Last month, Toyota debuted the company’s GR Yaris, a hot hatch reminiscent of the Group B rally homologation specials manufacturers were ordered to build to compete.
Retweeting a story by our friends…

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Tokyo is about to get a full Barry McGee experience.
Coinciding with his upcoming solo show, Potato Sack Body, at Perrotin Gallery in Tokyo, the San Francisco legend will also have a pop-up shop with…

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The Akihabara Showadori branch McDonald’s will be permanently closing at 6 p.m. on January 31.
But what’s unusual is the sign that went up just a few doors down on the same block……where there’s a Bur…

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Stroll the streets of Electric Town at a time when computers and video games were just beginning to appear on the scene.
Today’s bustling otaku mecca wasn’t always like this, though, as the area was …

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Massive amounts of radioactive water being stored at Japan’s Fukushima power plant could be released into the sea under plans provisionally accepted by the country’s government.
The water, containing…

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On February 1, 2020, Louis Vuitton will open their new Osaka Midosuji store.
The elegant and intriguing design is inspired by Osaka’s history as a port town.
Inside the Osaka Location’s dramatic faça…

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As pointed on HachimaKikou (via SoraNews), SuzuKube was interviewed after arriving in Japan for a TV show called You wa Nani Shi ni Nippon e?
AdvertisementOn the show, SuzuKube replied that he had co…

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The Gundam Cafe, however, is a major exception.
Annexing the AKB48’s territory would fit with the idol restaurant’s recent fate, as the AKB48 Cafe closed permanently on December 31.
The AKB Cafe was …

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Weathering With You is the latest film from Makoto Shinkai, the writer and director who shot to worldwide fame with 2016’s Your Name.
It’s tempting to compare Weathering With You to Your Name, since …

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The court order ends a multi-year legal battle between the two that started in 2017 when Nintendo sued Mari Mobility, then known as MariCar, for copyright infringement.
In 2018, a court ordered the c…

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