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A practical guide to freezing your boss’ hat in a block of ice [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
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This is an important skill for working adults to acquire, and we’re here to walk you through the process step by step.
Study finds hundreds of people in Indonesia legally named after Naruto, Inuyasha, other anime stars
- Casey Baseel
4 days ago
Anime’s growing international popularity is affecting name choices overseas.
- Japan, SE Asia
- (anime • crazy • Doraemon • funny • Indonesia • Inuyasha • manga • Naruto • One Piece • society • weird)
Resident Evil’s terrifying Licker becomes a bag in Japan that wants to feed you
- Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2026
After years of this video game horror trying to eat us, it’s finally going to help us with our hunger instead.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • bags • Capcom • COK • crazy • funny • popcorn • popcorn buckets • Resident Evil • scary • theme parks • Universal Horror Nights • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • video games)
Is covering your entire upper body with cooling strips enough to fend off Japan’s summer heat?
- Casey Baseel
Aug 4, 2026
Mr. Sato thinks it might be, and when was the last time he had an idea that didn’t pan out?
- Japan
- (COK • cooling patches • cooling strips • crazy • experiment • funny • heat • Hiepita • Mr. Sato • SNJO)
Sanrio’s newest item looks like dog butt, exactly like it’s supposed to [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 30, 2026
If you’ve ever wanted to take a nap while burying your face in Pompompurin’s butthole, this is the cushion you’ve been waiting for.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • cushion • cute • funny • interior • nap pillow • pillow • plushies • Pompompurin • Sanrio • weird)
A roadside hair salon stall in China made us Norway’s Haaland for US$1, and warmed out hearts too
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2026
The haircut wasn’t the only great thing we got out of this great-price deal.
- China
- (China • COK • crazy • Erling Haaland • funny • hair salons • haircut • hairstyling • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soccer • sports • tourism • travel)
Face lettuce appears in Japan, with the face of Death Note’s Light Yagami, but why?
- Casey Baseel
Jul 25, 2026
“Lettuce that’s looking at you like it wants you to buy it.”
- Japan
- (Ajinomoto • crazy • Death Note • food • funny • Lettuce • Light Yagami • Tatsuya Fujiwara • weird • Zen-Noh)
Hatsune Miku, VTuber Suisei Hoshimachi perform opening pitch at pro baseball game in Japan [Video]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2026
Suisei throws smoke, some commenters throw shade.
- Japan
- (anime • baseball • Chiba Lotte Marines • cool • crazy • funny • Hatsune Miku • HoloLive • Hoshimachi Suisei • Lotte • manga • music • sports • video • virtual idols • virtual YouTubers • vocaloids • VTubers • weird)
A donut and sugar-loving bear in Japan is breaking into homes, checking fridges for sweet snacks
- Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2026
Iwate town sets traps to try to catch the bear with a sweet tooth, with some even being installed inside people’s houses.
Furby is now a sexy anime girl figure[Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2026
Kotobukiya gives the ‘90s robo-pet a Bishoujo makeover.
Japan reacts to Donald Trump’s “Islamic Republic of Japan” remark
- Casey Baseel
Jul 9, 2026
There are actually three things wrong with the U.S. president’s statement that the Islamic Republic of Japan attacked an American aircraft carrier.
- Japan, USA, W Asia
- (crazy • Donald Trump • funny • politicians • politics • weird)
Climbing season officially opens for Japan’s Mt. Hiyoriyama, the shortest mountain in the country
- Casey Baseel
Jul 8, 2026
Ceremony marks official start of climbing season for this six-step summit trail.
A visit to Sri Lanka’s knockoff knockoff Uniqlo (no, we didn’t stutter) to see its rare “Pikachus”
- Casey Baseel
Jul 6, 2026
Nicknack is the culmination of layers upon layers of branding quasi-copying, and also home to some very unusual Pikachus.
- Japan, S Asia
- (bootleg • COK • copy • funny • knockoffs • Meiso • Miniso • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon card game • pokemon cards • SNJO • Sri Lanka • Uniqlo • weird)
“Alcohol is the best medicine” removed from Japanese government website
- Master Blaster
Jun 24, 2026
A few beers a day keeps the doctor away, because you forgot your appointment.
- Japan
- (alcohol • COK • crazy • culture • funny • government • health • history • National Tax Agency • sake • weird • wellness)
Japanese university welcomes birth of baby deer on campus, president waives entrance exam[Videos]
- Casey Baseel
Jun 16, 2026
Educator in Nara’s most famous deer town fast tracks admission to institute of higher learning.
Gun found in Japanese convenience store restroom, traced to forgetful on-duty cop
- Casey Baseel
Jun 10, 2026
A public restroom stall shock that had nothing to do with cleanliness.
- Japan
- (bathrooms • COK • convenience stores • crazy • crime • firearms • funny • gun • police • restrooms • weird)
Cup Noodle hamster wheel is the new adorable pet toy animal lovers in Japan want[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Jun 5, 2026
Instant ramen maker shows that even hamsters will fall in love with Cup Noodle, if given the chance.
- Japan
- (animals • crazy • Cup Noodle • cute • food • funny • hamsters • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • pats • pet supplies • pet toys • ramen • video • weird)
The best yakiniku restaurant menu items to order if you’re surrounded by lovey-dovey couples
- Casey Baseel
Jun 2, 2026
With the couples on either side of him as hot as the flames on his grill, our solo-dining yakiniku fan finds a mental escape.
- Japan
- (COK • dating • food • funny • meat • relationships • restaurants • romance • SNJO • yakiniku • Yuichiro Wasai)
Squeezy Tanuki Testicle toys once again appear in Japanese gacha machines
- Casey Baseel
May 8, 2026
Prizes are still random, but you’re guaranteed to get a pair of tanuki balls.
- Japan
- (capsule toys • crazy • figures • funny • gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • gross • racoon dogs • Tanuki • Tarlin • vending machine toys • weird)
We turn to a shady Amazon Japan gadget to try to stop Tokyo crows from stealing our hangers
- Casey Baseel
May 7, 2026
Man and machine versus nature.
- Japan
- (Amazon • Amazon Japan • Amazon low-rated • animals • COK • crazy • crows • funny • gadgets • SNJO • technology • weird • Yuichiro Wasai)
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