Resurrected back in 2017, Sony’s robotic dog Aibo made a big splash at CES 2018, but there wasn’t much fanfare for the pup at Sony’s CES booth this year.
A few weeks later, however, Sony has announce…

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They say fame and fortune often can go to a person’s head, so what would happen if the pineapple-apple-pen PIKOTARO was to release a new album?
Well, you’re wrong.
PIKOTARO has graduated from fruit a…

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Until recently, rice-loving Americans looking to add a little zing to their favorite grain would need to trek out to the nearest Asian grocery store to pick up a pack of furikake rice topping.
But no…

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Is it because you’re being asked how many ba of birds there are instead of how many wa?
For those unfamiliar, Japanese uses what’s called “counter words,” words that come after a number when counting…

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He has given up working in Japan with the new working visa and plans to go back to his home country.
According to the Japan Student Services Organization, the number of foreign students totaled some …

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EXCLUSIVE: Valparaiso Pictures has wrapped shooting on documentary The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima, directed by BAFTA nominee Otto Bell (The Eagle Huntress), with Emmy winner Joe Bini (You Were Never Rea…

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Called “aiseki lounges,” they’re a little different from a standard hostess bar.
At a standard hostess bar, the hostesses are all employees, and paid to drink with the male customers.
So on a Saturda…

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After months of excruciating waiting, the latest games in Pokémon franchise, Pokémon Sword and Shield, came out on November 15.
It’s not like real-life Japan has fused with the world of Pokémon or an…

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Slurping is the norm in a Japanese noodle house, but is it OK to bite off your ramen if it’s more than you can chew?
Japanese-style noodles are meant to be slurped, with the sound showing that you’re…

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KFC made everyone’s dreams come true when they opened an all-you-can eat buffet restaurant in Osaka back in 2015.
▼ Called KFC Restaurant, the eatery is located at the new Minami Machida Grandberry P…

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