Krispy Kreme celebrates an overlooked Japanese city with exclusive new donuts.

Japanese vending machines just got a little more interesting...

7-Eleven Japan goes big for a limited time, and there's one item you won't want to miss.

Reimagining sushi for modern Japanese tastes.

McDonald's serves up regional Japanese dishes with a fast food twist.

It's time to go bananas for a new Starbucks Frappuccino!

Firsthand experience reveals what can happen in the case of an emergency in Japan.

Things aren't looking good for Japan's izakaya dining scene.

Japanese customer service saves the day at Starbucks.

Should Barefoot Gorilla slides be on your Japan must-buy list?

Move aside egg sando, there's a new convenience store sandwich in town.

Cute cat paws are here to protect you from the sun's rays.

Step back in time and enjoy pachinko machines the way they used to be.

If you’re a gangster, you really should read the fine print.

New Scooby-Doo series is set in Japan, and animated by a major anime studio.

May the cakes be with you.

Japan's Mister Donut brings back its softest donuts ever with the return of Mocchurin!

Legendary samurai rise again in this stunning Japanese festival.

Studio Ghibli combines traditional Japanese cooling wisdom with the charm of My Neighbour Totoro.

Punch's zoo enclosure had some unwanted visitors on the weekend.

Kanji ice cream shows that the Japanese language can be both beautiful and delicious!

It's not easy to get your hands on this Tokyo Station sweets sensation, but it is oh so worth the hassle.

On this remote Japanese island, different kinds of music change the flavor of shochu.

Japan's season of chocolate mint has begun at Tully's.

Sweets fans in Japan go to the polls to choose Baskin-Robbins Japan's best ice cream flavors, with one so popular it had to be barred from the general election.

Japanese canned water shows up at 7-Eleven and in our taste-test center.

It's hard to see how some of these are supposed to be improving teens' education.

A beautiful mountain hike in day trip distance from Tokyo (that's not Mt. Fuji).

Hundreds of rose bushes in bloom at Tokyo’s off-the-beaten-path, next-to-the-tracks flower street

Studio Ghibli announces that its president will be leaving the company soon.

The time is coming to say goodbye to Tokyo's life-size Gundam as statue's removal is announced.

These Pokémon sweets are Kyoto culture you can eat thanks to partnership with 161-year-old confectioner.

7-Eleven Japan has us thinking Greed looks pretty good with its new chocolate chip sandwiches.

Ramen doesn't get salter than this, but did out trip to Kuwabara leave us with sweet memories?

Nintendo reveals live-action Legend of Zelda movie is coming sooner than we’d thought

7-Eleven Japan's new ramen is so huge that it requires a "heaven-and-earth flip" to properly eat, and we love it for that!

Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke is making the jump from anime to live-action, and here's our first look at the cast in costume.

Noh mask organizer pouches from Japan are classy, practical, and terrifying.

If you love ramen as much as Naruto does, you'll want a real-world Ichiraku bowl of your own!

Kyoto cops aren't playing around as they arrest man for threatening to blow up Nintendo's main office.

Mayor in Japan calls out the "ridiculous" attitude of out-of-season hikers on Mt. Fuji.

One part of Japan has gotten 7-Eleven ramen machines before any other, but are they worth making the trip to try?

Japanese prefecture starts new program rewarding people for reporting illegal employment of foreigners.

Japan's top fireworks artists and drone show producers are pooling their talents for an incredible event in the Osaka sky.

Japanese potato chips to get black-and-white packaging because of war in Iran.

The creator of Akira is starting his own anime studio, and you could be working with him.

Uniqlo goes all the way back to Pokémon's very beginning for pixel art T-shirt series with cool Easter eggs.

Starbucks Japan gets chunky for its latest drinks, and it's time for a double-sized taste-test!

With scalpers eyeing McDonald's Japan's new Happy Meal toys, the country's biggest online resale sight bans selling them.

Tokyo Tower and Naked digital art group team up for a beautiful event that lasts all summer.