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More Japanese schoolgirls think themselves overweight than those in China, Korea or the U.S.

Richard Simmonds
Apr 3, 2018
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Japanese high school girls may be some of the thinnest in the world, but more than half think they’re fatties, and only a third are happy with their bodies.

Japan
(diet • fatties • food culture • high school • Japanese schoolgirls • Surveys)

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.

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

Seven diet-sabotaging Japanese foods to avoid…or seek out!

Richard Simmonds
Jul 7, 2017

Despite its healthy holier-than-thou image, Japanese food has more than a few calorific goodies/evil temptations.

Japan
(curry rice • diet • food • kashi pan • kushikatsu • ramen • tempura • tonkatsu)

Pizza Hut teams up with Japanese fitness chain to bring you “diet pizzas”【Taste Test】

Jamie Koide
Aug 26, 2016

New pizzas promise you can still keep the pounds off, but without the cravings.
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Japan
(collaboration • diet • fitness • health • pizza • Pizza Hut • Rizap)

Does Japan’s “body fat-burning” bottled tea really work? Our 30-day investigation 【RocketScience】

Casey Baseel
Jun 11, 2016

Come for the results, stay for the pictures of Mr. Sato in his underwear!

Food & Drink, Japan
(diet • drinks • experiment • health • Healthya • Mr. Sato • RocketScience • tea)

An ad agency created a dinner plate that cuts 30 calories from each meal

BUSINESS INSIDER
May 19, 2016

Food & Drink, SE Asia
(AbsorbPlate • Bangkok • diet • food • tech • Thailand • video)

“Attention, all you pigs!” Japan’s anime-style motivational diet CD minces no words or pork

Casey Baseel
Sep 27, 2015

Being overweight can negatively impact your life in a number of ways, but many of them don’t become apparent until after years of a hyper-calorific lifestyle. As such, vague warnings about lowered energy levels and increased medical costs at some indeterminable point in the future, or even a potentially early death, don’t always have enough of a feeling of immediacy to be compelling arguments to eat healthy and exercise.

On the other hand, a better chance at winning the approval of women is almost always a compelling argument, which is why a new motivational CD is being released in Japan with a number of anime and video game voice actresses alternatively offering encouragement to dieters and spitting contempt at the “pigs.”

Japan
(anime • CD • diet • health • weight loss • weird)

War and One Piece: How Japan’s constitution was changed

Master Blaster
Sep 20, 2015

The above scene of Japanese elected officials climbing on top of each other like extras in a Pearl Jam music video made headlines worldwide much to the country’s chagrin. And it was in this way that Japan has officially reinterpreted its constitution to allow military deployment to other parts of the world for the first time since World War II.

Yes, rather than through persuasive speech and the rational debate that government was designed to produce, the future course of Japan had been steered by underhanded tricks, shoving matches, and even a decoy legislation made of a One Piece advert.

But were these uncivilized tactics motivated by honest passion and the sheer intensity of the situation, or were the elite of Japanese society simply showing their true nature of political impotence? To find out, let’s take a look at how the whole fracas started.

Japan
(constitution • diet • government • LDP • military • politics • protest • Shinzo Abe)

Soaking in the sun: the latest diet craze in Hong Kong

Aleisha Riboldi
Sep 11, 2015

Fad diets are a dime a dozen, and some people will go to extreme lengths to lose weight, but would you ever consider turning to the sun for help losing weight?

Apparently, some women in Hong Kong have recently taken to standing and staring at the sun for about half an hour a day in an effort to shed the pounds. We have to admit, as far as weight-loss methods go, it’s definitely a cheaper option. But are followers of this latest diet trend working their way towards blindness rather than thinness?

China, SE Asia
(crazy • diet • fad • health • sun • sun dieting • sun-staring)

Lose five kilos in one month with a super easy convenience store diet!

KK Miller
May 18, 2015

Everyone is trying to get in great shape for the summer season and everywhere you look there is a new exercise or diet craze that guarantees quick and easy weight loss in only a month. Most of these are too good to be true, but some of them might just work for you! Introducing the “Chef Lawson Diet,” which involves eating only at the Lawson convenience store for an entire month. Actual user testimony guarantees* you will lose five kilograms (11 pounds) in just one month!

** On second thought, RocketNews24 doesn’t actually guarantee anything.*

Japan
(amazing • convenience stores • diet • Lawson • low-calorie • weight loss)

China’s Baidu announces high-tech chopsticks that will keep you safe, skinny and healthy

Scott R Dixon
Sep 8, 2014

Ever sit down to eat a meal and wish you knew how many calories or salt were in your food? Ever cooked a piece of meat or fish only to later wonder whether it might have gone bad? Last week, Chinese Internet giant Baidu announced that it has been working on a pair of wi-fi-enabled high-tech chopsticks that will be able to detect the nutritional makeup of the food it touches as well as warning consumers of any safety issues such as contaminants or expired food.

China
(baidu • chopsticks • diet • food • food safety • healthy • technology)

Big in Japan: 25 insightful musings from a self-proclaimed “fatty”

Scott R Dixon
May 11, 2014

It’s not easy out there for people with weight issues when even fictional monsters are criticized for being too pudgy. But a popular Japanese Twitter user with more than 45,000 followers is pushing back on society’s fat-shaming and telling the world how great life is when Ramen Jiro is your “afternoon snack.”

