Looking at Japanese restaurant menus, you’ll see the suffix “don” come up a lot. It’s short for “donburi,” or rice bowl, and it’s usually used as a suffix. Gyudon, for example, is a beef ( gyu) bowl, ...

Converse Japan often shakes up the iconic style of the original Converse shoes by incorporating traditional Japanese designs or collaborations with popular franchises. This season is no different with ...

Just like with the boys’ list, the top-ranking girls’ name for 2025 is a color, and one written with a more elaborate kanji than the standard one. Ordinarily, the Japanese word for “green,” midori. is ...

With Christmas just around the corner, Starbucks is here to deliver holiday cheer with a new range of festive goods. This year, the range includes mugs, cups, notebooks, ornaments and three ...

Knuckles, the moodiest of Sonic’s cohorts, is partnered with Kuromi, the edgiest Sanrio character. Of course, Sanrio-edgy is still pretty adorable, which might be why Knuckles looks about as cheerful ...

Mei and Totoro bring the Ghibli moment’s rain to your home.

Starbucks is really feeling the festive spirit this year, releasing limited-edition beverages through regular branches of its chain, chilled cups in stores across the nation, and an exclusive range at ...

The chilled cup range began offering limited-edition holiday-themed products in 2011, to great acclaim. Now, for this year’s festive season, there’s a brand new addition coming our way, with the ...

Available only from 2-6 p.m. on 31 October, the campaign aims to promote the Halloween custom of trick or treating, which is yet to catch on in Japan. To take part, all you have to do is say the words ...

Higher-proficiency students were given more positive-sounding words to start recording their pronunciation videos with.

There’s a lot of competition out there in the world of sweet dessert drinks, so one way to stay ahead of the curve is by beating everyone to the punch with seasonal releases. Nobody beats Starbucks at ...

Like a Dragon/Yakuza exhibition offers wedding ceremonies with charavter of your choice, provides paperwork to tie the knot and sever it too.