It's August, which means it's hot as all hell in Japan. Mike and Matt share some tips on how to keep cool at the conbini covering everything from body wipes to cold noodles. The Chiki Wars cool off with just one new boneless fried chicken product out. And the new item scoreboard shows record low numbers. The Big Three product development teams may be giving in to the heat.

Items to keep cool

• Gatsby cold wipes
• Hiyashi chuka noodles
• Grape frappe
• Pocari Sweat jelly
• Pocari Sweat slurry
• Garigarikun
• Coolish

Chiki Wars

• Lemon Karaage-kun

Winners and Losers

Matt's Winner

Mike's Winner

Matt's Loser

Mike's Loser

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