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Japanese dad challenges daughter’s boyfriend to video game grudge match, gets kicked out of house

Casey Baseel
Dec 14, 2017
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“He’s not fit to be my daughter’s boyfriend,” Dad declares after witnessing junior high school boy’s lack of fighting game skills.

Japan
(family • funny • Guilty Gear • parents • romance • video games • weird)

Yu-Gi-Oh! collector parts with ultra-rare cards worth more than $5,000 each, for his daughter

Richard Simmonds
Nov 6, 2017

What price can you put on your child’s education? One Yu-Gi-Oh! fan finds out.

Japan
(anime • Blue-Eyes White Dragon • collectible card games • collectibles • family • moving • touching • video games • Yu-Gi-Oh!)

The top 10 traits of “domestic” women in Japan, according to Japanese men

Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2017

Survey respondents see subtle signs of potential for a happy home life in female coworkers’ desks, lunches.

Japan
(family • marriage • romance • society • survey)

The pros and cons of having otaku parents, according to Japanese anime fans

Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2017

”I wish my mom would stop trying to make me a boys’ love fan,” laments frustrated son.

Japan
(anime • family • otaku • parents • society)

Japanese father worries his son is being bullied at school, gets a dirty, funny surprise instead

Casey Baseel
Oct 3, 2017

Cause of middle schooler’s depression is linked to one of teens’ deepest sources of joy.

Japan
(family • funny • kids • Parenting • parents • society)

Heart-breaking plea from kids looking for their mama convinces Tokyo subway station to bend rules

Casey Baseel
Sep 19, 2017

Unauthorized notices beg woman who left girls behind to “Please call home.”

Japan
(family • kids • moving • sad • stations • Subway • touching • trains)

Japanese dad turns daughter’s illustration into her bento lunch

Oona McGee
May 26, 2017

The latest lunchbox from this girl’s character bento-making dad probably raised a lot of questions at school.

Japan
(bento • character bento • cute • family • heartwarming • kyaraben • lunches)

Awesome Japanese dad gives son’s handmade cardboard Switch a massive, heartwarming upgrade【Pics】

Casey Baseel
May 23, 2017

Loving parent pulls the switch with Nintendo-loving son’s latest creative project.

Japan
(cool • dads • family • https://twitter.com/mohikan1974/status/865188680742297601 • kids • nintendo • parents • switch • touching • video games)

Japanese man recording everything he buys for little sister, plans to ask her to pay him back

Casey Baseel
May 5, 2017

But lucky for her, he’s using some very creative math to calculate her bill.

Japan
(brothers • family • funny • kids • moving • siblings • sisters • touching)

Anime pro father and sons’ collaborative artwork series has somehow become even more awesome

Casey Baseel
Mar 21, 2017

Two young boys’ imaginations and one loving father’s artistic skills continue to combine with amazing results.

Japan
(anime • art • awesome • cool • family • illustration • kids • Thomas Romain)

Twitter artist chronicles man’s tear-jerking revelation about father awhile eating ramen with son

Casey Baseel
Mar 9, 2017

Sometimes, we don’t realize how much we were loved until it’s our turn to love our own children.

Japan
(family • father • manga • moving • ramen • touching • twitter)

Japanese praiseful papa’s positivity is purely precious, or possibly evil genius

Evie Nyan
Mar 7, 2017

This Japanese daddy found a genius scheme for a harmonious family life.

Japan
(family • funny • husband • moving • Parenting • parents • touching)

With Japan’s day care shortage, how hard is it to bring your baby to work with you? We experiment

Casey Baseel
Feb 17, 2017

Today, there’s a RocketBaby in the RocketNews24 office.

Japan
(babies • experiment • family • kids • P.K. Sanjun • society • working in Japan)

Japanese group trying to win support for “Housewives’ Day Off” to help harried homemakers

Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2017

Wants day of rest to be observed three times a year.

Japan
(culture • family • housewives • housework • marriage • society)

Anime artist dad turns young sons’ sketches into awesome animation character designs

Casey Baseel
Jan 24, 2017

Concept art was apparently too good to just put up on the family fridge.

Japan
(anime • art • awesome • cool • family • kids • Thomas Romain)

Survey finds more than half of Japanese women’s nieces don’t call them “aunt”

Casey Baseel
Nov 23, 2016

Culture and linguistics make the most obvious form of address an unpopular choice.

Japan
(culture • family • Japanese language • linguistics • society)

Mr. Sato’s dad gives him some tough love when asked if he knows what his son does for a living

Casey Baseel
Nov 16, 2016

The elder Mr. Sato tells it like it is. Plus: an appearance by the Sato family cat!

Japan
(cats • family • funny • moving • Mr. Sato • Parenting • touching • video)

Japanese airline takes us on a feels trip with commercial focusing on family togetherness 【Video】

Meg Murphy
Oct 16, 2016

Kids are given one less plane ticket than there are members of their family, and their responses are heartwarming.

Japan
(ad • ANA • family • kids • moving • touching • video)

Japanese family find creatives solution after “tanuki” sends daughter letter, promises play date

Meg Murphy
Sep 26, 2016

Don’t forget the cream puff!

Japan
(family • funny story • raccoon dog • Tanuki)

Japanese uncle uses unique methods to give his niece some pocket money

KK Miller
Aug 20, 2016

Why just hand your loved ones money when you can send them on an adventure? The experience is priceless!

Japan
(family • funny • money • scavenger hunt • twitter • uncles)

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