{"rewrite":{"id":"r_043351142f56b40e1113bdf4","clusterId":"c_47596fce85f1c2cd42916146","slug":"starbucks-japan-and-pokemon-announce-first-collaboration","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Starbucks Japan And Pokemon Announce First Collaboration","summary":"Starbucks Japan and Pokemon announced a collaboration on Thursday, starting with tumblers on September 30. The line includes a Pikachu Honey Cream Latte priced at 690 yen (about US$4.50) and merchandise from 1,500 to 6,600 yen (about US$10 to US$42), among them tumblers, bottles, mugs, drip coffee maker pots, kettles, aprons, and tote bags. No end date was announced.","whyItMatters":"Pokemon has run food tie-ins with Krispy Kreme and CJ CheilJedang this month, and the Starbucks line puts the franchise into a daily cafe chain rather than a limited festival or fast-food window.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe drink is a Pikachu Honey Cream Latte at 690 yen, with the merchandise spanning tumblers, bottles, mugs, drip coffee maker pots, kettles, ceramic canisters, milk foamers, aprons, keychains, stickers, postcards, posters, tote bags, and cup pouches. One tumbler has a Pokeball-shaped lid. The item prices run from 1,500 to 6,600 yen.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePokemon and Starbucks have not announced when the collaboration will end. The franchise\u0026#39;s other food tie-ins this month are a Krispy Kreme doughnut line tied to its 30th anniversary and Pokemon Spam sets with South Korean distributor CJ CheilJedang for the Chuseok harvest festival on September 24 to 26.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Starbucks Japan's Pokemon line runs 1,500 to 6,600 yen, so the Pikachu Honey Cream Latte is the cheapest entry point at 690 yen. Drinks are the gateway; the tumblers and kettles carry the real margin.","twitterPost":"Starbucks Japan priced the Pikachu Honey Cream Latte at 690 yen, under every item in the Pokemon merch run of 1,500 to 6,600 yen.","threadsPost":"Starbucks Japan's Pokemon merch runs 1,500 to 6,600 yen, which puts the Pikachu Honey Cream Latte at 690 yen as the cheapest way into the collaboration. The drink pulls people in; the tumblers, kettles, and aprons are where the spending actually lands.","newsletterBlurb":"Starbucks Japan and Pokemon announced a collaboration on Thursday, starting with tumblers on September 30. The line includes a Pikachu Honey Cream Latte at 690 yen and merchandise from 1,500 to 6,600 yen. No end date has been announced.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-09-25/starbucks-japan-introduces-1st-pokemon-collaboration/.242180\",\"title\":\"Starbucks Japan Introduces 1st Pokemon Collaboration\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4490,"outputTokens":632,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791085463,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T03:41:44.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:43:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:43:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_47596fce85f1c2cd42916146","canonicalTitle":"Interest\nStarbucks Japan Introduces 1st Pokémon Collaboration","representativeArticleId":"a_11216137ba61aade764043df","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Pokémon\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-26T03:59:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-26T03:59:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-09-25/starbucks-japan-introduces-1st-pokemon-collaboration/.242180","title":"Interest\nStarbucks Japan Introduces 1st Pokémon Collaboration"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Pokémon"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}