Glico has just announced that it’s adding two flavors to the lineup for its Pocky chocolate-coated pretzel stick series.
First up is the Pocky from Japan Sakura Shitate, which covers buttery pretzel …

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There is still a possibility that final tallies, which will be published in March, will show a slight increase to above 20,000, the ministry said.
The ministry’s figures show that 2019 marked a 10th …

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The swords served at Shogun Burger are noticeably smaller than usual samurai swords, but that doesn’t mean they’re any less impressive, as each one has been made using traditional swordsmithing techn…

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The tunnel was the world’s longest railway tunnel until the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland in December 2016.
We will make efforts so that freight trains will continue playing a si…

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Located in Aomori, at the Seiryuji (Blue-Green Dragon) Temple is a colossal likeness of Dainichi Nyorai completed in 1984.
This particular Buddha, known primarily as Vairocana in the sanskrit, is the…

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It doesn’t seem to be for the finder’s fee or the opportunity to claim the lost property for themselves.
“Children are encouraged to deliver lost items to the kōban, even if it’s 10 yen (7p).
A child…

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Isuzu has been looking to enhance the lineup of its trucks to respond to growing demand for self-driving and low-emissions vehicles, while Honda, which makes Clarity fuel cell cars, seeks to expand t…

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Language Learning with Netflix is a free, simple Chrome extension that automatically works when you log into Netflix. It displays the subtitles of whatever you’re watching in both your native languag…

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Jenya was born in Novosibirsk, Russia, but lives and works in Japan as a voice actor. How did she get into this field when Japanese is not her native language? What has she focused on in developing t…

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An interesting survey that allows you to get insights into international salaries of developers working in Japan. This information is rearly available elsewhere as the surveys conducted by the Japane…

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