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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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21-year-old Nara woman arrested for sending hundreds of nude selfies to woman in her 70s

• Master Blaster
  Feb 14, 2021
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“I still like her,” suspect tells police.

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• Japan
• (crime • cyber-stalking • emails • Nara • sexual harassment • Smartphones • stalking)

Saitama begins plans to regulate how to use escalators, prohibit walking up and down

• Master Blaster
  Feb 14, 2021

Although walking is common practice, support for banning it is strong online.

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• Japan
• (escalators • etiquette • laws • ordinances • safety • Saitama)

Oita woman loses lawsuit and pays damages without ever knowing she’d been sued

• Master Blaster
  Feb 13, 2021

A frightening case of using the legal system to commit robbery.

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• Japan
• (court • crime in Japan • fraud • Kumamoto • lawsuit • legal system • Oita • scams)

We try out the hot new social media app that everyone’s talking about, Crabhouse!

• Master Blaster
  Feb 12, 2021

It’s…a little different than we were expecting.

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• Japan
• (App Store • apps • Clubhouse • Crabhouse • crabs • iOS • social media)

Government worker leaves water running for a month, forced to pay half the 6,000,000-yen bill

• Master Blaster
  Feb 12, 2021

Employee forgets to turn off the water, but did employers forget to turn on labor laws?

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• Japan
• (employment • Hyogo • Kobe • law • liability laws • water • water bill)

Councilman Super Crazy Kun begins work, but considerably less crazy looking

• Master Blaster
  Feb 11, 2021

You don’t have to be super crazy to serve on the city council, but it helps.

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• Japan
• (city council • Matoko Nishimura • music • politicians • politics • Saitama • special attack uniform • Super Crazy Kun • Toda)

Common ramen ingredient found highly effective at clearing up radioactive contamination

• Master Blaster
  Feb 10, 2021

Ramen-loving researcher mixes business with pleasure.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • environment • food • nuclear waste • pig bones • pork • ramen • science • strontium • tonkotsu)

49-year-old comedian can identify any Pretty Cure figure blindfolded

• Master Blaster
  Feb 7, 2021

He must be healin’ pretty good about himself now.

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• Japan
• (anime • Fujiwara • Manzai • PreCure • Pretty Cure • Takayuki Haranishi • Toshifumi Fujimoto)

Unlike real-life counterpart, Tokyo 2020 Olympics video game is going remarkably smoothly

• Master Blaster
  Feb 6, 2021

New updates over next two months, free of charge and misogyny!

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• Japan
• (beach volleyball • judo • Kaho Sakaguchi • PS4 • Reika Murakami • Sega • Shinichi Shinohara • switch • Tokyo 2020 Olympics • Tokyo 2020 Olympics The Official Video Game • video games)

Drum roll please…Touchscreen rhythm game controller to begin crowdfunding

• Master Blaster
  Feb 5, 2021

New peripheral lets you bang away without worrying about your screen.

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• Japan
• (39thanks • gaming • peripherals • rhythm games • Smartphones • Taiko no Tatsujin • touchscreens)

Some of Japan’s COVID-19 contact tracing apps haven’t been working since last September

• Master Blaster
  Feb 4, 2021

It’s not like we needed it or anything.

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• Japan
• (apps • bugs • cocoa • contact tracing • coronavirus • COVID-19 • COVID-19 Contact-Confirming Application • Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare)

Super Crazy Kun wins seat in Toda City Council election

• Master Blaster
  Feb 3, 2021

And what a long super-crazy ride it’s been.

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• Japan
• (city council • election • Makoto Nishimoto • music • politics • Saitama • Super Crazy Kun • Toda)

Hot spring in Gunma Prefecture found to reduce COVID-19 infectivity by over 90 percent

• Master Blaster
  Feb 2, 2021

A disinfectant so good you could bathe in it.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Gunma • hand washing • hot springs • Kusatsu • Kusatsu Onsen • onsen • soap)

Nissin develops instant-yakisoba-flavored instant yakisoba UFO【Taste Test】

• Master Blaster
  Feb 1, 2021

The alpha and omega of special-edition flavors.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • instant yakisoba • Nissin • Rich Rich Rich Sauce UFO • SNJO • taste test • UFO • White Rich Rich Rich Sauce UFO • yakisoba)

Subway rivals a traditional Japanese sushi roll with its own traditional Japanese BLT

• Master Blaster
  Jan 31, 2021

Jared out, luck in!

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• Japan
• (eho-sub • Ehomaki • fast food • footlong sub • Japanese holidays • setsubun • Subway)

Rice made out of soybeans is coming

• Master Blaster
  Jan 30, 2021

Finally, a rice for vegetaria… Hey, wait a minute.

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• Japan
• (Beanus • crowdfunding • daizu rice • food • Fujicco • rice • soy • soy beans)

Guesthouse owner arrested for slashing guest who sprinkled too much pepper on his own food

• Master Blaster
  Jan 29, 2021

Assault and pepper.

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• Japan
• (assault • black pepper • cooking • crime • guesthouse • Ise • Mie • travel)

The good, the bad, and the ugly of half-price stickers at Japanese supermarkets

• Master Blaster
  Jan 27, 2021

One person’s bargain is another’s burden.

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• Japan
• (COK • customer service • discount stickers • food • rude customers • society • supermarket • supermarkets)

Man arrested after refusing to wear mask on a plane refuses to wear mask in custody

• Master Blaster
  Jan 25, 2021

At least he’s consistent.

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• Japan
• (airplane • anti maskers • crime • face mask • Junya Okuno • Mask-Refusing Guy • obstruction of business • travel)

Not-guilty verdict for man in women’s restroom, he had to go so bad it clouded his judgement

• Master Blaster
  Jan 23, 2021

The laws of nature supersede those of society.

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• Japan
• (crime • Hamamatsu • Hamamatsu Science Museum • law • public restroom • Shizuoka • toilet)

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