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Barack Obama tells the world he doesn’t care about Pokémon【Video】

Casey Baseel
Oct 18, 2018
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The former U.S. president encourages you to choose someone other than Pikachu.

Japan, USA
(anime • Barack Obama • celebrities • funny • government • Pokemon • politicians • politics • U.S. president • video • video games)

We run a camellia oil-infused brush through our tresses and set them a-gleam, only spend 100 yen

Katy Kelly
Oct 18, 2018

Our in-house bargain beauty buff has found yet another method to upgrade his locks. How shiny can a 100-yen camellia oil brush make your hair?

Japan
(100 yen shop • 100 yen store • beauty • camellias • fashion • Go Hattori • hair)

Shiseido promises confidence for the lovelorn with their spellbinding new makeup ad【Video】

Katy Kelly
Oct 18, 2018

This new commercial stars Halloween costumes, luscious visuals, lipstick that dances and leaps from your face… plus a sweet, inclusive ending.

Japan
(animation • cool • LGBT • make-up • makeup • mixed race • Shiseido • wlw)

We venture out of our comfort zone with fried chicken and hamburger-flavored instant noodles

Koh Ruide
Oct 18, 2018

Will the world’s most famous fast foods pair well with cup ramen?

Japan
(cup ramen • fried chicken • hamburger • instant noodles • Ishii Yota • odd)

Does instant noodles cooked with rice make super noodle rice?

Master Blaster
Oct 18, 2018

Just because two things taste great, doesn’t mean they always taste great together.

Japan
(cooking • instant noodles • Mr. Sato • Peyang • recipes • rice cooker • yakisoba)

Is this common Japanese phrase for “goodbye” the reason for Japan’s crazy overtime hours?

Casey Baseel
Oct 18, 2018

When you’re leaving the office before your coworkers, you don’t tell them “Sayonara,” you tell them “I’m being rude.”

Japan
(COK • culture • Japanese language • linguistics • overtime • soceity • working in Japan)

Can you fight an entire pro wrestling match in Uniqlo stretch jeans? We find out【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Oct 18, 2018

Just another day in the office as P.K. and Go brawl in SoraNews24 headquarters.

Japan
(COK • crazy • fashion • funny • Go Hatori • jeans • P.K. Sanjun • pro wrestling • SNOJ • Uniqlo • weird • wrestling)

Aspiring anime voice actress is already fed up with one of its most common female tropes

Casey Baseel
Oct 17, 2018

English-language video sparks tweet in which she worries about pressure to “kill the person I am.”

Internet, Japan
(anime • COK • otaku • society • voice actors • voice actresses)

We try “Japan’s best-selling miso soup” and it melts the cold in our bones

Casey Baseel
Oct 17, 2018

A visit to the mushroom kingdom to see if 600,000 fans could possibly be wrong, and also to eat some amazing ramen.

Japan
(COK • curry • food • Hokkaido • Miso • miso soup • mushrooms • ramen • SNOJ • tempura • travel)

A month and a half later, how is Seiji’s hair doing after his hair transplant surgery?

Dale Roll
Oct 17, 2018

Did it work? Or is Seiji doomed to a defiantly giant forehead forever?

Japan
(bald • balding • baldness • hair transplant surgery • Seiji Nakazawa • Surgery)

“This ticket makes any wish come true”: Love stops a Japanese teenager from taking his own life

Katy Kelly
Oct 17, 2018

A Twitter user talks of how his mother’s demonstration of love brought him back from the brink, and others share their own stories.

Japan
(emotional • motherly instincts • suicide • Suicide prevention • teenagers • touching)

Cold Stone’s new mochi ice cream pops are packed with Japanese flavors like azuki and kuromitsu

Casey Baseel
Oct 17, 2018

New treats are exclusive to Japanese convenience stores and a compelling reason to keep eating frozen desserts even as the weather gets colder.

Japan
(7-Eleven • COK • Cold Stone • convenience stores • food • ice cream • mochi • sweets)

Silent drills by the Honor Guard at Japan’s National Defense Academy impress and awe【Videos】

Dale Roll
Oct 17, 2018

It’s pretty impressive if you can twirl real life guns in perfect unison and/or sequence with dozens of other people.

Japan
(cool • Honor Guard • Japan Self-Defense Force • military • National Defense Academy • silent drills • synchronized)

Crazy cosplay team dresses up as Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train for an important reason【Videos】

Casey Baseel
Oct 17, 2018

Shrinking town wants its unique cosplayers to help put it on travelers’ maps.

Japan
(Aomori • bullet train • cosplayers • crazy • funny • shinkansen • trains • travel • video • weird)

Japanese man punches cab driver after he refuses to drive friend who’d just pooped himself

Casey Baseel
Oct 17, 2018

71-year-old taxi driver’s nose was assaulted in multiple ways.

Japan
(COK • crazy • crime • gross • taxis)

Real fashion police: Con man arrested in Tokyo, police tipped off by ill-fitting suit

Master Blaster
Oct 16, 2018

Crime doesn’t pay, but looking good apparently does.

Japan
(crime • fashion • fraud • ore ore sagi • suits • Tokyo)

Pikachu, other Pokémon recreate classic painting The Scream, have us squealing at their cuteness

Casey Baseel
Oct 16, 2018

New merchandise proves it’s impossible for the beloved Pocket Monster icon to not look cute.

Japan
(anime • art • collectible card games • Edvard Munch • Eevee • Mimikyu • paintings • Pikachu • Pokemon • The Scream • video games)

Elon Musk shares his love of anime, says he wants to build a mecha

Casey Baseel
Oct 16, 2018

Investor expresses admiration for two of anime’s most iconic directors, has fans wondering if he’ll take inspiration from Evangelion or Gundam.