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Massive Tuna Auctioned for Record 56 million Yen

January 5, 2012

Expect to pay millions if you want to score the first auction of the year at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market, [...]

World’s Oldest Dog Dies in Japan

December 11, 2011

Japan not only has many old folks that have lived pass a grand old age of 100 years. It seems [...]

Today Japan Photo: Expensive Matsusaka Beef

November 28, 2011

Matsusaka beef (松阪牛) one of the most famous beef types within Japan and internationally. For Today’s Japan Photo, we shall [...]

Today’s Japan Photo: Tokyo Sky Tree is World’s Tallest Tower

November 18, 2011

For Today’s Japan Photo, we take a look at a joint photo of Tokyo Sky Tree company president Michiaki Suzuki (L) [...]

AKB48 “Kaze wa Fuiteiru” Blows Second First Day Million Seller Onto Oricon Charts

October 27, 2011

Its just undeniable that AKB48 are the most popular idol group in Japan right now and the first day sales [...]

Tokoy Game Show Sets Another Record Attendance

September 19, 2011

Last year, Tokyo Game Show managed to set a record attendance of 207,647 and this year it broke the record [...]

One Piece Vol 63 Set Record with 2 Million Sold Within Four Days

August 12, 2011

Eiichiro Oda’s “One Piece” manga continues its strong sales record with the latest volume 63 passing the 2 million sales [...]

“AKB Ga Ippai ~The Best Music Video~” Sets 1st Week DVD Sales Record

June 29, 2011

AKB48 released a collection of 36 of their music video last Friday on “AKB Ga Ippai ~The Best Music Video~ [...]

Suzumiya Haruhi no Kyougaku First Light Novel To Sell Over 1 Million Copies

June 23, 2011

Just early this month, we heard news that the first print edition of Suzumiya Haruhi no Kyougaku “涼宮ハルヒの驚愕” dominated light novel sales [...]

AKB48 Album Sells Over 600,000 Copies in First Week

June 16, 2011

AKB48 has something impressive to celebrate for their first full album, which was released on 8 Jun 2011. Koko ni [...]

Suzumiya Haruhi no Kyougaku Sold 341,000 Copies on First Week

June 6, 2011

Fans love for Haruhi-sama just never ceases and it is demonstrated in the strong first week sales of more than 341,000 copies [...]

One Piece Vol 62 Sold 2.37 Million Copies

May 12, 2011

Eiichiro Oda continues his dominance on the manga industry with Volume 62 of One Piece to top the Oricon weekly [...]