Direct from Disney Store Japan, new Urupocha-chan plush featuring Mickey Mouse, Stitch, and more are now available from the U.S. online store. In Japanese, “uru” means teary-eyed, while “pocha” means ...

Best online stores to buy things from Tokyo and Japan Enjoy a bit of retail therapy from home with these online Japanese stores for fashion, skincare and cosmetics, souvenirs, food and more ...

If there is a product, then a Japanese company probably has a cute character for it. Usually, it doesn’t seem to matter what the product is. Case in point: the enema-themed character “Kan-chan.” ...

The inside of the store is lined with rows of colorful products similar to those on the Ib Laursen Online-Shop, maintaining the cute, playful aesthetic that Lin described. Chun-Yuan Chang, a recent ...

Japanese convenience stores are known for being wonderful havens, where you can get everything from cat breads to pancake steamed buns at any time of the day or night. With such glowing reputations ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Japan's culture of cute makes no exceptions for poop. It gets a pop twist at the Unko Museum in Yokohama near Tokyo. Here, the poop is artificial, nothing like what would be in ...

A young Japanese woman has wowed social media with photos of herself dressed in cute girlie styles while performing intimidating Chinese martial arts moves.

Japan has been infected by the craze for "yuru-kyara"—plush mascots representing municipalities, government organizations and companies with a uniquely Japanese mix of cute and bizarre.

When it comes to wagashi (that’s traditional Japanese sweets), sweets enthusiasts know that not only do they taste delicious, but they are sure to be presented beautifully too. One lineup of wagashi ...

The shop had plans to celebrate its 10th year in business but these had to be shelved, and instead they moved some of their promotions and competitions online instead.