Food

What do you get when you dump a bowl of ramen on top of a pizza crust? UJ decided to take one for the team and find out.
It's a dessert you can literally see through. Lawson tries to keep its lucky marketing streak going with its latest oddity.
Are you a Kinoko no Yama fan or a Takenoko no Sato fan? It doesn't matter - either way, you're gonna get less than what you paid for.
Looking for a Valentine's Day date spot in Tokyo or Kawasaki? Shiseido Parlour's upping the ante with its two V-Day parfaits.
A sushi restaurant in the US wanted to promote a "date night" feel for their store - and ended up promoting a Japanese chopsticks faux pas.
Ready to get your fancy donut on? Check out the new collaboration between the famous donut chain and the famous chocolatier.
A record 72 shops went bankrupt in Japan this year thanks to a combination of rising prices and the so-called "1000 yen wall."
Tonkatsu is under attack - by high cabbage prices. A bad haul has sent prices for the critical veggie spiraling up to historic new highs.
Every year, more people in Japan die from choking on mochi, the country's famous chewy rice treat, than die in automobile accidents.

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