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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
May 26, 2018
Stay clear away from Asahi's Clear Latte
Picture this: the milky, coffee flavor of a latte, transformed into what looks like a bottle of water. That's the driving idea behind Asahi's Clear Latte.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Feb 10, 2018
Coca-Cola Peach: A saccharine adventure that isn't as bad as it sounds
For a long time, Pepsi has owned the flavored cola market in Japan. It did so with left-of-center flavors that often tasted bad but, by rolling out curiosities such as cake-flavored soda, got attention, which is sometimes all that's needed. Now, Coca-Cola wants in on the action.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Dec 2, 2017
Pepsi Christmas Cola: If you're going to leave a snack out for Santa, stick to milk and cookies
Happy holidays, here's a novelty soda to celebrate! Pepsi Japan trails only KitKat when it comes to out-there flavor ideas for its signature item, with the past few years featuring cucumber and baobab among others. Now comes a slightly sweeter special — Pepsi Christmas Cola, which aims to capture the taste of a Japanese-style Christmas shortcake.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Sep 30, 2017
Pepsi Halloween Cola: Pink drink may be too sweet for some
Halloween is now an established event here in Japan. While the revelry differs greatly compared to other places (it's less about collecting candy and more about clogging Shibuya crossing), the country has got the marketing part of it down pat. Companies now roll out special items featuring ghosts and skeletons on the packaging well ahead of time.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Dec 25, 2015
White Cola Pepsi arrives just in time for Christmas
The recently released White Cola Pepsi isn't the first chance the Japanese market has had to experience a snow-colored carbonated beverage. A yogurt-flavored Pepsi White had a limited run in 2008 and a limited-edition orange flavor was released in 2012.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Oct 23, 2015
Pepsi Japan creates a new 'mystery flavor' cola for Halloween
To coincide with Halloween, Pepsi has rolled out the classic "mystery flavor" trick to promote its new limited-edition Pepsi Ghost cola (¥151).
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Jan 6, 2015
Pepsi's pink drink is a major dose of sweetness
Pepsi Japan's seasonal cola specials, appearing on convenience store shelves for about a month or two at most, are always a viral hit.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Oct 31, 2014
J-blip: Pink Pepsi appeals to Nippon
Pepsi Pink Cola features a new bottle design and a strawberry milk flavor just in time for the “party season.”
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 2, 2013
The latest funky food flavors, coming soon to a konbini near you
The weather is heating up, and food companies are answering with treats for the summer palette. Check out the latest in convenience-store goodness.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jun 14, 2013
J-blip: Pepsi-flavored Cheetos
We got our hands on a bag of Shuwa Shuwa before their release to convenience stores Japan-wide on July 1.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 15, 2011
Corporate brands drawn to anime's selling power
Care for some Pepsi and Cup Noodles with your anime?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
May 23, 2011
Will summer colas quench thirst for new flavors?
Three new summer colas take different approaches to the public's thirst for carbonated caramel syrup.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jun 24, 2010
New drinks crackle and fizz with invention
Thirsty for something new? How about beverages for shaking, shooting and popping?
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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