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Japanese man complains about foreign languages on Tokyo train, Twitter drowns him in kindness

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 22, 2018
• Tweet

”This is Japan, you know?” he asks, but others want to show him the ways of the modern world.

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• Global, Japan
• (COK • internationalism • language • linguistics • society • trains • travel)

Coca-Cola gears up for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with crazy tall vending machine in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 22, 2018

Want a bottle of coke? You’ll have to jump for it!

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympics • Coca-Cola • cool • drinks • Olympics • sports • Tokyo • Tokyo 2020 • Tokyo Midtown Hibiya • vending machines)

Japanese space agency announces manned lunar craft, plans to start production in 2020

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 22, 2018

Starry-eyed space buffs rejoice! Japan is shooting for the moon (or at the very least will start preparations in two years).

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• Japan
• (awesome • JAXA • moon • outer space • space travel)

Is it legal to wear a facekini on the streets of Tokyo? Mr. Sato asks Tokyo Metropolitan Police

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 22, 2018

Eye-catching, face-obscuring fashion from China protects your skin from harsh UV rays, makes you look like a crazed criminal.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • crime • facekini • fashion • funny • Mr. Sato • SNOJ • weird)

Tokyo hotel asks guests to take their used toilet paper with them【Why Does Engrish Happen?】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 22, 2018

Translation trouble strikes as hotel ends up making a very awkward request.

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• Japan
• (bathrooms • COK • funny • gross • hotels • Japanese language • language • linguistics • Toilets • weird • Why Does Engrish Happen?)

Give yourself a Japanese head spa at home with this nifty gadget from the 100 yen store

• Oona McGee
  Aug 21, 2018

We tried out the portable sparkling head spa and now we can’t ever go back to normal hair washing again.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • beauty • beauty products • hair salons • hair treatments • head spa • japanese beauty products • life hacks • Sparkling Head Spa)

Should the new Japanese national anthem be an anime song?

• Richard Simmonds
  Aug 21, 2018

Japanese anime fans list their contenders for a modern-day Japanese national anthem.

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• Japan
• (air • anime • anison • Evangelion • GochiUsa • kimigayo • manga • music • national anthem)

Japanese net users react to the results of the 2018 Global Liveability Index

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 21, 2018

Two Japanese cities made this year’s list of the Top Ten Most Liveable Cities in the World.

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• Global, Japan
• (cities • EIU • liveable • Osaka • ranking • survey • Tokyo)

Costumes and casting for upcoming Madoka Magica stage adaptation divides fans

• Dale Roll
  Aug 21, 2018

You can never please die-hard fans of an anime when it comes to making a live-action adaptation. 

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• Japan
• (anime fans • idol fans • Japanese Twitter • Keyakizaka46 • Madoka Magica • play adaptations • Puella Magi Madoka Magica • Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record!)

Taste-testing Japan’s extra-expensive handmade Kit Kat Moleson line

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 21, 2018

At 500 yen (US$4.50) a stick, these are no ordinary Kit Kats.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • food • Kit Kat Chocolatory • Kit Kats • SNOJ • sweets • taste test)

Gorgeous husky dog duo from Japan teaches us how to play cute, sleep cute, live cute

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 21, 2018

The Siberian husky couple Fils and Goo are a big hit online – they play rough with each other, but sleep in a cute cuddly heart!

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• Japan
• (cute • dogs • huskies • pets • romance • siberian husky)

Tokyo’s most terrifying advertisement is hiding in plain sight in busiest part of the city【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 21, 2018

Subtle spookiness in Shinjuku isn’t promoting anything except fear in all who notice it.

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• Japan
• (ads • crazy • dolls • mystery • scary • shinjuku • Tokyo • video • weird)

Thighs of Autumn: Japan’s number-one thigh photographer’s new exhibit has over 1,000 legs【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 21, 2018

Following spring cancellation of Tokyo event, artist’s new exhibition shows that the concept still has legs.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • events • photography • photos • Yuria)

Cosplay at the pool with new fairytale swimming costumes from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 21, 2018

Three iconic styles for three famous storybook heroines.

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• Japan
• (Alice in Wonderland • beautiful women • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • fairytales • Japanese women • Little Mermaid • Little Red Riding Hood • Mocolle • swimming costumes)

U.S. Marines perform Japan’s hottest dance craze, share video through official account【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 20, 2018

When the song’s chorus is “C’mon baby, America!” how can the Japan-stationed men and women of the United States Marine Corps not start dancing?

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• Japan
• (Da Pump • dance • funny • J-Pop • Marines • military • music • video)

TeamLab Planets: Walk up a waterfall and catch koi fish at new digital art museum in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 20, 2018

Just when we thought we’d seen the best from this talented Japanese art collaborative, they come out with another mind-blowing museum in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (digital art • digital art museum • museums • SNO • TeamLab • TeamLab Planets • Tokyo • tourist sites • Toyosu • travel)

Japanese kimono parka combines traditional fashion with modern streetwear

• Oona McGee
  Aug 20, 2018

Popular Japanese cosplayer models the new hoodie with kimono sleeves in three different colours.

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• Japan
• (crowdfunding • fashion • hanten • Japanese clothes • kimono • Mocolle • parkas • samurai)

Survey reveals the top reasons why married Japanese people don’t want to go home during Obon

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 20, 2018

Surprisingly “dealing with in-laws” isn’t the number one reason.

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• Japan
• (cool • family • interesting • Japanese people • Obon • survey)

Japanese supermarket’s recruitment ad is so stringent, it’s probably looking for a robot

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 20, 2018

Because no sane person would want to work in this environment.

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• Japan
• (recruitment posters • supermarket • twitter • working in Japan)

Show off your love for Ponyo and Totoro’s Catbus with these Studio Ghibli baseball jackets

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 20, 2018

Strut your stuff and showcase Ponyo’s cute little sisters and the iconic Catbus.

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• Japan
• (Catbus • clothes • fashion • My Neighbor Totoro • Ponyo • Studio Ghibli)

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  8. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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