession with faxes. And you might also be forgiven for chuckling at that reputation as you peruse the funky but quite low-fi charms of...
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Maker culture spaces in Japan expand with opening of FabCafe Kyoto
Maker culture continues to grow in Japan with another base opening up, this time in Kyoto. FabCafe’s new branch opens in the old capital on June 9th. Located on the ground floor of MTRL Kyoto, a...
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Surveillance cameras introduced on JR Yamanote Line trains in Tokyo
Although Japan has a prominent number of police substations around communities, locals often take pride in how their cities generally have less surveillance and security cameras than other major...
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Loincloth revival continues with luxury silk fundoshi lingerie for men and women
The fundoshi revival continues now with this luxury update on the classic Japanese undergarment. Librement Kobe has created two 100% silk satin fundoshi lingerie items, one for men and one for women....
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Printoss instantly scans, prints smartphone photos
We may be all digital these days but there’s still nothing quite like the joy of holding a precious selfie or romantic snap in your hands. The need for physical copies of photos is not going to die...
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Dancer Mirai Moriyama puts Onitsuka Tiger and Anrealage augmented reality...
Onitsuka Tiger has teamed up with Anrealage to produce a unique pair of augmented reality sneakers, which go on sale in Japan this week. To advertise the release of Monte Z, the footwear brand hired...
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