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FUNASSYI

JAPAN
Mar 8, 2016
Funassyi character lends support and product license to Tohoku recovery groups
The pear-like character Funassyi may seem at first glance to be from another world, but the unofficial mascot of Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, is starting to make a real difference in this one.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 15, 2015
Funassyi ¡ª Â鶹´«Ã½ favorite shrieking pear
It¡¯s all going pear-shaped, and that¡¯s a good thing for Funabashi¡¯s popular mascot.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Mar 27, 2015
Limited editions to keep you ahead of the game
Build up your character
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
May 12, 2014
Harajuku and Omotesando: Where pop and luxury fashion are friendly neighbors
A Fashionable ¡®pearing¡¯
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 19, 2014
Can a solo career help a mascot stand out?
Several weeks ago Fuji TV¡¯s morning news show sent a reporter to the Gunma Prefecture ¡°antenna shop¡± located across the street from the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo¡¯s Ginza district. The store, which sells products made in Gunma, pays ?64 million a year in rent for the small two-floor space, and an independent...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 6, 2014
Happy birthday to Kumamon, Â鶹´«Ã½ favorite regional bear
You don¡¯t have to be from Kumamoto Prefecture to know Kumamon ¡ª a cute red-cheeked black bear who was officially introduced as the region¡¯s yurukyara (mascot character) in 2010. Since his appearance, he has arguably become one of the hottest yurukyara, along with Funabashi¡¯s blue-aproned pear, Funassyi....
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jun 21, 2013
Tweet Beat: #e3, ££¤Õ¤Ê¤Ã¤·©`, ££¥¸¥Ö¥ê¥Õ¥¡¥ó
The future of videogames, an energetic pear mascot and a mysterious Ghibli fan trended high on Japanese Twitter last week.
South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed DMZ
North Korea's propaganda village Gijungdong as seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the Joint Security Area on the Demilitarized Zone in March 2023
Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice
One of Singapore's most iconic dishes, the humble chicken rice is given an upscale treatment at a new Marunouchi cafe.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
Behind Takaichi¡¯s subtle signals at Â鶹´«Ã½ WWII events
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi looks on among children during a ceremony commemorating the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, at the city's Nagasaki Peace Park on Aug. 9.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Â鶹´«Ã½ macabre literati go global
From Edogawa Ranpo to Uketsu, Japanese writers have long put their own twists on the conventions of crime, horror and mystery, creating a literary tradition that can be as unsettling as it is inventive.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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