[Link] A Loophole in Japan’s Weed Laws Is Getting Tens of Thousands High

Read: 4/7/2022 www.vice.com

The straw-colored drug, sold in sleek vape cases, looks strikingly similar to the cannabis oil Hiro has tried abroad. When it’s smoked, he said the difference is even harder to tell. 

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[Link] Japan’s favourite snack falls victim to global inflation with first-ever price hike

Read: 27/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

One of Japan’s best-loved snacks is to go up in price – by a whopping 20% – for the first time since its launch more than four decades ago,But Umaibo – literally “delicious stick” – will still be a steal for schoolchildren at just ¥12 apiece (US10c, not including sales tax), up from t

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[Link] Now Married, Japan’s Ex-Princess Mako to Move from Palace to a One-Bedroom in New York

Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com

Four years after publicly announcing their engagement, former Princess Mako of Japan has officially tied the knot with her college sweetheart, Kei Komuro.

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[Link] Japanese Host Club With a Nazi Theme Apologizes for Its Lack of ‘Awareness’

Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com

Staffed with male hosts who entertain and pour customers’ drinks, the club, called Unfair, opened on Sunday in the southern prefecture of Osaka.

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