Japanese store Muji announces switch from PET bottles to aluminum cans
Japanese retailer Mujirushi Ryouhin, often shortened to Muji, sells a wide range of items that include stationery, furniture, and even food, with a theme of…
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It’s hard to believe over a year has passed since Covid-19 spread across the world, infecting over 140 million people and taking more than 3…
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Goodglas Japan has made their name with a series of 3D art bubbly glasses that allow you to transform your drinkware into adorable beverage buddies….
Animal Crossing: New Horizons and UNIQLO collaborate both in store and in the game
Providing comfort and style at an affordable price, UNIQLO is Japan’s no.1 store for picking up inexpensive everyday fashion. Often releasing limited edition designs, the…
AIGRA kimono pattern earrings made with sustainable materials opens new website
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“Next Meat” plant-based beef bowls and yakiniku go on sale in Japan
Next Meats Co., Ltd, a a Japanese company providing plant-based alternatives to popular meaty dishes with a goal of accommodating different diets as well as…
Japanese project fuses art and Braille blocks to “create new paths” for the visually impaired
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Virtual Bishōjo Nem shows artistic potential of VIVE Facial Tracker in world’s first music video
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Bandai’s baby Shin Godzilla mop top glides and rampages to clean your floor
Before Godzilla was throwing down with King Kong, the King of the Monsters was also recently quietly becoming King of the Merchandise celebrating his 65th…
Ranjatai: priceless piece of aromatic wood is source of emperor’s most exquisite incense
The Ranjatai (蘭奢待) is one of Japan’s great hidden national treasures, a priceless piece of aromatic agarwood that is the source of the emperor’s most…
Japanese Earth Cuisine project develops sustainable chocolate “Ecolate”
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Japanese maple Kit Kats fight plastic waste with paper packaging and animal artwork
While Japanese Kit Kats are often lauded for their wide variety of flavors, such as some aged in Scottish whisky barrels for 180 days, since…
You can help reduce food loss when you buy this vegetable dashi made with imperfect produce
Mountain Book LLC, located in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, has started a crowdfunding campaign on Campfire for a vegetable-based dashi broth called 野菜だけのやさしい旨みだし (yasai dake…