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Core consumer prices in Japan rose 3.2 percent in March from a year earlier, driven by higher rice prices, with the key gauge ...
Meiji Holdings ended sales of almost all of its glass bottled milk and coffee beverages on Monday, marking the end of a product long intertwined with Japan’s sentō, or bathhouse, culture.
so I mixed mostly Edo period 'Edo the metropolis' cultural details (so what most would recognize as 'typically pre-Meiji Japanese') with really blatant futuristic technology because I wanted this ...
Ageing, shrinking Japan must adapt with a pace and a vigour that it has only rolled out twice before, when it was younger and scrappier: once during the late 19th-century Meiji modernisation ...
white and milk chocolate. On March 18, 2025 the Japanese fruity and chewy candy brand launched its new getaway mix. Releasing the confectionery product at an immersive pop-up experience in Miami ...
Of course, these are no ordinary potato chips, nor is it a coincidence that they’re going on sale right as cherry blossom season is about to start in Japan. Nope, these are sakura chocolate-covered ...
TSUYAMA, Okayama Prefecture--It might not be to everyone’s taste but chocolate based on a recipe from the Edo Period (1603-1867) is now on sale in Japan. The brainchild of an enterprising ...
Putting the fun in function, Pacifica’s Cool Your Jets design studio creates playful bookends, eye-catching lighting options and more. The brand is the brainchild of Danyel LaTour, who’s long ...
Otherwise called ‘Donki’ or ‘Donki Donki,’ it’s an open secret among locals and tourists alike as the biggest discount store in Japan! We certainly aren’t exaggerating when we say that it has ...
One finding indicates that Japanese artisans were involved in embroidery for the dress, one of several worn by the consort to Emperor Meiji (1852-1912). Although still undergoing repairs ...