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Dashcam catches “frustrated” man punching through windshield of random woman’s car

• Master Blaster
  Oct 20, 2019
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Suspect turns himself in to police, and an Internet star is born.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • attack • crime • Toyoake • vandalism • weird • windshield)

Chubu Centrair International Airport gets Twitter account shut down for being underaged

• Master Blaster
  Sep 25, 2019

Airport’s parents believed to be more disappointed than angry.

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• Japan
• (age limit • Aichi • Air travel • business • Chubu Centrair International Airport • terms of service • twitter)

People willing to move away from Tokyo to be paid one million yen by Aichi government

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 26, 2019

Tired of the crowds of Japan’s biggest city and looking to relocate? Aichi wants you to make the prefecture your new home.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • COK • Inuyama • Living in Japan • Nagoya • Tokyo)

Gamer bandits steal Taiko No Tatsujin drum from Aichi arcade

• Master Blaster
  May 2, 2019

Far from Tatsujin, these were a pair of straight-up Taiko No Twits.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • crime • game centers • Kitanagoya • Taiko no Tatsujin • theft • video games)

Man stops train from leaving station in Japan, video goes viral online

• Oona McGee
  Apr 12, 2019

Elderly passenger purposely halts train and causes delay, ignoring rail staff who try to control the situation. 

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• Japan
• (Aichi • elderly • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • metro • Nagoya • news • rogai • seniors • Subway • train stations • trains • transportation • videos)

Free Calpis fresh out of the tap available across Japan in celebration of 100th anniversary

• Master Blaster
  Feb 26, 2019

For maximum enjoyment we recommend reading the following article out loud.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • anniversary • Calpico • Calpis • event • faucets • free • Fukuoka • Hiroshima • Hokkaido • Kagawa • Miyagi • Osaka • Tochigi • Tokyo)

Aichi man discovers he is the legendary “Ghost Trumpeter of Lake Iruka”

• Master Blaster
  Feb 3, 2019

One guy’s life suddenly became an M. Night Shyamalan movie.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • funny • ghosts • haunted places • Inuyama • Lake Iruka • music • scary • trumpet • weird)

Japanese love hotel worker injured after two men run off without paying exorbitant bill

• Oona McGee
  Sep 28, 2018

The non-paying guests did a runner while the employee grabbed onto their car door.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • crazy • crime • hotels • love • love hotels • news • romance • theft • weird)

Aichi Police: Surrender your driver’s license and get up to $1 off at McDonald’s!

• Master Blaster
  Sep 19, 2018

Elderly people encouraged to give up all driving privileges in exchange for somewhat cheaper Happy Meals.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Driver's Graduation Certificate • driver's license • fast food • McDonald's • respect for the aged day)

Police on the lookout for Arashi “fan” who stole articles about the group from public library

• Master Blaster
  Sep 5, 2018

One fan of the boy band is taking their idol worship too far.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Anjo • arashi • crime • library • magazines • music)

Aichi’s governor shows up for work cosplaying as star of anime Sword Art Online【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2018

When you’ve got a meeting with cosplayers from around the world on your schedule, a suit and tie just won’t due.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • anime • cool • cosplay • Hideaki Omura • Nagoya • politicians • Sword Art Online • World Cosplay Summit)

Hokkaido woman arrested for stealing 1.9 million yen from convenience store in broad daylight

• Master Blaster
  Jul 23, 2018

Bold but non-violent robbery says a lot about the way convenience stores operate.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • convenience store • crime • Hokkaido • robbery)

Pokémon GO-playing driver’s two year prison sentence for manslaughter upheld. Was it enough?

• Master Blaster
  Jan 30, 2018

How heinous a crime is using a smartphone while driving?

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• Japan
• (Aichi • car accident • crime • law • manslaughter • Pokémon GO)

Aichi supermarket caught selling poisonous puffer fish livers, “been selling it for decades”

• Master Blaster
  Jan 18, 2018

Health agency puts kibosh on long-running game of culinary Russian Roulette.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • food • fugu • Gamagori • poison • pufferfish • Super Tatsuya)

Frightening video shows the effect of typhoon winds on Ferris wheel in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 24, 2017

This is one amusement park ride you wouldn’t want to be on.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Amusement Parks • Ferris wheels • Typhoon Lan • typhoons • videos • wind)

Man counterfeits 50,000 yen using only a 100-yen shop, a convenience store, and a Japanese custom

• Master Blaster
  Sep 1, 2017

Aichi resident makes surprisingly effective use of many of Japan’s beloved services to pull off his ill-fated forgery attempt.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • counterfeit • crime • funny • money • Nagoya • toy money • yen)

Drive recorder catches the moment a car flies into the front of an oncoming bus

• Master Blaster
  Jun 11, 2017

A freak car accident on an Aichi highway is captured in frightening detail.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • car accident • highway • sightseeing bus)

Swarms of insects cause chaos on bridge in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 14, 2016

Incredible photos show an extraordinary number of insects wreaked havoc on drivers, closing a bridge and causing accidents on the weekend.

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• Japan
• (accidents • Aichi • bizarre • bridge • Gifu • insects • mayflies • news • traffic)

Where’s Waldo? In Japan! Live the dream of being inside a Where’s Waldo book in real life

• Scott Wilson
  Jul 13, 2016

At Wally Run, you can finally become the striped-shirt-wearing hero we all adore.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • fun for kids • Osaka • scavenger hunt • search • Where's Waldo • Where's Wally)

What’s it like to eat Japan’s crazy “mud ramen?” We find out!【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 7, 2016

The thickest ramen in Japan is like no bowl of noodles we’ve ever had before.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • crazy • food • Noodles • ramen • restauramts • taste test)

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