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At the end of every year, the editorial staff members of japan-guide.com compose their personal top ten travel highlights of the past year of researching, reporting and traveling across Japan.
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Now you can sleep inside a restaurant in Japan.
That’s the idea an izakaya (Japanese drinking tavern) in Osaka has latched onto, offering diners the option to grab a quick snooze in a comfy futon dur…

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However, Tear Studio has now suddenly resurfaced, though sadly only to announce the company’s demise.
Tokyo Shoko Research reports that Tear has submitted its bankruptcy paperwork to its lawyer, who …

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People in Japan are going crazy for boba ball rice balls.
Now it’s time to try boba onigiri rice balls, which are currently being sold exclusively at Japan’s Aeon retail chain.
What makes the rice ba…

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Screenshot : Official SiteThe CEO of indie publisher Dangen Entertainment Ben Judd has stepped down in the wake of allegations against him that intensified last month.
It’s a messy, complicated story…

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In Japan, women have started wearing Period Badges at that magical time of the month to “encourage bonding and sympathy”.
There are many more human conditions that it would be better if everyone you …

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Elon Musk and Yusaku Maezawa at a SpaceX event on Monday.
Photo : Chris Carlson ( AP )SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced the first paying tourist that the company plans to fly around the moon on a 240,00…

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Funeral prices in Japan are sky high at around 2 million yen( $18K).
A company called Tsubasa in the Nagano prefecture have decided to make things a little easier on the pocket by offering a DIY Fune…

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Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption The atomic bomb destroyed thousands of buildings in HiroshimaIwao Nakanishi, 89, was in one of the buildings when the city was bombed.
"These are valuab…

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