Advertisement“Chicken Fried Rice” is the main dish for the opening episode of season 2.
Akai gets to analyzing Master’s approach to cooking, analyzing it like a game, before ordering the titular chic…

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Japan's national sport of sumo conjures up visions of very large loincloth-clad men crashing into one another.
At just over 50 pounds, Mei Kigawa may not look like a sumo wrestler, but the shy fifth-…

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TOKYO—Panasonic Corp. agreed to sell its semiconductor unit to Taiwan-based Nuvoton Technology Corp., marking a departure from the 60-year-old business.
The $250 million deal is expected to close by …

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That’s well-known 63-year-old rakugo comedian Shinosuke Tachikawa, a native of the city of Imizu, Toyama Prefecture.
Making things even stranger is that the poster, which Meg spotted in Imizu, was ma…

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Every city in Japan, is, of course, Japanese, but there are few that feel more so than Kyoto.
That exalted status makes Kyoto one of the most visited cities in Japan, with both domestic and internati…

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So when we saw this video that’s been dubbed “the anime fall in real life”, we knew it was the one for us.
These two handball players ended up in an awkward position when they collided on the court.
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Note Mama is ready to give liquid nourishment in exchange for a huge wad of cash.
Japanese virtual YouTuber Note Takehana has the sort of anime aesthetic that’s become the norm for such performers, w…

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But the Japanese release of a recent episode of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure has been censored even before being aired abroad.
The character Jotaro Kujo from the anime Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is 17 year…

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The goal is to arrive at the most efficient and elegant means of achieving a particular effect.
Sometimes this happens at origami gatherings, such as OrigaMIT’s annual convention, where paper folders…

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As Netflix Inc. prepares for a bruising battle against the Walt Disney Co. and Apple Inc. for streaming subscribers, it’s playing a card that may deliver enough of an edge to fend them off in Asia: J…

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