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Mr. Sato tries a unique method to compellingly call in sick to work【Video】

• Master Blaster
  Nov 18, 2018
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Some people bend over backwards at work. Others bend over backwards to get out of work.

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• Global, Japan
• (bend over backwards • bridge • calling in sick to work • health • Mr. Sato • sickness • work)

Japanese tourist cries tears of joy over creative installation of origami in the UK

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 18, 2018

Famous British botanical gardens include a clever use of origami art in a holiday display. 

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• Europe, Internet, Japan
• (art • Kew Gardens • london • origami • twitter • UK)

Tokyo man arrested after telling woman he wanted to rub “just” her breasts

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2018

Limiting your forceful groping to just one part of the body is still plenty past what the law allows.
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• Japan
• (chikan • crazy • crime • groper • weird)

Sexual harassment poster from Japanese government draws criticism for seemingly taking men’s side

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2018

Unless you read all the way to the bottom, the poster might look like it’s sending the wrong message.

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• Japan
• (Cabinet Office of Japan • controversy • government • harassment • poster • society)

After being banned for ugliness, the Pikachu Donuts are back, but are they cute this time?

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2018

Is the final-version Pikachu Donut cuter before or after we cut its face in half?

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cute • donuts • food • Mister Donut • Pikachu • SNOJ • sweets • video games)

All 151 original Pokémon now available as Tokyo Pokémon Cafe latte art, and you choose your own

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2018

Plus, can’t decide between Pikachu and Eevee? Adorable combo plate means you don’t have to.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • food • latte art • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Cafe • restaurants • themed restaurants • Tokyo • video games)

Wanting a frog, man gets too many praying animals from capsule machine, creates cute, creepy cult

• Dale Roll
  Nov 17, 2018

Guess he got a little more than he bargained for…

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• Japan
• (capsule machine • capsule toy machine • capsule toys • cute • funny • Japanese Twitter)

Survey shows more Japanese married men, single Japanese women cheating on their romantic partners

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2018

Single men in their 30s least likely to be fooling around, but it’s a very different story for the older guys.

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• Japan
• (cheating • COK • relationships • romance • society • survey)

Low-quality laughing stock of current anime season sends hidden cry for help in closing credits

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2018

Animator “Komata Shojiki” has his name in the credits, but that’s not actually a name.

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • funny • My Sister My Writer • weird)

Hanazono Jinja Shrine: Lanterns, stalls and rakes at annual Tori no Ichi cock festival in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Nov 16, 2018

Don’t miss your chance to attend one of the biggest cock festivals in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (festivals • Hanazono Jinja • Hanazono Shrine • Kabukicho • Matsuri • shinjuku • shrines • Tokyo • tori no ichi)

Japanese company trips – Workers “absolutely hate” them, so why do they still happen?

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 16, 2018

Your company is paying for you to take a pleasure trip! Awesome! You’ll be spending all weekend with your boss and coworkers! Not so awesome.

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• Japan
• (COK • company trips • overtime • society • survey • travel • working in Japan)

Starbucks Japan unveils new White Chocolate Snow Frappuccino for Christmas

• Oona McGee
  Nov 16, 2018

More holiday season beverages and drinkware on sale exclusively in Japan for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • Christmas • dessert drinks • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • white chocolate)

Abandoned subway station in Tokyo open to the public for a limited time!

• Shannon McNaught
  Nov 16, 2018

Whether you like trains or really old buildings, you’ll want to check out this limited-time attraction in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (abandoned • closed • Hakubutsukan-Doubutsuen Station • Japanese subway station • Keisei Main Line • limited time • Showa • trains)

9+3=12? Nope, that’s wrong, says Japanese kid’s elementary school, thanks to “cherry calculation”

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 16, 2018

Stupidly rigid rules dangle down to infuriate older brother.

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• Japan
• (crazy • education • math • schools • Teachers • test questions • weird)

Female fast food worker in Japan has awesome response to male customers who called her ugly

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 16, 2018

After being called a “four,” she decided to kill her enemies with kindness…and potatoes.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • customer service • fast food • funny • rude customers)

Cute Japanese model dons fluffy Eevee costume, catches fans’ hearts without a single Poké Ball

• Dale Roll
  Nov 16, 2018

What do you get when you combine a beloved celebrity with a beloved Pokémon? Adoring fans of both!

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• Japan
• (Beautiful Girls • cute • Eevee • Japanese model • Mizuki Yamamoto • model • Poké Ball • Pokemon)

Edo-Period Japanese book depicts U.S. history in hilariously awesome illustrations

• Scott Wilson
  Nov 16, 2018

It may not be historically accurate, but it’s one-hundred percent real!

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• Japan
• (Americans • art • Edo period • history • Japanese culture • Japanese history)

Man in charge of cybersecurity for 2020 Olympics has never touched a computer

• Master Blaster
  Nov 15, 2018

In other words, now’s probably a good time to get all that valuable data onto removable physical media.

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympic Games • cybersecurity • government • Masato Imai • politics • technology • Yoshitaka Sakurada)

The mystery of live-action Pokémon movie Pikachu’s freaky-sounding German voice【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 15, 2018

A strange caper is afoot as Germany’s Detective Pikachu is heard sounding nothing like the Pokémon species is supposed to.

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• Europe, Japan
• (anime • German • Germany • Ikue Otani • Live action • movies • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Detective Pikachu • video • voice actors • voice actresses • weird)

Viral net artist responsible for realistic Pokémon hired for Detective Pikachu designs【Pictures】

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 15, 2018

We thought we’d seen that Charizard somewhere before…

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Detective Pikachu • fanart • photorealistic • Pokemon • realistic)

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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