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Daiso The 100-yen Japanese Store Finally Goes Online

October 21, 2021 by Japan Informer

Daiso, Japan's largest chain of 100-yen shops, stocks everything you need, including essential kitchen supplies and everyday necessities such as food and skincare, toys, stationery, and storage solutions. It also sells camping equipment stationery, storage options, and seasonal home decor. You'll be reaching out for everything you want but might not need without thinking … [Read more...] about Daiso The 100-yen Japanese Store Finally Goes Online

Japanese Pastry Shop Owner Apologizes For Putting Less Filling Since He’s About To Go Broke

September 27, 2021 by Japan Informer

After a social media apology that he posted, a Japanese F&B store owner received floods of new customers. Junya Hashimoto is the owner and operator of Taiyaki no Bunfukuya, located in the Gyoda City of Saitama Prefecture. His shop sells taiyaki, which is a traditional pastry usually filled with red bean paste and is in the shape of a fish. Soranews reported that … [Read more...] about Japanese Pastry Shop Owner Apologizes For Putting Less Filling Since He’s About To Go Broke

Japanese Researchers Have Devised A Carbon Capture Method With 99% Efficiency

A group of scientists led by Prof. Seiji Yamazoe from Tokyo Metropolitan University has created a new direct air capture technique that can stop carbon. A Eureka Alert press release says it can work at 99 percent efficiency. The world is transforming into more sustainable sources of energy. But the process is long-lasting, and when […]

Japan’s Rent To Do Nothing Man Has Thousands Of Clients In Line

Japanese have always been struggling with mental health issues, according to different surveys. One survey even showed that young adults’ primary cause of death was suicide. The country even has a “loneliness minister” to help tackle such issues regarding the mental health of citizens. This mental condition leaves citizens wanting comfort and company. This is […]

Japanese Professor Discovers Way to Light LEDs with Urine

A Japanese professor made a breakthrough when he managed to light an LED for several hours using only a small amount of urine during an experiment conducted on April 18. The inventor of the portable fuel cell breakthrough, Keiichi Kaneto, a visiting professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology, created this in the hopes that […]

10 Ways To Say ‘I Miss You’ in Japanese

How to Say “I Miss You” in Japanese well, there is no exact equivalent expression in Japanese for i miss you . In fact, we don’t have the same expression for “I miss you” when we say it to our boyfriend or girlfriend and when we say it to our friends and family. There are also […]

Watch How Japan Cares For The People On Wheelchairs In Trains

Most developing countries lack in many areas, especially in places like public amenities, vital safety equipment, and maintaining our facilities. Especially for the differently-abled among us, small amenities like elevators and escalators rarely get repaired. Public property to assist them isn’t taken care of by other individuals at all. However, Japan isn’t like any other […]

Japanese Artist Turns Tom And Jerry’s Most Unfortunate Moments Into Sculptures, And The Result Is Hilarious

I think it’s safe to say that we want to forget our dumb actions. Especially if they made us look like complete idiots. However, some of us couldn’t even if we tried. Like Tom and Jerry. The famous American animated series follows Tom’s attempts to capture Jerry and the mayhem and destruction that follows. Tom […]

This Flower Looks Exactly Like Demon Slayer’s Blue Spider Lily

If you were watching Kimetsu no Yaiba with full attention, you must be aware that the Blue Spider Lily was an essential ingredient in the drug that Muzan Kibutsuji’s doctor-developed to help him live. The flower was believed to be similar to its cousin, the Red Spider Lily (Lycoris radiata) but was colored blue instead […]

Women Sues Sperm Donor And Gives Up The Child After He Lied About His Education And Ethnicity

A Japanese woman has decided to give her child up and sued the sperm donor after discovering he had been lying about his ethnicity and education level. The woman, a Tokyo citizen in her late 30s, is the mother of one child with her husband and wants another child. However, after learning that her partner […]

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Cameroonian Artist And Japanese Designer Collab For Stunning Kimono Line

Serge Mouangue is a Cameroonian artist whose own cultural heritage and interest in the particular refinement of Japanese design inspired Wafrica, a project which “encapsulates both West Africa and Japanese ancient sophisticated aesthetic to create a new territory, redefining our sense of origin.” A 2011 TED Fellow, Mouangue has worked with Japanese designers to create […]