AdvertisementWhen Mobile Suit Gundam first aired in Japan, the only toys available featuring the robots from the show were “Chokogin” die-cast models made by Clover.
Chokogin were extremely popular i…

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And yet, often when I hear someone use the Japanese honorific “-san” when speaking English, it feels awkward and superfluous to me.
Okay, so we’ve seen there are a couple of legitimate arguments to b…

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These girls claim having a middle-aged man pay for their lifestyle is different from compensated dating, but is it really?
But those who currently have a sugar daddy say the concept is completely sep…

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Doesn’t matter how bad things get, Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates are always there for one another.
Both use your pet’s front legs as the character’s legs, so it’ll look like the anime p…

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Created with Japanese publishing and toy company Gakken, the Easy Record Maker has a recording stylus that engraves sounds onto five-inch plastic disks.
"You simply plug in your iPhone, computer, aud…

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Post-apocalyptic anime, in particular, mirror the times we’re living in with themes centered around the nature of humanity and fragility of human society.
Go ahead and lose yourself in one of these p…

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A law banning indoor smoking in principle took full effect across the nation on Wednesday as part of an effort to protect people from passive smoking going into the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games…

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Killing Eve star Jodie Comer’s breakthrough drama Thirteen is being adapted in Japan by Tokai Television Broadcasting, which is also known as Tokai TV.
The format deal represents the first direct agr…

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(One of the new employees of the Tokyo metropolitan government offices is pictured with a monitor showing Tokyo Gov.
The annual entrance ceremony for new employees was canceled amid the spread of the…

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Video game studio is told it doesn’t have to close, but decides to make worker safety its priority.
Video game creator Hideo Kojima is best known for his love of complex military/political narratives…

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