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A Kirin “Rich Green Tea” ad teaching Japanese people the appropriate way to greet foreigners attracted some criticism online, with some calling it racist.

Japan
(commercial • culture • discrimination • Japan • japan products • japanese cm • japanese greetings • Kirin • racism • rich green tea • tea)

Hilarious Japanese commercial shows what happens when you beat the company president

Corey Gold
Jul 7, 2016

Have you ever wondered what would happen if the structures of hierarchy broke down in Japan? Well wonder no more!

Japan
(commercial • hearthstone • japan tv • japanese hierarchy • strategy playing card games • TV commercial)

Studio Ghibli sound effects master recreates canned coffee commercial with just his voice 【Video】

Krista Rogers
May 23, 2016

We bet you’ve never heard anything quite so “delicious for your ears” as this unique commercial and its accompanying second !

Anime & Manga, Food & Drink, Japan
(anime • canned coffee • coffee • commercial • cool • drinks • sound effects • Studio Ghibli • video)

Synchronized dance group World Order stars in new commercial showcasing basic business skills

Krista Rogers
May 19, 2016

The crisply suited men of World Order are here to teach you some basic Japanese business tricks (and advertise an energy drink while they’re at it).

Japan
(business • commercial • dance • exercises • Genki Sudo • strange • World Order)

As earthquakes rock the region, Kyushu Shinkansen commercial is more poignant than ever【Video】

Cara Clegg
Apr 20, 2016

This moving video shows the people of Kyushu on a happier day.

Culture, Japan, News
(commercial • Kumamoto earthquakes • Kyushu • Kyushu earthquakes • shinkansen • video)

Kansai Electric celebrates turning 65 with a look into the past

Audrey Akcasu
Apr 19, 2016

The Osaka area’s Kansai Electric Power Company, also known as KEPCO, has recently released a new commercial that’s a nostalgia-inducing picture-walk through the last 65 years of life in Japan.

Culture, Japan
(anniversary • commercial • culture • electricity • Kansai Electric • video)

This OL has had enough BS for one day, goes on smelly kicking rampage in new ad【Video】

Preston Phro
Apr 13, 2016

Forget kung fu action films, the newest kicking badass is this stinky-footed office lady from Japan.

Japan
(commercial • funny video • HyperKickLady • Japan • Kiwi • OL)

Steamy Heinz Japan commercials urge married women to have affairs with handsome pig【Videos】

Master Blaster
Apr 6, 2016

Don’t blink or you might miss what these inter-species romance vignettes are actually trying to promote.

Food & Drink, Japan
(commercial • Heinz • Iberian pig • Japanese commercials • romance • sauce • videos • weird • wtf)

Uniqlo asks women to draw pictures of their breasts, say words about them【Videos】

ロケットニュース24
Apr 6, 2016

We can’t quite decide whether Japanese fashion giant Uniqlo’s latest promotional campaign is cute, empowering, or just plain silly.

Japan
(ad • bra top • commercial • cute • Uniqlo • video)

Makers of frozen snack sincerely apologize for a 9-cent price increase

Master Blaster
Apr 4, 2016

The maker’s of Japan’s famous ice candy Garigari-kun released an ad apologizing for a 9-cent price increase, and I still haven’t heard jack from my insurance company.

Food & Drink, Japan
(Akaginyugyo • apology • commercial • Garigari-kun • price increase)

Artist takes paper planes to the next level, builds tiny seats complete with tray tables【Video】

Cara Clegg
Mar 16, 2016

Paper artist recreates airplanes to-scale in painstaking, minute detail.

SE Asia
(commercial • paper airplane • paper craft • Singapore • Singapore Airlines • video)

Energetic schoolgirl’s “Pension dance” commercial for Nagano bank isn’t easy to forget

Krista Rogers
Mar 15, 2016

This dance and and its accompanying catchy little jingle, nicknamed the “brainwashing song,” are currently stuck in people’s heads around Japan.

Japan
(ad • commercial • dance • funny • JA Bank • Manako • Nagano • pension • schoolgirls • video)

Son comes out to father in surprisingly moving commercial from McDonald’s Taiwan【Video】

Master Blaster
Mar 8, 2016

Fast food empire McDonald’s took an unexpected, socially conscious turn in Taiwan recently when it produced a commercial depicting a young man telling his father that he’s gay.