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Yoshimoto Shinkigeki: 60 years of laughter in Osaka

Not all Japanese comedy’s performed by manzai duos, or solo superstars. Some of Japan’s longest-running gags need a whole team […]

DEJAPAN Staff / September 10, 2018

For a country that seems like it’s always on the phone, Japan hasn’t got many ‘buy and sell’ smartphone apps.

Remember that fake news story about a Japanese city taking ninja applications? Over 100 people (from 20+ countries!) sent their

Y’know those cute designs you see all over Japanese goods? There’s a high chance they came from the mind (and sketchpad)

We’ve all done it. Stood there in front of the mirror, holding our arms up. Looked, and looked, from every

We’ve gone over different types of figures before – but we didn’t cover Ultra Detail Figures. And with an epic

We’ve got a lot of love and respect for resellers. Buying all that cool stuff and not keeping it for

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So, maybe you’ve heard of Samantha Thavasa. ‘Big in Japan’, but not as a foreign talent, or the wife of

Japan loves K-Pop as much as you do. That’s why they call it the Hallyu Wave – the thing about

Detox, through the soles of your feet, overnight. Yep, this one’s weird even by Japan standards. Time to let you

The east side of Japan can keep Tokyo Disneyland (and Disney Sea). Osaka’s got Universal Studios Japan, and we like

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