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  "tags": [
    "Japan",
    "bullet train",
    "bullet trains",
    "cafes",
    "coffee",
    "COK",
    "cool",
    "drinks",
    "Japan travel",
    "Shin-Yokohama",
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  "textContent": "Even the massively popular coffee chain itself wasn’t expecting such a positive response, prompting temporary closure less than half a year after opening. It was with great fanfare that, in November, Starbucks Japan opened its first-ever branch on a Shinkansen station platform. With the coffeehouse chain popular all over Japan, the idea of a branch […]",
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