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- Final Fantasy cards
- February 28th, 2012Category: Shopping
- World-famous Japanese RPG (role-playing video game) Final Fantasy will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year. Production company Square Enix is planning to release Final Fantasy 25th anniversary cards (1,260 yen) and tumblers (1,995 yen) in the spring. The s ... » Continue Reading
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- ‘Enter’ nap time with ‘Keyboard Cushions’
- February 28th, 2012Category: Shopping
- Online shopping site Monolith is selling “Keyboard Cushions.” There are seven variations, “Enter,” “Shift,” “Esc,” “Tab,” “Ctrl,” “Alt,” and “Delete.” They come in black and white for 3,150 ~ 4,725 yen. The standard size of a keyboard cushion such as “Delete” is ... » Continue Reading
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- Metro-FRISK campaign giving free cases with subway designs
- February 28th, 2012Category: Shopping
- Tokyo Metro and Metro Commerce will hold a gift campaign at METRO’S from March 1. During the campaign, when people buy three containers of FRISK, they will receive a free FRISK case with subway trains illustrated on it. There are four variations and 1,000 items ... » Continue Reading
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- Spring explosion with sakura-flavored donuts
- February 28th, 2012Category: Shopping
- Mister Donuts has new items on its menu for spring, called Sakura French. It is a time-limited menu starting from March 7. All the donuts in the Sakura French lineup feature lovely pink colors and come in four different varieties -- sakura bean paste (147 yen), ... » Continue Reading
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- Gov’t enlists AKB48 as ‘gatekeepers’ for suicide prevention
- February 27th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- The Cabinet Office has enlisted mega-popular all-girl idol group AKB48 to help raise awareness of the government’s suicide prevention campaign. Members of the group appear on a new poster to be distributed nationwide from March. It replaces an earlier poster that w ... » Continue Reading
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- Key Japanese: Important terms for apartments
- February 27th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- This is where house hunting usually starts in Japan and where you can find what the average rents are for apartments in your area. To help you get started in navigating the confusing but important world of Japanese real estate, Kumon has put together this handy guide ... » Continue Reading
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- TV commercial of the week: PILOT pens
- February 27th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- This commercial is for famous stationery company PILOT's multifunctional pen "HI-TEC-C coleto" which comes with a set of four various color refills. The commercial personifies each color refills and describes each color refill's characteristics and feelings. Color ... » Continue Reading
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- It’s rabbit season for cafes
- February 27th, 2012Category: Travel
- Last year, cat cafes were trendy. This year, rabbit cafes are attracting attention. Japanese magazines and TV variety programs have been featuring stories on rabbit cafes in trendy areas such as Jiyugaoka and Shimokitazawa.The unusually-named Ra.a.g.f (mea ... » Continue Reading
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- Ben & Jerry’s to return to Japan with Omotesando Hills store
- February 27th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- Ben & Jerry’s Super Premium Ice Cream, which has 815 stores in 27 countries, will open its first store in Japan at Omotesando Hills on April 14. The brand was in Japan once before, opening in 1997 in a tie-up with 7-Eleven, but was not successful. Ben & ... » Continue Reading
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- OVERSEAS 2012: 3 women photographers bring the world closer to Japan
- February 26th, 2012Category: Photography
- RICOH Photo Gallery RING CUTE in Ginza is holding a photo exhibition called "OVERSEAS 2012" which displays photos taken by three Japanese women in foreign countries. The theme of the photo exhibition is that "the world is closer than we feel and think." Here are the ... » Continue Reading
