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- Mini Chupa Chups
- March 17th, 2012Category: Shopping
- Confectionery maker Morinaga has a new candy product, Mini Chupa Chups, which goes on sale from March 21. The standard size is 20.5 millimeters in diameter, but the new Mini Chupa Chups are 5.5 millimeters smaller than the normal ones. The package include a var ... » Continue Reading
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- Uniqlo opens mega-store in Ginza, with 100 foreign staff
- March 16th, 2012Category: Shopping
- Fast Retailing has opened its largest flagship Uniqlo store to date in Ginza. It is the firm’s 9th flagship store in the world. In another first for the clothing retailer, approximately 20% of the store’s staff, or about 100 employees, are non-Japanese. The new st ... » Continue Reading
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- Hello Kitty, Miffy stores open in First Avenue Tokyo Station
- March 16th, 2012Category: Shopping
- Tokyo Character Street in First Avenue Tokyo Station opened on Friday, featuring a Hello Kitty Shop and Miffy (Miffy Style) , produced by toy retailer Kiddy Land. Hello Kitty Shop The interior of the shop is pink and polka dots to match Hello Kitty's image. It is a ... » Continue Reading
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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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- Pot lets you cook without using water
- February 26th, 2012Category: Shopping
- Aichi Dobby Ltd is selling a pot that lets you cook without using water. The Vermicular pot has surprised many people and has been picked up by a lot of media recently. It cooks well without extracting the taste of the ingredients. According to Tomoharu Hijikat ... » Continue Reading
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- UNIQLO’s new spring/summer lineup of “Color Skinny Fit Ankle Jeans
- February 21st, 2012Category: Shopping
- The Hula Girls, a group of Hawaiian-style dancers from the Fukushima onsen resort of Iwaki, perform at an event to promote UNIQLO’s new spring/summer lineup of “Color Skinny Fit Ankle Jeans,” which will be sold in 12 countries. The concept of the new jeans, which co ... » Continue Reading
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- Ever tried non-alcholic fruity beer?
- February 20th, 2012Category: Shopping
- Beverage company Hakusui-sha, which is known for its Hi-Sour drinks -- carbonated flavor sodas used for making mixed alcoholic beverages such as shochu, gin, vodka, liqueurs, and so on -- is selling a brand new product "HiHop" which is a non-alcoholic fruity beer for ... » Continue Reading
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