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USJ Halloween Horror Nights 2026 runs Sept 11–Nov 8. What a Studio Pass covers, which mazes need extra tickets, age limits, and why Japan turned Halloween into full-on horror.

The Tamagotchi ring is here: Japan just shrank a 90s toy into 28mm of wearable fashion. Here's why Japan keeps reinventing it, and what it says about nostalgia and kawaii culture.

The Chiikawa movie is rolling out across Asia while the West waits. Here's exactly where it stands, what you can watch right now, and why the wait happens.

Japanese "food fighters" and American competitive eaters look alike but aren't. One races a ten-minute clock; the other eats beautifully for an hour. Here's how Japan turned big-eating into TV — and what the difference reveals about each culture.