Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.
Tokyo, Japan.
By Pedro Maia.
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East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond.
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This week, a new Pokémon Center is ope…

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Sanrio itself even created the Sanrio Boys anime/dating simulator/merchandise line which was entirely about boys who like Sanrio stuff.
So how did Hello Kitty respond?
!”It’s startling to see the ord…

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The number of overseas visitors came to 2,496,600 in the month, down from 2,640,610 in October last year, the Japan Tourism Agency said.
Overseas visitors totaled 26,914,400 in the first 10 months of…

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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 23:15 | Lifestyle, JapanTwo new Pokemon video games sold around 1.37 million copies in Japan within the first three days of their release, a record for any title developed f…

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Penta-Ocean Construction, Kajima Corporation, and Yorigami Maritime Construction have agreed to jointly construct a wind farm installation vessel capable of installing foundations and turbines with a…

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With the massive amount of people who head into downtown Tokyo every weekday morning, rush-hour trains are always unpleasant in Japan’s capital.
A joint project between Nestlé and Tokyo-based sightse…

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But for Hisato Hamada, the 42-year-old co-founder of Tokyo's white-hot Wagyumafia restaurant brand, which serves the world's finest cuts of Kobe beef, it's all in a day's work.
The Kobe beef back sto…

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One idol group dominates the poll by taking all five top slots.
Yuka Sugai (656 votes)Sugai hails from Keyakizaka46, itself a sister group of Nogizaka46, which was specifically formed to be the offic…

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Nintendo's outlet is the game giant's first directly operated in Japan, and only its second worldwide following a similar New York shop.
We picked this location, aiming to attract a wide range of peo…

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