Protect your sweets from fridge thieves with Japan’s Pudding Alert 2.1 system!【Video】 soranews24.com

The primary components of the Pudding Alert system are a sensor-equipped plate and a monitor.
If the thief repents and puts the pudding back, Pudding Alert calms down, and announces “The pudding has …

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2019 Top Jobs in Japan Week 45 blog.gaijinpot.com

Can you dance, sing or act?
Then this is the job for you!
Youth Theatre Japan (YTJ) is the one and only English Theater Company for the younger generation in Japan.
YTJ are now hiring creative and en…

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Japan 'probably the greatest' tournament, says World Rugby chief Beaumont – video www.theguardian.com

World Rugby chairman Sir Bill Beaumont believes the Japan tournament will ‘probably be remembered as the greatest Rugby World Cup’.
“We’ve broken records at every level,” said Beaumont a day after So…

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Beautiful Zelda, awesome Pokémon/Mario crossover merch are Nintendo Tokyo shop exclusives【Pics】 soranews24.com

We’re just a few weeks away from the grand opening of Nintendo Tokyo, the company’s first-ever dedicated specialty shop in Japan.
Nintendo Tokyo will be carrying the Super Mario x Pokémon 8-bit Scram…

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Shibuya Halloween Throwback: When a Japanese woman's costume was at the mercy of passersby【Pics】 soranews24.com

The thing is that you don’t actually need copious amounts of alcohol, raucous partying, or even a costume to enjoy Halloween.
Regretfully, Miss Tsumami Gui was forced to disrobe her cardboard costume…

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Should Akihabara be walled off from the rest of Tokyo? Twitter user proposes bold rezoning plan soranews24.com

At least, that’s the idea proposed by Japanese Twitter user @tawarayasotatsu.
@tawarayasotatsu calls her idea “Akihabara Gate City,” and it would start by building a wall around Akihabara, isolating …

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Microsoft Japan's experiment with 3-day weekend boosts worker productivity by 40 percent soranews24.com

And one of them is probably the last company that many would expect: Microsoft Japan.
Last August, Microsoft Japan carried out a “Working Reform Project” called the Work-Life Choice Challenge Summer …

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Five reasons not to live in Japan (as chosen by Switzerland’s perviest otaku) soranews24.com

Overseas otaku says he learned some things while traveling in Japan, but many say they shouldn’t have been surprises.
Melonpan (@MeidocafeR on Twitter) is easily Switzerland’s, and quite possibly the…

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PewDiePie buys house in Japan, calls it "a dream come true" soranews24.com

But what do people in Japan think of the top YouTuber possibly moving to their country?
One of the biggest names in the YouTube community is a Swedish YouTuber called PewDiePie.
And while his followe…

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Why do Japanese toilets have double hooks on their doors? soranews24.com

Contrary to popular belief, this design wasn’t made for coats, hats, or doorstoppers.
You may have seen these types of hooks outside of Japan, but here they’re an ubiquitous part of public toilet lif…

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