5+ hour, 10+ min ago   (290+ words) Police say she also spent time at an Internet cafe. Carmelita Lakdesha Paul, a 12-year-old British secondary school student who went missing while travelling in Japan with her family, has been found safe after spending time at an Internet cafe…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (256+ words) But it’s not in electronics neighborhood Akihabara that Google has chosen to set up shop. Omotesando, the tree-lined boulevard that stretches out from the corner of Harajuku Station in downtown Tokyo, has been a mecca for fashionistas for generations. Now,…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (274+ words) U.K. middle schooler seen on security camera footage after leaving family’s rental property alone. Carmelita Lakdesha Paul, a 12-year-old middle school student from the U.K., arrived in Japan for sightseeing with her parents and older brother on July 21. She has now…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (350+ words) Spoiler alert: Your taste buds aren’t ready for this convenience store katsu. Things started off easy, as we spotted the fried cutlet in the hot food display and were instantly drawn to its fiery red appearance. As ardent spice lovers…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (256+ words) No more cosplaying on shrine grounds, please, says Yasukuni. According to the statement posted to Yasukuni’s official website on August 7, the cosplay ban is being put into place to help maintain the “solemn” and “sacred” atmosphere of the shrine grounds....

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (143+ words) This week, the Ministry of the Environment is caught between intensely divided public opinion on what’s truly best for cats vs. other species. ▼ Even when they don’t have a clear owner, stray cats are hard to be seen by many…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (410+ words) Hard times and hard drinking don’t mix. Of course, there’s never a good time to experience a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, but late July and early August is a particularly bad season for it. The addition of frequent typhoons and sweltering heatwaves…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (298+ words) After initially saying no to a Nausicaa area, Ghibli has had a change of heart. That still leaves a lot of classics from the Ghibli filmography that have yet to be represented, though, and now comes the announcement that Ghibli…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (304+ words) A day so nice they made it twice. It’s beginning to look a lot like One Piece Day, everywhere you go. But it’s at Tokyo Big Sight to see the pirates that will be arriving aaaaaashore… Sorry, I just can’t…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (163+ words) 87-year-old hot dog chain is going to learn some new tricks. Today, Pink’s has eight locations in southern California and two in the neighboring state of Nevada, and soon they’ll have their very first branch in Japan. Thanks to a…...