Final Fantasy plushie shoulder bags are fuzzy and functional [Photos]
Chocobo, Moogle, and two more Final Fantasy mascot creatures want to go with you on…
Akita Kanto Festival, one of Japan’s most spectacular summer festivals, gets an anime twist this year
Towering lanterns, traditional balancing skills, and a special anime collaboration make this an unforgettable Japanese…
Toyota Museum’s international retro vehicle parade returns to Aichi this autumn
Cruise over to Moricoro Park for 120 vintage cars or apply and show off your…
Sanrio characters join forces with your favorite Japanese snack mascots as prizes at Family Mart
The convenience store chain offers the summer’s most kawaii collab by bringing 26 characters from…
Coco’s Japan is very confident in their chilled ramen, but should they be? [Taste test]
Premium-priced hiyashu chuka comes to the American coffee shop’s Japanese branches. With the summer heat…
Japan’s favorite popsicles add multilingual packaging to better connect with foreign tourists
Garigari-kun wants to make friends with/be eaten by people from all over the world. Garigari-kun…
Japan’s Super Volunteer, 86-year-old Haruo Obata, heads to the Kumamoto earthquake site
Your friendly neighborhood Super Volunteer. On 28 July, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture,…
‘Chiikawa’ was always darker than it looked
It’s hard to walk around Japan without coming across the cuddly characters of “Chiikawa,” the…
Japan’s Sony sees profit grow on demand for games, but quake damage still unclear
Sony Group Corp. reported a 32% profit growth in the fiscal first quarter Friday while…