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Scuffle with iron pipe breaks out at anime music concert, police quell the belligerent otaku
- Krista Rogers
Jan 28, 2019 - Tweet
Net users agree that the antics of these so-called fans were just plain rude.
- Internet, Japan
- (Animax Musix • anime • concert • nuisance • Osaka • police • scuffle • seiyu • voice actor)
We hung out at one of Tokyo’s most popular pickup spots, drank our hearts out and met many men
- Koh Ruide
Jan 27, 2019
It was an exciting night for our female Japanese-language reporter, but how did it turn out exactly?
Notebook passed by hand from Hokkaido to Kagoshima, connects railway fans in heartwarming event
- Koh Ruide
Jan 27, 2019
Spanning almost the entire length of Japan, this notebook carried the will and determination of train fans, bringing them together in a very special way.
- Japan
- (event • Hokkaido • Japanese train • Japanese Twitter • Kagoshima • notebook • train)
We summon the Devil’s “sushi roll” in Tokyo because we need to eat this 6,000-calorie thing
- Casey Baseel
Jan 27, 2019
Dark forces can’t intimidate us, or our stomachs.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • crazy • Ehomaki • izakaya • restaurants • setsubun • SNOJ • sushi • sushi rolls • weird)
This Japanese man dated a cockroach, dreamed of having sex with it 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Jan 27, 2019
When she passed away, he ate her dead body so she could be a part of him forever.
- Japan
- (Asian Boss • cooking • food • insects • love • restaurants • romance • videos • weird)
Ninja burglar arrested in Japan, brags to police about how much he can bench press
- Casey Baseel
Jan 27, 2019
Do you even burgle, bro?
Mickey Manga Mouse – Attack on Titan creator, other manga stars draw the Disney icon【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2019
Some of the biggest names in shonen and shojo manga turn their pens to redesigning the king of American cartoons.
- Japan
- (anime • art • Attack on Titan • cool • Disney • Hajime Isayama • illustration • Kodansha • manga • Mickey Mouse)
Japanese Twitter user extols benefits of marrying someone you follow on Twitter
- Katy Kelly
Jan 26, 2019
Could Twitter be the place to prove your romantic compatibility? One user shares his story.
Uncle and netizens confused about child’s low grade on math assignment
- Shannon McNaught
Jan 26, 2019
Have you ever had a teacher this strict?
- Japan
- (education • homework • Japanese teacher • math • math homework • outrageous)
Balance of intelligence factors makes Japan the world’s smartest country, according to this list
- Dale Roll
Jan 26, 2019
A combination of average IQ scores and other factors earned Japan its spot on the top.
- Japan
- (compare countries • intelligence • interesting • IQ • Nobel Prize • world ranking)
Japanese monk’s breakfasts with cats are the most important/cutest videos of the day
- Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2019
Start your day with a healthy serving of adorable felines and their kind-hearted owner.
Hugh Jackman says good morning to Japan in Japanese, makes fans swoon【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2019
Wolverine actor owes much of his fame to his handsome face and bulging muscles, but it’s his heart and his voice that are captivating fans.
- Global, Japan
- (celebrities • cool • Hugh Jackman • Japanese language • linguistics • video • Wolverine)
Maximum matcha! Tokyo sweet shop sells the strongest green tea chocolates physically possible
- Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2019
We taste test the newest desserts from a 112-year-old Japanese tea company.
Four foreign men arrested near Tokyo under charges of “international romance fraud”
- Dale Roll
Jan 26, 2019
The men allegedly misrepresented themselves as U.S. military members to cheat victims out of money.
- Japan
- (fraud • police arrest • romance fraud • scam • scam artists • scammers)
Photo of manspreading on Japanese train stirs up heated debate and interesting solutions
- Oona McGee
Jan 25, 2019
Some of these ideas might actually work if they were put into action.
- Japan
- (Japanese trains • manspreading • trains • transport • twitter)
Naomi Osaka responds to controversial Nissin anime ad that portrayed her with pale skin【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2019
Tennis star makes first comment regarding Cup Noodle ad that’s drawn accusations of whitewashing.
- Global, Japan
- (ads • anime • controversy • Cup Noodle • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Prince of Tennis • sports • tennis)
Chocolate-fed sushi fish set to become a Valentine’s Day treat in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2019
One of the country’s most popular revolving sushi chains has a sweet idea.
- Japan
- (chocolate • COK • cool • food • Kura Sushi • Kurazushi • revolving susi • sushi • sweets • Valentine's Day • weird)
Foreigner and skiing pals get lost in Japan, call cops for help, ignore them when they call back
- Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2019
Lost off-piste skier says answering his phone was too much of an inconvenience.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • foreigners in Japan • Hokkaido • lost • skiing • snowboarding • weird)
Grab a chocolate chili mustard hotdog at Salon du Chocolat this month!
- Master Blaster
Jan 25, 2019
Now is a very limited chance to experience this unholy marriage of flavors.
- Japan
- (cacao mustard • chocolate • chocolate chili sauce • food • Friis-Holm • hotdogs • John's Hotdog Deli • Mr. Sato • Salon du Chocolat • Tokyo)
This giant Final Fantasy Moogle bed could be yours, and doesn’t cost a single yen
- Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2019
Fantastic fluffy Final Fantasy fan furniture.
- Japan
- (awesome • beds • convenience stores • cool • crazy • cute • Final Fantasy • furniture • interior • Lawson • Moogle • Square Enix • video games)
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