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Thankfully, the KURATAS is also sold by a reputable middleman, Amazon Japan. This is actually Amazon’s second time to offer the KURATAS, as it also briefly sold the robot in 2013. The item …
Photo : CapcomCapcom Cup wrapped up a year of Street Fighter V over the weekend with an explosive grand finals match between Japanese powerhouses Kanamori “Gachikun” Tsunehori and Hiromiki “Itabashi …
I grew up watching foreigners film Tokyo. Three modes seemed to emerge onscreen: the foreign filmmaker who goes to Japan as a tourist; the foreign filmmaker who resists being a tourist…
SoraNews24 tries the latest offering to clear beverages: Asahi’s Clear Latte. Our home-brewed “Clear Latte” recipe distils the latte experience down to its delicious essentials. The Cl…
This year, millions of people across Japan will celebrate Christmas around buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken. There was never a reason to doubt the company’s account, until the man who brought K…
Japanese telecom company KDDI Corp is taking a 2.1% stake in convenience store chain Lawson as part of a tie-up in smartphone payment services, amid a push by the government and businesses to bo…
But Uniqlo’s love for Japanese pop culture goes beyond animation and into the world of video games too, and its newest collaboration is with Nintendo. Officially called Mario Kart Friendship, th…
Though they’ve only been around for a short time, they’ve been making waves on Instagram for their custom 3-D latte art. They have eight kinds of lattes you can choose from for your latte a…
In a survey of Japanese managers with foreign subordinates, 34.3 percent of the 872 respondents reported that they feel intense stress because of the challenges the situation presents. Moreover,…
A young woman in her twenties was allegedly groped while riding the train. What sets this event apart from other incidents is that both men had apparently targeted the same, incredibly unfortuna…
