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Real Japanese horror story: a specimen shelf at a Kagoshima high school held a real human skull

• Katy Kelly
  Jun 14, 2018
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These high school students won’t have any shortage of material for their next summer camp excursion, that’s for sure.

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• Japan
• (Kagoshima • scary • school • skeleton • skull)

Japanese all-girls e-sports teams apologizes to fans after learning one of its members is a man

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 14, 2018

Team enjoys a variety of games, but is strictly a single-sex organization.

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• Japan
• (e-sports • gender • video games)

Entire Internet bonds over a “smashing” gesture of kindness from Japanese online game seller

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 14, 2018

An unexpected gift causes one online buyer to joyfully relive Christmas Day of ’99 again.

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• Internet, Japan
• (gift • N64 • nintendo • reddit • Super Smash Bros. • video games • Wii)

The pitfalls of inter-otaku conversation, turns out it’s no better than with non-otaku

• Richard Simmonds
  Jun 14, 2018

Cool artwork shows how little otaku have to say to non-otaku, or even each other.

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• Japan
• (anime • funny • manga • otaku • twitter)

Cup Noodle releases new Rare Species Mystery Meat flavor, and we brave it with a taste test

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 14, 2018

Regular mystery meat not mysterious enough for you? Don’t worry, because Nissin is kicking things up a notch.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • mystery meat • Nissin • ramen • SNOJ • taste test)

16-year-old Japanese girls will no longer be allowed to marry, age of legal adulthood moves to 18

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 14, 2018

Japanese government votes to amend laws, bringing down age of legal adulthood but raising marrying age for women and gender reassignment surgery.

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• Japan
• (laws • legal adulthood • marriage • marriage age • society • youth)

Awesome cardboard Darth Vader costume lets you become an eco-friendly Jedi villain【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  Jun 14, 2018

May the Box be with you.

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• Japan
• (cardboard • cool • Darth Vader • Star Wars • video • YouTube)

“Ghost photo” shows Kyoto’s breathtaking Fushimi Inari Shrine can be bone-chilling at night

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 13, 2018

And that flash of light isn’t even the scariest part of the snapshot.

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• Japan
• (Fushimi Inari Shrine • ghosts • Kyoto • scary • shinto • shrines • travel • weird)

Seiko to release new Ghibli watches, including limited-edition 30th anniversary Totoro watches

• Dale Roll
  Jun 13, 2018

Fans of Kiki’s Delivery Service will also want to check these out.

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• Japan
• (anime • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • Seiko • Studio Ghibli • Tonari no Totoro • Totoro • watches)

New Disney summer kimono are beautifully cute and require no sash tying【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 13, 2018

Six patterns skirt Tokyo Disneyland’s no-cosplay rule, feature characters as famous as Mickey and as forgotten as Clarice.

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• Japan
• (cool • cosplay • Disney • fashion • kimono • Mickey Mouse • yukata)

Michelin-approved Motenashi Kuroki in Akihabara serves salt soba that stuns and satisfies

• Katy Kelly
  Jun 13, 2018

Our Japanese-language reporter heads to Akihabara to see why this bowl of noodles scored its creators a Bib Gourmand, and leaves both stuffed and smiling.

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• Japan
• (Bib Gourmand • COK • food • Michelin Guide • ramen • SNOJ • soba)

Radwimps singer offers apology/explanation after new song is accused of inappropriate nationalism

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 13, 2018

Song about pride in Japan and its flag has been called a military propaganda song by critics.

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• Japan
• (controversy • Hinomaru • J-Pop • music • Radwimps • Yojiro Noda • your name.)

Samurai trash collectors clean streets of Tokyo in dramatic fashion 【Videos】

• Oona McGee
  Jun 13, 2018

If you dare to litter in Tokyo, you’d better watch out, because there’s a team of fearsome samurai warriors ready to admonish you.

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• Japan
• (cool • Ikebukuro • performance art • samurai • Shibuya • trash)

Japanese taxis now being driven by ninja, bodyguards armed with concealed water pistols

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 13, 2018

Two awesome reasons to skip Japan’s train network and take a taxi instead.

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• Japan
• (cool • cosplay • Ninja • Sanwa Kotsu • taxis • transportation • travel)

The Gudetama McFlurry is here — and the mystery flavor is as sweet as expected!【Taste test】

• Kay
  Jun 13, 2018

Gudetama the lazy egg is now a McFlurry dessert, and we tried the limited-edition item to see just how sweet he can be! 

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• Japan
• (fast food • Gudetama • McDonald's Japan • McFlurry • sweets)

Japanese scholarly society video of college girl falling in love with teacher found inappropriate

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 12, 2018

Chemistry organization’s video is full of heartache and drama, really short on science.

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• Japan
• (chemistry • controversy • education • romance • science • video • weird)

Shinkansen: “Seats can be quickly used as shields in the event of an attack”

• Master Blaster
  Jun 12, 2018

A part of what makes Japan’s bullet trains’ service so great can also save lives.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • cleaning • defense • seat • shinkansen • stabbing)

We make delicious, low(er)-calorie Japanese-style pizza with fried tofu and miso!【Sora Kitchen】

• Richard Simmonds
  Jun 12, 2018

In our quest to find a cheese-laden pizza we can eat guilt-free, we’ve come across a Japanese-style concoction that’s surprisingly delicious.

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• Japan
• (asashi • diet • food • health • Miso • pizza • recipes • Sora Kitchen • YouPouch)

Coming soon to Japan: Chilled sweet bean ice candy flavored potato chips…with salt!

• Master Blaster
  Jun 12, 2018

Two titans of junk food join forces for the ultimate summer snack.

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• Japan
• (azuki bar • ice candy • Imuraya • junk food • potato chips • snacks • Wasabeef • Yamayoshi)

How to defeat mosquitoes using a chemical-free, super-cheap cleaning product

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 12, 2018

With mosquito season here, Japanese Twitter learns a quick and easy way to deal with the pests.

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• Japan
• (bugs • clever • cool • life hack • mosquitoes)

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