Dom Perignon on the rocks

A high-class French restaurant in Tokyo has added a classy twist to kakigori, a common shaved-ice dessert sold across Japan in the summer. [MSN MAINICHI]

Video game anniversary celebrated with dolomite ‘potion’

A video game developer will celebrate the anniverary of one of their games by launching a soft drink, containing some unusual ingredients.

Library congratulated Murakami on a Nobel award he hadn’t won

A Hyogo library congratulated contemporary writer Haruki Murakami for being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature - only, he hadn’t won it.

Sanrio to sell Y39m dog house

Sanrio Co. have announced that they will cushion an exclusive dog house with a Hello Kitty-formed cushion. The price: 3.9 million yen.

Woman lived with her mom’s corpse for 8 months - to collect her pension

yen.jpgA 43-year-old woman, arrested for abandoning the body of her mother in her apartment for 8 months, says she did it to collect her mother’s pension benefits.

Customer losing teeth over glass shards in KFC salad

Colonel SandersGlass shards were found in coleslaw salads sold at two KFC restauraunts in the Kanto area. One of the unfortunate customers only noticed after breaking a tooth…

Election bra?

A Japanese women’s undergarment company has come up with a novel idea to increase voter turnout. [MSN MAINICHI]

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