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Japanese train company under fire for ad saying defenselessness is a form of femininity

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 19, 2018
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Pairing statement with a picture of a young girl didn’t help.

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• Japan
• (ads • controversy • femininity • society • trains)

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.)

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)

MariCar Mario Kart driver mounts pavement, causes serious damage in Tokyo accident

• Oona McGee
  May 3, 2018

The foreign tourist won’t be forgetting her eventful Mario Kart experience anytime soon.

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• Japan
• (accidents • cars • controversy • driving • MariCar • Mario Kart • police • roads • Tokyo • tourism • tourists • traffic • video games)

Japan Sumo Association bans girls from prohibiting in practice event as controversy continues

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 13, 2018

Stance that the sanctity of the sumo ring is tarnished by female presence extends all the way down to elementary school-age kids.

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• Japan
• (controversy • culture • Japan Sumo Association • kids • shinto • sports • Sumo)

Japanese YouTuber travels to “suicide forest” to personally stop suicide attempts, ignites debate

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 9, 2018

Months after the Logan Paul scandal, a Japanese YouTube personality offers free hugs at Aokigahara in video that claims to show a life being saved.

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• Japan
• (Aokigahara • controversy • Logan Paul • suicide • suicide forest • video)

Controversy as announcer asks “ladies” to leave sumo ring after elderly man collapses inside it

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 5, 2018

Video of the incident has critics saying sumo’s belief about women’s inherent impurities goes too far.

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• Japan
• (controversy • culture • shinto • sports • Sumo • video)

Conveyor belt sushi chain where foreigner filmed GoPro video considers pressing criminal charges

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 16, 2018

YouTube hit has restaurant’s owners seeing red, and not because of any mouth-watering maguro tuna.

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• Japan
• (controversy • Conveyor belt sushi • crime • revolving sushi • sushi • Sushiro • viral video • YouTubers)

Tokyo lesbian love anime art/photography exhibition cancelled, thighs suspected as sticking point

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2018

Cancellation of yuri event comes mere days before scheduled opening in one of Tokyo’s major anime fan neighborhoods.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • controversy • events • LGBT • manga • photography • yuri • Yuria)

Hundreds of junior high boys swarm Japanese swimsuit model after first pitch at baseball ceremony

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 12, 2018

Startling video has commenters terrified and outraged, but the star herself has a different response.

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• Japan
• (Ami Inamura • baseball • beautiful women • controversy • crazy • gravure • gurabia • scary • sports • video)

Genghis Khan-insulting manga pulled from major book stores amid further Mongolian protests

• Master Blaster
  Mar 1, 2018

Three major bookstore chains in Japan stop selling CoroCoro Comic after an image defacing the ancient ruler was published.

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• C Asia, Japan
• (bookstores • controversy • CoroCoro Comic • Genghis Khan • Kinokuniya • Kumazawa • manga • Miraiya • Mongolia • protest)

Anime director under fire for anti-Semitic tweets intended for international community

• Dale Roll
  Feb 28, 2018

Tweets made by Kazuyoshi Yaginuma, director of the anime Recovery of an MMO Junkie, claim that the Holocaust and Diary of Anne Frank, among other things, are fabrications.

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• Japan
• (anime • anti-semitism • controversy • history • Holocaust • kazuyoshi yaginuma • Nazis • recovery of an mmo junkie • World War II)

Japanese race queens give their opinion on Formula 1 abolishing grid girls

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 24, 2018

We talked with the motorsports models, one of whom says Japan’s situation is unique compared to the rest of the world.

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• Global, Japan
• (beautiful women • cars • controversy • Formula 1 • grid girls • interview • motorsports • race queens)

Japan’s extra-slim “Cinderella weight” diet target sparks debate online over health concerns

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2018

Formula works out to 18 percent lighter than Japan Medical Association guidelines, but not everyone thinks it’s a problem.

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• Japan
• (beauty • Cinderella weight • controversy • diet • dieting • health • society • weight • weight loss)

Controversy as journalist asks Olympic broadcasters to stop saying “Japanese people are amazing”

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 19, 2018

Call for more balanced language following gold and silver medals for Japanese figure skaters runs into strong backlash.

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• Japan
• (2018 Olympics • controversy • figure skating • Olympics • PyeongChang Olympics • society • sports • winter olympics • Yuzuru Hanyu)

Microsoft pulls game inspired by Logan Paul’s infamous suicide forest video from Xbox Store

• Koh Ruide
  Feb 3, 2018

How did such a game manage to slip past the approval process?

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• Internet
• (controversy • game • Logan Paul • Parody • suicide • Xbox • YouTube)

Following “suicide forest” video backlash, Logan Paul pledges $1 million to suicide organizations

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 26, 2018

Latest video makes no mention of donations or outreach to suicide prevention organizations in Japan, however.

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• Japan
• (Aokigahara • COK • controversy • Logan Paul • suicide • YouTube • YouTubers)

Japanese idol supergroup AKB48 said to phasing out swimsuit modeling for younger teen members

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2018

Rumors cite possible overseas criticism as reason for new policy.

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• Japan
• (AKB48 • controversy • Idols • modeling • society • swimsuits)

Partner of Japanese Eddie Murphy blackface comedian says “Exile him from the country.”

• Koh Ruide
  Jan 17, 2018

Long debate on national television ensues.

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• Japan
• (black face • comedians • controversy • Downtown • Masatoshi Hamada • racism • scadal • television)

Japanese Twitter reacts to Logan Paul’s “Japanese Suicide Forest” video

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 4, 2018

Video showing body of man who committed suicide in Aokigahara forest was only up for a day, but the backlash is likely to last much longer.

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• Japan
• (Aokigahara • COK • controversy • Logan Paul • suicide • YouTube • YouTubers)

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