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Virtual YouTuber anime idol spotted “drowning” horrifically in Tokyo Bay【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 4, 2019
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A Kizuna Ai ita-bus sounds like a great idea, until you find out it’s an aqua bus too.

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• (anime • buses • crazy • funny • itasha • Kizuna Ai • otaku • virtual idols • virtual YouTubers • weird)

Sexy Japanese 7-Eleven ATM anime boys return to enable Comiket spending

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 4, 2019

Winter Comiket shoppers were treated to a special opportunity: withdraw your cash from an attractive anime man van!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • anime • ATMs • Comiket • manga • Seven Bank • Winter Comiket 2018 • Winter Comiket 2019)

Japanese pilot flies close to Mt Fuji, asks passengers to look out the window

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2019

Mt Fuji never looked more beautiful.

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• Japan
• (airplanes • Fuji • Mount fuji • Mt. Fuji • photgraphy • photos • pilots • planes • tourist sites • travel)

We get more than we bargained for with this Akihabara lucky bag

• Master Blaster
  Jan 4, 2019

A seemingly innocent bag of random anime and game merch became the trigger for a peculiar addiction.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • COK • figures • Flying Mascot • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2019 • funny • liberty • Lucky Bags • lucky Bags 2019 • SNOJ • Sumikkogurashi • toys)

Studio Ghibli-licensed store Donguri Kyowakoku brings us the fukubukuro lucky bag of our dreams

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2019

Totoro and Kiki merchandise make this a great start to the year.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime characters • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2019 • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • Lucky Bag Roundup 2019 • Lucky Bags • lucky Bags 2019 • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Japanese 26-year old single mother arrested for inviting underage high school boy home

• Koh Ruide
  Jan 4, 2019

Was she preying on a minor?

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• Japan
• (crime • high school boy • kidnapping • minor • single mother • underage)

Man strips, makes it rain atop stone lantern at Ise Jingu shrine in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2019

New Year’s Eve gets out of hand at Japan’s most holy shrine.

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• Japan
• (crime • Ise Jingu • Mie Prefecture • new year • New Year's Eve • news • Okage Yokocho • police • shrines • stone lanterns)

Awesome live-action One Piece video shows Luffy and gang could still look cool in real life

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 3, 2019

But why are anime’s Straw Hat Pirates singing “If You’re Happy and You Know It?”

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• Japan
• (anime • cosplay • Live action • manga • One Piece)

Japanese bikini model’s breasts rubbed 10,000 times to see if they’ll grow bigger

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 3, 2019

Sexy science experiment tests one of Japan’s most persistent pieces of folk wisdom.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • crazy • experiment • massage • race queens • science • weird)

Naomi Osaka v Kei Nishikori: Tennis pros play with Japanese bats in Nissin cup noodles commercial

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2019

Osaka turns into a kimono-clad anime character halfway through the clip.

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• Japan
• (commercials • Eggplant Man • hanetsuki • instant noodles • Japanese commercials • Naomi Osaka • Nasubi • nengajo • new year • Nissin • ramen • tennis • videos • YouTube)

The best Japanese cosplayers from Day 3 of Winter Comiket 2018【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2019

The final day of winter Comiket came with some unexpected surprises.

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• Japan
• (Comiket • Comiket 95 • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • doujinshi • Winter Comiket • Winter Comiket 2018)

The most expensive fish sausage we could find in Tokyo divides our opinions, empties our wallet

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 3, 2019

When you send Mr. Sato out to do the shopping, sometimes he comes back with something crazy.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • expensive • expensive food • fish sausage • food • Isetan • kamaboko • Mr. Sato • SNOJ • taste test)

SoraNews24’s sexy men’s calendar, with loincloth Mr. Sato, is on sale now!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 3, 2019

A sneak peek at the hottest thing to come out of Japan this winter!

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• Japan
• (calendar • COK • crazy • fundoshi • funny • loincloth • Meg • Mr. Sato • P.K. Sanjun • RocketNews24 calendar • SNOJ • SoraNews24 calendar • weird)

Shibuya Scramble Crossing New Year’s Eve Countdown event report【Pics & Videos】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2019

Crowds gathered at the city’s most famous intersection for a massive street party as police looked on.

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• Japan
• (Coca-Cola • Coca-Cola Japan • marketing • New Year's • New Year's Eve • news • nintendo • Shibuya • shibuya 109 • Shibuya scramble crossing • Super Mario • Tokyo)

Attack on Titan creator reveals marriage while running down his favorite movies of the year

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 3, 2019

”By the way…,” says Hajime Isayama before slipping in a twist as surprising as any in his giant-slaying manga/anime.

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• Japan
• (anime • Attack on Titan • Hajime Isayama • manga • marriage)

Japan’s most dangerous New Year’s food causes death once again in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 2, 2019

Nearly a dozen Tokyoites rushed to hospital before dinnertime on New Year’s Day.

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• Japan
• (crazy • food • mochi • New Year's • osechi • ozoni • rice cakes • sad)

We find a legendary anime weapon in an extra-awesome Akihabara lucky bag【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 2, 2019

Fate smiles upon us as our reporter receives the weaponry of a noble hero.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Excalibur • Fate • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2019 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2019 • Lucky Bags • lucky Bags 2019 • SNOJ • swords)

Starbucks Japan fukubukuro lucky bag brings us merch and coffee to kick off 2019

• Oona McGee
  Jan 2, 2019

Exclusive Starbucks merchandise you can’t buy in stores.

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• Japan
• (fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2019 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2019 • Lucky Bags • lucky Bags 2019 • new year • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

A guide to every type of delicious steamed bun from Japanese convenience store Lawson

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 2, 2019

What’s inside them, how to order, and what they cost.

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• Japan
• (chukaman • COK • convenience stores • food • Lawson • pork buns • SNOJ • steamed buns)

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