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Paid seating appears at 84 of 106 major Japanese fireworks events. Forty-five raised prices in 2026, while top-tier seats average over ¥40,000.
In the game: align a moving sight window under each target and watch ten bursts from free, general or premium seating.
Play nowA Japanese bite-sized burger-shaped chocolate snack launched a limited strawberry-shake flavour on July 21.
In the game: time bun, strawberry and milk layers over the gold tray; reject the pickle decoy.
Play nowNissin launched its first Cup Noodles made to rehydrate in refrigerated water for five minutes—no boiling water and no ice.
In the game: move the cup, catch blue cold water and dodge red boiling water.
Play nowFuji Kyuko plans to turn a retired 1000-series train into a stationary day-use sauna on track at Shimoyoshida Station, adding Mount Fuji air and the sound and vibration of passing trains.
In the game: read each cart badge and tap HEAT, COLD or AIR before the white line. Route four riders through the full sauna ritual in order.
Play nowMUJI operator Ryohin Keikaku has begun corporate sales of reinforced-cardboard meeting booths that assemble without tools, move around the office and reconfigure for two, four or six people.
In the game: draw one loop around only the heated meeting members. Avoid desks and passersby, then raise a right-sized cardboard room.
Play nowJapan's tax categories helped popularize “beer-like” drinks. As rates converge, Suntory says 19-year-old Kinmugi will add more malt and become beer in October.
In the game: pull a fictional can down-left and release. Clear every malt ring, cross the tax wall and land in BEER.
Play nowA former nurse was arrested on suspicion of murder after excrement was allegedly introduced into an elderly patient's IV extension tube at a hospital in Kashiwa, east of Tokyo. The allegation has not been proven.
In the game: stop brown foreign material and pass blue verified medication by sliding three persistent clamps.
Play nowTokyo is encouraging government staff to swap suits for polos, shorts and sneakers. In a work culture long known for dark suits, formality now depends on the occasion.
In the game: drag clothes between worker and hanger. Dress down for heat; wear any two formal pieces for clients.
Play nowNear a remote Japanese island, engineers tested pipe and equipment from research vessel Chikyu to rare-earth mud about 6,000m below. The test recovered mud; verification continues.
In the game: drag buoyancy modules against the current, straighten the pipe and lift mud to the ship.
Play nowFamilyMart will hold Fami-FEST 2026 on August 26 around the theme of working at convenience stores, unveiling its first new uniforms in 10 years.
In the game: pack checkout, coffee, parcels and bills into three six-minute work blocks.
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