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Weird but cute: Japan’s capsule toys play big in Internet age

by Natsuko Fukue Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A tiny replica of an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus and a plastic cat squatting on sushi: just two of the weird-and-wonderful capsule toys that have become a multi-million-dollar craze in cute-obsessed Japan. The industry is now worth an estimated 30 billion yen ($265 million), with the fastidious attention to detail in the toys appealing to the Japanese sense of precision along with a well-documented love of all […]