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Apple still lets video game developers keep their loot box odds a secret in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Dec 22, 2017 - Tweet
Recent rule that companies must disclose probabilities not yet added to Japanese App Store, perhaps due to cultural differences.
- Japan, USA
- (App Store • Apple • capsule toys • COK • controversy • gachapon • loot boxes • mobile games • video games)
Kobe set to light up “World’s Number-One Christmas Tree” in all its confusing glory
- Master Blaster
Nov 24, 2017
It’s soon to be official, Kobe will win Christmas this year, and with it, all of Santa’s gold.
- Japan
- (asunaro • Christmas • Christmas tree • controversy • Kobe • Meriken Park • nature • Toyama • weird)
Japanese city councilwoman stirs controversy by bringing baby with her to assembly hall【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 24, 2017
American-educated councilwoman says she want to be “a spokesperson for other people of my generation who are in similar situations.”
- Japan
- (city council • controversy • government • Kumamoto • mothers • Parenting • politics • society • video • working mothers)
Nagoya Castle reconstruction plan draws disabled citizens group complaint over lack of elevator
- Casey Baseel
Nov 23, 2017
Desire for historically faithful reconstruction clashes with accessibility for wheelchair users.
- Japan
- (castles • controversy • culture • disabled people • history • Nagoya • Nagoya Castle • travel)
No more porn–Japanese convenience store chain to phase out adult magazine sales by end of year
- Casey Baseel
Nov 22, 2017
New policy follows increased complaints from female shoppers.
- Japan
- (Chiba • controversy • convenience stores • magazines • Mini Stop • society)
Osaka mayor won’t back away from ending San Francisco sister city status over comfort women statue
- Casey Baseel
Nov 20, 2017
Move would end 60-year-old program between Japanese and American cities.
- Japan
- (Asahi Shimbun • comfort women • controversy • Osaka • politics • San Francisco • World War II)
Anime fans object to plan to plant cherry blossom trees at movie’s real-life location in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Nov 17, 2017
Fans of handsome swimming boys anime Free! don’t think gardeners should be free to plant sakura wherever they want.
- Japan
- (anime • castles • cherry blossoms • controversy • free • otaku • sakura • Tottori)
Indonesian polygamy smartphone app lets men look for multiple wives online
- Koh Ruide
Oct 9, 2017
Faces backlash even in a country where it’s technically legal to have more than one wife.
Japanese cosmetics ad has women recoiling in horror as ugly man tries to help one of them【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 26, 2017
Their reactions are very different in alternate version with handsomer guy, though.
- Japan
- (ad • beautiful women • controversy • cosmetics • facial masks • Handsome men • makeup • video)
Netflix’s Death Note director deletes Twitter account, has had it with the fan complaints
- Casey Baseel
Sep 14, 2017
Did someone write “Adam Wingard’s Twitter account” in Light’s Death Note?
- Internet, Japan, USA
- (Adam Wingard • anime • controversy • Death Note • Live action • manga • movies • Netflix • twitter)
Japanese finance minister is in hot water after statement allegedly condoning Hitler
- Richard Simmonds
Sep 1, 2017
Taro Aso later retracts statement which seemed to suggest Hitler’s motives were right.
- Japan
- (controversy • Hitler • Nazis • politicians • politics • Taro Aso)
Is using a photo as a reference “copying?” Japanese illustrator squares off with angry critic
- Scott Wilson
Aug 31, 2017
Not quite constructive criticism.
- Japan
- (anime • art • controversy • ice skating • illustration • Yuri!!! on Ice)
Sexy Japanese actress strokes turtle head in tourism promotion video drawing complaints【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2017
Controversial video expected to be taken down shortly.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • controversy • Miyagi • Musubimaru • Sendai • Tohoku • travel • video)
Japanese Tumblr user drops hammer on debate of if Caucasian girl’s Japan-themed party was racist
- Casey Baseel
Aug 8, 2017
“The only people who think culture shouldn’t be shared are racists like you.”
- Internet, Japan, USA
- (birthday party • controversy • culture • geisha • kimono • racism • tea)
Nara, Japanese city famous for its streets of tame deer, begins culling program within city
- Casey Baseel
Aug 8, 2017
The animals, revered as messengers of the Shinto gods, have been damaging Nara farmers’ crops.
- Japan
- (agriculture • animals • controversy • culling • deer • Nara)
Wonder Woman promoted in Japan with idol song “A Woman Can’t Sleep Alone,” angering some fans
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2017
Detractors call the title and lyrics of Nogizaka46 song, the video for which has just been released, a poor fit for the independent DC Comics star.
- Japan, USA
- (AKB48 • controversy • idol singers • Idols • movies • music • Nogizaka46 • video • Wonder Woman)
Video accuses Your Name of copying two of its animation sequences from other anime【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2017
Side-by-side comparison points finger at pivotal moment in director Makoto Shinkai’s smash-hit anime film.
- Japan
- (anime • controversy • Makoto Shinkai • movies • plagiarism • video • your name.)
ESPN tells pro gamer to change Street Fighter character’s costume to meet “broadcast standards”
- Casey Baseel
Jul 19, 2017
The bodysuit Cammy has been wearing for 24 years apparently doesn’t comply with the network’s standards and practices.
- Japan, USA
- (Cammy • Capcom • controversy • Evo 2017 • Street Fighter • Street Fighter V • video • video games)
Spanish pro footballer outrages Japanese Twitter with dangerous Tokyo soccer stunt video
- Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2017
Gerard Piqué seems to have enjoyed his time in Japan, but Japanese Internet users aren’t so thrilled.
- Europe, Japan
- (controversy • dangerous • Gerard Piqué • scary • soccer • sports • video)
McDonald’s in Yokohama accused of “male discrimination” for only letting women use restroom
- Master Blaster
Jul 7, 2017
Men told to move to the back of the shopping complex rather than use a perfectly good toilet inside the restaurant.
- Japan
- (controversy • dsicrimination • McDonald's • restrooms • toilet • Yokohama)
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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