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Master Blaster is the two-man translating team of Canada’s Steven Le Blanc and Japan’s Masami M, a pair who in addition to writing work are in English education and created the StudyNow app for Japanese students of English.

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Voyeur at Kyoto shopping center apprehended by Japanese superhero Kamen Rider

Master Blaster
Dec 12, 2016
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A lesson for peeping toms everywhere: you never know when Kamen Rider Knight will appear and put an end to your dastardly deeds.

Japan
(crime • funny • Kamen Rider • Kamen Rider Knight • Kyoto • Satoshi Matsuda)

Oh God It’s Friday: Japan hammers tabloid for driving popular actor to early retirement

Master Blaster
Dec 12, 2016

Some of the more civilized comments against the tabloid Friday include “Die” and “Do you feed your families with the money you squeeze out of people’s souls?”

Japan
(cocaine • early retirement • entertainment • Friday • Hiroki Narimiya • scandal • tabloid)

New flavor Peyoung instant yakisoba takes a confusingly named herb to the max

Master Blaster
Dec 11, 2016

Coriander, cilantro, pakchee, or whatever you want to call it, there’s a whole bunch in this new version of the popular instant fried noodles.

Japan
(cilantro • coriander • food • pachee • Peyoung • yakisoba)

Artist Christian Lassen and instant udon Donbei form an alliance of paint and noodles

Master Blaster
Dec 10, 2016

I can say fairly certainly that this is the greatest painting of instant deep-fried vegetables ever made.

Japan
(art • Christian Lassen • Donbei • food • instant noodles • kakiage • Nissin • Noodles • udon)

Tokyo man awarded 40 million yen for winter jacket “defect”

Master Blaster
Dec 5, 2016

Court victory gives new meaning to the phrase “embarrassment of riches.”

Japan
(cord • jacket • law • lawsuit • rubber • theory • Tokyo)

Japanese actor accused of using cocaine may actually have been eating little girls’ candy

Master Blaster
Dec 5, 2016

Twitter comes to the aid of Hiroki Narimiya days after a tabloid accuses him of drug use.

Japan
(actors • candy • cocaine • Hiroki Narimiya • illegal drugs • scandals)

Universal Studios Japan announces 2017 line-up of Cool Japan attractions

Master Blaster
Dec 5, 2016

“Big” is looking to be the operative word for next year’s Japanese pop culture themed attractions.

Japan
(Attack on Titan • Conan • Evangelion • Godzilla • Monster Hunter • Osaka • Universal Studios Japan • USJ)

Producer Masi Oka announces first Japanese actor in Netflix Death Note movie

Master Blaster
Dec 2, 2016

Well, you’ve got to start somewhere…

Japan, USA
(cast • Death Note • hollywood • Masi Oka • Netflix)

Check out how this huge chunk of U.S. beef looks after using our rice cooker roasting technique!

Master Blaster
Dec 1, 2016

Usher in the holiday season with a huge mound of “rice cooker roast beef” using our all-too-easy recipe.

Japan
(cooking • food • recipe • rice cooker • roast beef)

We try all-you-can-eat raw eggs for 730 yen, turns out to be way better than it sounds

Master Blaster
Nov 30, 2016

Eggs with white yolks and citrus scents are among the luxurious offerings on deck at this all-you-can-eat deal in Tokyo.

Japan
(all-you-can-eat • eggs • food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • tamago kake gohan • Tokyo)

Great news: New study shows beer may help curb Alzheimer’s

Master Blaster
Nov 29, 2016

If you’re looking to stave off dementia, it’s Miller time!

Japan
(Alzheimer's disease • beer • Gakushuin University • iso-alpha acids • Kirin • medicine • University of Tokyo)

Fukuoka amusement park draws anger for skating atop 5,000 sea creatures frozen in ice

Master Blaster
Nov 27, 2016

SpaceWorld’s “Aquarium of Ice” has been under fire by animal rights supporters for their unique attraction. But is it really all that it seems?

Japan
(animal rights • Aquarium of Ice • Fukuoka • ice skating • SpaceWorld)

Ladies and Gentlemen, the comedy stylings of Vladimir Putin 【Video】

Master Blaster
Nov 27, 2016

Russian President Vladimir Putin shows his playful side by only making a veiled threat against neighboring countries.

Russia
(border • geography • joke • politics • video • vladimir putin)

Japanese gamers anxious to get hands on South Korea’s latest hit: Destiny Child 【Pics, Videos】

Master Blaster
Nov 26, 2016

You really ought to check out the video, because screenshots don’t do justice to this visually impressive game for Android and iOS devices.

Korea
(Kim Hyung-Tae • moe • smartphone • smartphone game • video games)

All aboard the Kobe Disco Train! Runs from Tanigami to Okaba Station with a stop at Funkytown

Master Blaster
Nov 25, 2016

If the name is any indication, the Kobe Disco Train promises to be a more uptempo and commercially viable version of a soul train.

Japan
(disco • Kobe • Kobe Disco Train • music • party • trains)

We try Japan’s new “wet potato chips” — A moist revolution or soggy defeat?

Master Blaster
Nov 25, 2016

Snack food company Calbee is playing with fire by expecting people to swallow their new concept potato chips: “Wet Potato, Moist Mild Soy Sauce Flavor.”

Japan
(Calbee • Calbee Plus • junk food • potato chips • snacks • weird • wet potato chips)

Two men arrested for extorting over three million yen from someone they saw taking upskirt video

Master Blaster
Nov 24, 2016

The two suspects are seen as the latest entrepreneurs in Japan’s burgeoning field of “Voyeur Hunting.”

Japan
(crime • extortion • Tokyo • vigilante • Voyeur Hunters • voyeurism)

This Kentucky Fried Chicken Day we investigate the rumored “custom ordering”

Master Blaster
Nov 22, 2016

We discover that it is possible to order thighs, breasts, or whatever piece of chicken you want in your bucket of Original Recipe KFC, but there are rules.