Called Genei Wagan, the restaurant is located in downtown Tokyo, about midway between Ebisu and Hiroo Stations.
Usually, ramen places are pretty easy to spot, what with their out-in-front menus listi…

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Two otters travel across the ocean to search for “He-John” in this funny and heartwarming video.
Earlier this year, British-born American talk show host John Oliver became obsessed with a Japanese ot…

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They call her the Butt Craftswoman, but it’s the place where she parks her backside that has people excited today.
Yuka Kuramochi is sort of an anomaly in the Japanese sexy gravure modeling world.
Th…

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Meanwhile, major cosmetics maker Shiseido Co., which leads the charge into men's skin-care products, launched in September its Uno Vital Cream Perfection, a cream targeted at men in their 30s.
Kobaya…

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A suicide technique that mixes household chemicals to produce a deadly hydrogen sulfide gas became a grisly fad in Japan last year.
Now it's slowly seeping into the United States over the internet, a…

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The top part of the image below was taken straight from the Meiso website.
Then there’s the name of Meiso which is eerily similar to that of Daiso, a popular Japanese discount chain.
Inside the Meiso…

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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 14:03 | All, JapanNearly half of Japanese manufacturers operating overseas expect to see their revenue fall in fiscal 2019, affected by U.S.-China trade disputes and China's…

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KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 13:17 | Sports, Arts, NewsJapan's National Stadium was officially completed Saturday, when the centerpiece of next summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics was handed over t…

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Some people may want to abolish school uniforms, but others are strongly in favor of them.
Japanese school uniforms are loved by many for their crisp, clean, and professional appearance, but they don…

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Doraemon, a blue robotic cat from the future, now has his own store in Tokyo’s Odaiba—the first of its kind for the character, apparently.
The shop, called Doraemon Future Department Store, features …

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