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Meet Mirumi: A Fuzzy Little Robot Bag Charm That Moves

Just what we needed… an animated Labubu variant

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From Egg to Empire: Tamagotchi's 30-Year Legacy

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Why Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathers Is the Ultimate Christmas Movie

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Japan’s Most Underrated Sports Drama Is Coming to Netflix

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Mixed-Race Manga ‘Half Is More’ Tops 2026 Rankings For Female Readers

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From Egg to Empire: Tamagotchi's 30-Year Legacy

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Why Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathers Is the Ultimate Christmas Movie

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Japan’s Most Underrated Sports Drama Is Coming to Netflix

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Mixed-Race Manga ‘Half Is More’ Tops 2026 Rankings For Female Readers

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Demon Slayer Film Makes History With Golden Globe Nomination

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Tokyo Comic Con 2025: Everything You Need To Know

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The Real Ryomen Sukuna: The History Behind Jujutsu Kaisen's King of Curses

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Japan Wrapped: The Most Popular Artists and Songs of 2025

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Japanese Concerts Continue To Be Cancelled in China as Tensions Simmer

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K-Pop Group Aespa Faces Japanese Backlash Over NingNing’s Controversial Lamp Post

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Black Country, New Road’s Only Constant is Change

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Animal Crossing and Godiva Team Up for the Cutest Valentine’s Chocolates of 2026

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A Brand-New Tamagotchi Factory Is Opening in Harajuku

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Kirby Takes Over FamilyMart With a Starry Collaboration

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Resident Evil x Babymetal Collaboration Coming in 2026

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War Refugee Aonishiki Becomes Ukraine's First Sumo Champion

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto: From Disastrous MLB Debut to World Series Hero

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Can Aonishiki Become Europe's First Ever Yokozuna?

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Kanda: Tokyo's Winter Sports Hub, Hidden in Plain Sight

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Justin Bieber’s Skylrk Launches First 3D-Printed Shoe at Tokyo Pop-Up

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JR East Announces Teppay: A New All-in-One Digital Wallet

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Why the Issey Miyake iPhone Pocket Sold Out Immediately

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Japanese Woman Marries AI Character She Generated on ChatGPT

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5 Essential Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Movies

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The End of Super Sentai: Why It Failed

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Hidetoshi Nishijima Takes On His Darkest Role Yet

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Hikari Steps Into the Spotlight

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Award-Winning Manga Accused of Being AI-Generated

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Edo-Era Sideways Running: Japan's Brilliantly Weird New Meme

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Your December 2025 Horoscope

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