E_Debu, who says he is “the fatty who has a high consciousness,” has been musing on his observations about life as a big person. He enlightens his online audience on some of the hardships as well as the benefits of coming in a larger size. Click below to read 25 thought-provoking observations from one of the most popular “fatties” on the Internet.

Japan
(debu • diet • eating • fat • food • health • obesity • twitter)

Warning! This diet-inducing image will gross you out!

Scott R Dixon
Nov 18, 2013

Look, we completely understand how quickly a diet can disappear when things like all-you-can-eat burgers exist in this world. And trying to implement the newest fad diet or tracking down black market diet pills seems to be a full time job for some of us. That is why here at RocketNews24, we have worked hard to find the most shocking, disgusting image that will make you immediately lose your taste for fast food, carbs, sugar, fat and anything else that tastes too good.

Japan
(diet • fat • gross • muscle • tuna • weight loss)

South Korea busts smugglers for “diet pills” containing human flesh

Scott R Dixon
Nov 4, 2013

Back in 2011, news reports that Chinese-made “health supplements” contained ground-up corpses of babies and fetuses shocked the world. Unfortunately, this macabre story continues as some of the so-called “human flesh capsules” have made their way into South Korea again. Even though there has been a heavy crackdown on these kind of black market “medicine,” Korean authorities arrested two Chinese men last month for smuggling the gruesome pills and then reselling them as “diet supplements.”

Korea
(diet • disturbing • human flesh • shocking • smuggling • supplement)

Latest Diet Trend: Flailing Around Like Crazy

Mike
Apr 2, 2013

Apparently Japan is under the impression that Mattel’s Fijit Friends toy is actually America’s favorite new diet tool.

The below video – which we pray to God, Buddha and Zombie Jesus is a misguided parody of some kind – shows Japanese women going nuts over the new “fijiet” trend.

Internet, Japan, USA
(diet • exercise • pranks • wtf)

Chinese Media Reports Korean Kimchi Promotes Weight Loss

John Stuart Translations
Mar 26, 2013

As has been previously reported here, kimchi, the super-spicy fermented cabbage dish from Korea, appears to be one of the world’s healthiest dishes. Now, media sources in China are reporting that this fiery condiment is also beneficial for those seeking to lose a few pounds.

China, Japan, Korea
(calories • diet • health • low-calorie • obesity • weight loss)

Rent Calculated According to Body Weight, Shared Accommodation Facility in Osaka Proves Popular

John Stuart Translations
Mar 16, 2013

Quite common in Western countries, the concept of shared accommodation in Japan is still relatively new. However, according to Oak House, a guest house and apartment operator in Tokyo, such accommodation is gaining in popularity. Fifteen years ago, the company managed about 150 units; today that figure has risen to 2,300. Shunned by some as being inconvenient and a hassle, others are being drawn to added-value properties featuring amenities such as yoga studios and home theater facilities. Oak House said there is a waiting list of 100 people at its most popular location.

Shared accommodation also has the benefit of being cost effective as no key money (a mandatory, nonrefundable payment, typically equivalent to two months’ rent, given to the landlord for the privilege of being able to live in the unit) or security deposit (typically two months’ rent, and though technically refundable, is seldom returned in full as apartment cleaning fees and other expenses are deducted) are required. Additionally, furnishings are provided, something else that is not common in Japan, meaning initial outlays can be kept to a minimum.

With the popularity of this type of housing increasing, companies in Japan are concocting various inducements in an effort to draw in renters.

Japan
(diet • exercise • fitness • incentive • rent • rent reduction • shared accomodation • weight loss)

How Many Calories are Burned with the Click of a Mouse?

John Stuart Translations
Mar 11, 2013

For those whose work has them chained to a desk, concerns about whether or not they are getting enough exercise often creep into their minds.

In Japan, it is estimated that an average adult male should burn about 2,000 calories a day while an adult female should use around 1,700 (numbers vary according to age and build). Even armed with that knowledge, many people still consume more calories than they burn by indulging in snacks between meals and eating excessively late into the night. A lot of desk jockeys are probably wondering what they should do to better their situation.

Well, there might be some good news. The number of calories burnt at the click of a mouse has recently been calculated.
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Global
(calories • desk work • diet • exercise • mouse click • Office Worker • weight loss)

The Love Affair Behind A College Beauty Queen’s Amazing 33kg (73lb) Diet! How Ever Did She Do It?

Kay
Mar 2, 2013

Ahh, the things we do for love … but of course, love takes many forms, sometimes with astonishing results.

Just a month ago, we brought to you the story of the amazing cosplay diet that had the Japanese internet buzzing. Now, there’s another young lady who achieved equally incredible results dieting — motivated by her love for a manga comic, no less. And we have to say our hats were off to her when we learned how she shed off the weight. Read More

Internet, Japan
(Beautiful Girls • diet • manga • The Prince of Tennis)

Tomato Juice Fad Dead at 6 months

Master Blaster
Jul 4, 2012

We had a lot of fun here at RocketNews informing you of the tomato juice diet fad earlier this year, followed by the shocking announcement of tomato juice preventing drunkenness.

Despite my own personal hatred for this beverage that tastes like vomit chilled in the freezer for 30 minutes, it was good to see people get into this otherwise healthy drink.

Sadly, it looks as if this fad has run its course, based on the latest tomato juice based research sponsored by juice maker Kagome. Coroners have estimated the time of death for the fad to be 9:20pm on July 2nd.