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CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Nov 11, 2011
Cult of the voice actor continues to grow
The voice actors behind well-loved anime are stars in the their own right.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Nov 10, 2011
Tokyo Designers Week 2011
A selection of blipped on our radar at Tokyo Designers Week 2011.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Nov 9, 2011
Anyone for canned sea lion curry?
One way to keep it cheap, cheeful and retro: serve food straight out of the can.
LIFE / Style & Design / Japan Pulse
Nov 4, 2011
DesignTide Tokyo 2011
DesignTide Tokyo 2011
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 4, 2011
Japan Inc. puts on its social game face
Big corps are getting playful and social while testing the waters of the big Facebook pond.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 1, 2011
More ways to try before you buy
Not sure if you're ready to Roomba? Trial offers let you take just about anything for a spin.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 31, 2011
AKBaby invites fans to breed with their favorite pop idols
Any AKB48 fan's wet dream: the chance to have a baby with their favorite pop idol.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Oct 28, 2011
Entrepreneurs make Korean ikemen the dish du jour
Cute, young Korean man-flesh is on the menu now, as Tokyo establishments cash in on the continuing hanryu boom.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 25, 2011
Get your virtual freak on this Halloween
Thanks to augmented reality voodoo, you can skip that messy fake blood and itchy costume.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 21, 2011
Burger franchises take a second go at success
Wendy's returns to Japan with a new approach, while Burger King prepares to take a bigger bite out of the fast-food market.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Oct 19, 2011
Local hero Ryujin Mabuya to save the day
Ryujin Mabuya speask with such a strong Okinawan accent that he needs subtitles, but this local action hero is going places.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 14, 2011
Say cheers to these limited edition beers
News season, new beers, new marketing campaigns. Always a good reason to say 'Kanpai.'
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Oct 7, 2011
Japanified burgers on the tourism menu
Japanese tourism boards put funky burgers on the menu.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 6, 2011
Cola Lemon KitKat? Let's take a vote on that
What? Companies are actually letting consumers choose what they want to be sold? Yes, it's true.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 5, 2011
Can anything stop the AKB48 mutations?
The many-limbed J-pop monster they call AKB48 is growing in more ways than one.
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Sep 30, 2011
Just in case: Retailers urge customers to buy ahead
No matter where you are, you should be thinking ahead and preparing for the worst-case scenario.
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Sep 27, 2011
Traditional charcoal keepin' it fresh
A variety of 'new' products draw on the traditional odor-eating properties of bamboo charcoal.
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Sep 8, 2011
Weekend volunteering just got easier
Been up north to lend a hand? There's still plenty left to do in Tohoku.
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Sep 7, 2011
This season's fashion hit or flop?
Lab coats as this season's must-have item? Book satchels for adults? Should we believe the hype?
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2011
Japan in a European club?
Hitherto unknown and self-styled "loach" Yoshihiko Noda must learn to swim in an ocean of problems as Japan's new prime minister of the year. He has more than a plateful of domestic issues, but he should also realize, as his predecessors forgot, that Japan needs to re-engage the world if it is to find...
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan
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