Fans of Makoto Shinkai's blockbuster anime Weathering with You will definitely want to seek out the Weathering with You Cafe.
In keeping with the anime's themes, the cafe menu features many ...
Japan's first tourist information center with an art center facility attached is to open in Shibuya in December. The ground floor of Shibuya FUKURAS, one of the buildings forming part of the massive ...
Weekly tabloid Shukan Post stokes Japan-Korea tensions with latest issue
September 3, 2019
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As relations between Japan and South Korea continue to sour, resulting in a boycott of Japanese products and the cancellation of a major art exhibition, the latest issue of weekly magazine Shukan ...
From Arnold Schwarzenegger to Woody Allen, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Tommy Lee Jones, the list of Hollywood celebrities who have come to Japan to appear in TV commercials and advertising campaigns is ...
Kaltech Turned K Wearable Personal Disinfectant
Portable air-cleaning and deodorizing device
Piko Taro (or PIKOTARO) of "Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen" fame has a new song and music video. While Japanese comedian/musician Daimaou Kosaka has struggled, not unexpectedly, to recreate the lofty ...
An artwork dealing with the historical comfort women issue has ignited one of the biggest scandals in the Japanese art world.
Created by a South Korean husband-and-wife team, Statue of a Girl of ...
Starbucks Coffee Japan has teamed up with Hiroshi Fujiwara's fragment design to offer a special series of collaboration cups and instant coffee sets on sale at branches of Starbucks in Japan and ...
The Shibuya club and "party salon" Trump Room is to close on July 13th with a four-day party.
Loved and loathed seemingly in equal measure, it is undeniable that Trump Room is (or now, was) a ...
Sumo Wrestlers Pouch and Box
Traditional Japanese wrestling design multipurpose container
The former Mitsubishi Morgan Stanley employee Glen Wood who alleges he was punished and dismissed for trying to claim his lawful right to paternity leave has released a video asking for support ahead ...
Many Japanese fashion magazines are suffering from declining sales. To boost their economic prospects and keep creditors at bay, publishers may attempt new directions and types of content, or ...
The Sanrio Gift Gate Asakusa Store opened in late April in the heart of Tokyo's top tourist destination, immediately attracting attention for its large Kitty-chan facade.
Sanrio also offered Hello ...
A few weeks ago we showcased the incredible craftsmanship that transformed a Nissin Cup Noodle packet into a Japanese astronaut figure.
The latest example of this trend we have spotted is this ...
King Jim UV10 Disinfecting Case
Ultraviolet sanitizing device for small items
Last year's fatal summer raised serious concerns about the safety of holding the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo during July and August. With temperatures this month already breaking records, all eyes are on ...
Japan and especially Tokyo are generally regarded as expensive places to live in terms of the cost of rent for a decently sized place.
However, the knock-down-and-rebuild approach to residential ...
Further proof if any was needed that Japanese craftsmanship, especially for things on a smaller scale, is both uncannily good as well as surprisingly inventive.
Following the ship model made from ...