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Wakayama senior uses AI to identify wild mushrooms, gets poisoned shortly after
- Master Blaster
Nov 26, 2025 - Tweet
There’s mushroom for improvement.
- Japan
- (AI • crazy • health • mushrooms • Nara • oyster mushrooms • shiitake • Shimokitayama • technology • tsukiyotake • Wakayama)
Posthumous “Gwegh, I’m deadngo” tweet sparks nationwide cancer awareness movement in Japan
- Master Blaster
Oct 28, 2025
Rest in peace, Clemens.
- Japan
- (cancer • cancer research • charity • COK • epithelioid sarcoma • health • Japanese language • japanese slang • Kanaru Nakayama • moving • social media • touching)
If you go to the hospital in Japan, your doctor might be wearing a Pokémon coat and scrubs【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 13, 2025
Medical apparel company expands Pokémon line and addresses a complaint from fans about the original design.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • cute • doctors • fashion • health • hospitals • manga • Pikachum • Pokemon • video games • weird • wellness)
The Osaka subway system and Dracula want to teach you about blood
- Master Blaster
Aug 4, 2025
No blood will be shown though, if you’re squeamish about that stuff.
- Japan
- (advertisements • blood • COK • cool • health • Midosuji Line • Osaka • Osaka Metro • science • Subway • Sysmex • technology • Trivia • weird)
Japan just had its hottest day ever in its recorded history
- Casey Baseel
Jul 31, 2025
Town north of Kobe and west of Kyoto experiences heat one resident describes as feeling “homicidal.”
Toto to release next-gen Japanese toilet tech that scans and keeps track of your poop
- Master Blaster
Jul 18, 2025
Captain’s log…
- Japan
- (health • Neorest • scanners • stool sample • technology • Toilets • Toto • washlets)
Upright napping capsules on sale in Japan now
- Master Blaster
Jul 14, 2025
Take a load off and stand a spell.
- Japan
- (booths • fruit. weird • giraffenap • health • Itoki • napping • offices • sleeping • weird • wellness)
Milk made from yeast rather than animals or plants developed in Japan
- Master Blaster
Jul 10, 2025
Asahi hopes you like Like Milk more than you like milk or other drinks like milk.
- Japan
- (Asahi • Beverages • drinks • food allergy • health • lactose-free • Like Milk • milk • substitute • vegan)
Japan’s first “smartphone dementia” clinic opens in Tokyo and online
- Master Blaster
Jul 3, 2025
Ugh, the name of the clinic is on the tip of my tongue… Lemme check my smartphone.
- Internet, Japan
- (digital dementia • health • Kanamachi Ekimae Neurological Clinic • smartphone addiction • smartphone dementia • Smartphones • Tokyo)
You can now get paid 5,000 yen for your poop in Japan, but only if your poop is good enough
- Casey Baseel
Jun 25, 2025
They say you should never do something for free if you’re good enough at it to get paid, and apparently that applies to making stool too.
Humans are horrible at healing, according to Japanese researchers
- Master Blaster
Jun 16, 2025
This news cuts deep and apparently will take a long time to heal.
- Japan
- (apes • baboons • chimpanzees • healing • health • humans • medicine • monkeys • primates • science • The University of The Ryukyus)
Is it OK to drink bottled water after the expiration date in Japan?
- Master Blaster
Jun 14, 2025
The answer may not surprise you but the reason will.
- Japan
- (bottled water • drinks • expiration date • expiry date • health • PET bottles • water • wellness)
AR sport Hado added to Shizuoka high school curriculum
- Master Blaster
Jun 11, 2025
Shoot fireballs for your health!
- Japan
- (AR • gym class • Hado • health • PE class • schools • sports • technology • video games)
VR found to restore severe short-sightedness in Japanese study
- Master Blaster
May 31, 2025
Soon your mom might yell at you to stare at those darn video games more.
- Japan
- (COK • eyesight • health • Kwansei Gakuin University • myopia • psuedomyopia • science • short-sightedness • video games • VR)
Pokémon Sleep’s sleep-promoting eats step into the real world with Japanese nutritionist recipes
- Casey Baseel
May 10, 2025
Recipes let you eat like Snorlax so you can sleep like Snorlax.
- Japan
- (anime • cooking • curry • food • health • manga • nutrition • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • sleep • Snorlax • video games • wellness)
Pocky maker Glico talk about their cellular regeneration breakthrough and new candy at Expo 2025
- Master Blaster
May 3, 2025
Keep your cells healthy and young so you can eat more candy.
- Japan
- (2025 Osaka World Expo • candy • cell health • Earth Mart • events • Ezaki Glico • health • Osaka • Osaka Healthcare Pavilion • Persian silk tree • rice • science • senescent cells)
Sound that alleviates motion sickness found by Nagoya University team
- Master Blaster
Apr 19, 2025
He who controls the Spice Sound controls his tummy.
- Japan
- (cool • health • medicine • motion sickness • Nagoya University • science • sound • Spice Sound • wellness)
Traveler at Japan’s Kansai International Airport confirmed infected with measles, caution urged
- Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2025
If you were at Osaka’s major international airport earlier this month, you’ll want to keep an eye on your physical condition for the next few weeks.
Japanese convenience stores have tasty, diet-friendly meals, like these three under 500 calories
- Casey Baseel
Jan 16, 2025
If you’ve gained some unintended weight over the holidays, believe it or not, Japanese convenience stores are a great place to start your diet.
- Japan
- (bento • boxed lunches • COK • convenience stores • diet • Family mart • food • health • instant noodles)
Pokémon Smart Bath Mats are amazingly cute, but there’s more to them than meets the eye【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 20, 2024
While you’re seeing how your footprints measure up to Pikachu’s and Snorlax’s, these mats are measuring something else.
- Japan
- (anime • bath mat • health • interior • manga • Pokemon • scale • Snorlax • video games • wellness)
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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