Forbidden snack? Japanese "sponge cake" looks way too much like the real thing soranews24.com

We’ve seen before how artists can craft wood into delicious-looking food, but what about the other way around?
What if a food artist crafts actually-tasty food into something that is edible, but look…

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AV actresses turn up their cuteness factor cosplaying as virtual YouTubers in video shoot soranews24.com

Japanese fans go crazy as their favorite anime girl YouTubers become come to sexy life.
The reigning queen of virtual YouTubers, Kizuna Ai, has continued to entertain her massive following ever since…

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Anime One Piece to become live-action TV series...produced in the U.S.?!? soranews24.com

But hot on the heels of that declaration of an eventual ending comes news of a brand-new beginning for One Piece.
He also predicted that the live-action One Piece will be the most-expensive TV series…

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Japan’s number-one cosplayer skips the Santa outfits, dresses up as a succubus【Photos】 soranews24.com

Enako shares a preview of her two-months-late/right-on-time Halloween cosplay photo collection.
Sometimes there’s a bit of angel cosplay too, tapping into the “holy night” aspect of Christmas Eve.
Th…

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Fate/stay night and Axe body spray partner up in attempt to make anime fans smell nice soranews24.com

Traditionally, hard-core anime fans haven’t had a reputation for stellar hygiene, particularly in the body odor category.
So it’s not without olfactory concern that Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel spr…

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"Diet with Your Girlfriend" app lets you do the exact opposite of that soranews24.com

So Japanese dudes dating digital anime girls has been a big thing in the western media lately because “OMG weird Japan!
!,” but if there’s one thing the news stories get right it’s that there are a w…

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Japan has an unusual tradition of queuing for KFC over Christmas – here's why www.mirror.co.uk

KFC Japan was initially opened as a joint venture between the fast food giant’s parent company and the Mitsubishi Corporation.
The fried chicken chain proved to be very successful and the first prope…

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Casual Jedi cosplay! Japanese fashion brand unveils Star Wars items just in time for new film soranews24.com

Those in Japan get to enjoy the final film in the latest Star Wars trilogy, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, at around the same time as America for once, and gift retailer Felissimo has made sure to…

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Foreigner delights Japanese netizens with hilarious video about Japanese washlet toilets soranews24.com

One foreigner made a video expressing that childlike wonder we all experience when we encounter our first washlet, and unsurprisingly it has blown up among Japanese netizens.
▼ Just look at his sheer…

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KyoAni case puts media at crossroads in divulging victims' names in Japan english.kyodonews.net

In the United States and Britain, for example, disclosure of victims' names in accidents or criminal cases is widely practiced, with the public's right to know given precedence.
Some argue the releas…

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