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Can Japan’s Self-Defense Forces legally open fire on a zombie horde?

• Master Blaster
  Oct 31, 2026
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This legal discussion contains scenes of explicit violence and gore.

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• Japan
• (COK • constitution • Horror • Japan Self-Defense Forces • Japanese Self-Defence Force • law • military • three signs of death • use of force • weird • zombies)

Universal Studios Japan partners with manga horror master Junji Ito’s Tomie

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2026

Undying school girl enthralls zombie horde in new artwork, and maybe elsewhere too.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • COK • crazy • Halloween Horror Nights • Horror • Junji Ito • manga • scary • theme parks • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • USJ)

Universal Studios Japan requiring consent form for adults-only horror attraction

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 26, 2026

USJ goes R-18 for the first time.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • haunted houses • Horror • scary • Universal Horror Nights • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan)

Sanrio amusement park in Tokyo to host Psycho Game horror event this summer[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 28, 2026

After Hello Kitty goes home for the day, some decidedly less cute characters will be taking over Sanrio Puroland.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • crazy • haunted houses • Hello Kitty • Horror • Obaken • Sanrio • Sanrio Puroland • scary • theme parks • video • weird)

New zombie ship sets sail in Japan, includes Shinkansen tickets and all-you-can-eat sushi

• Oona McGee
  Feb 14, 2026

Are you ready to go on the scariest cruise of your life?

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• Japan
• (escape games • escape rooms • Horror • horror games • Japanese horror • Obaken • ships • Suruga Bay • survival horror • zombie • zombie ship • zombies)

J-horror classic Ring 2 airing on Japanese TV with Zen monk offering prayers every time someone dies

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 29, 2025

Japan’s most quirkily empathetic monk is back to keep bad mojo away from us as the year ends.

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• Japan
• (funny • Horror • J-horror • monks • movies • religion • Ring • Ring 2 • Ringu • scary • weird)

Horribly translated movie titles strike again on the Japanese release of Anything for Jackson

• Master Blaster
  Sep 13, 2025

Anything for a buck.

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• Japan
• (Anything for Jackson • business • Conjuring • Horror • movie titles • movies • The Devil Made Me Do It • translation)

Tokyo’s Vampire Cafe serving up blood-sauce burgers and sweets with fire and dark magic spells

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2025

Guilty Pleasure menu remorselessly targets meat lovers and dessert fans.

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• Japan
• (cafes • COK • cool • food • Horror • restaurants • scary • themed cafes • themed restaurants • Vampire Cafe • vampires)

Bone-chilling taxi tours of Japan’s most haunted places now include all-night course, livestreams

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 8, 2025

Who needs air-conditioning when a simple taxi ride is enough to leave you frozen in fear for the rest of the summer?

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • ghost hunting • ghosts • haunted Japan • haunted places • Horror • Sanwa Kotsu • Sanwa Koutsu • scary • taxi tours • taxis)

Hello Kitty theme park to be overrun by zombies this summer, young children barred from entering

• Casey Baseel
  May 16, 2025

Eradication squads to be dispatched to deal with outbreak, guests will need to prove they’re not infected by completing missions inside haunted theme park.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • crazy • haunted houses • Hello Kitty • Horror • Obaken • Puroland • Sanrio • Sanrio Puroland • scary • theme parks • video • zombies)

Cursed artifact cafe opens in Tokyo, is naturally also cute and serves parfaits【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 3, 2025

The first and second floor are very different at Cafe Juju.

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• Japan
• (cafes • crazy • haunted house • Horror • Obaken • restaurants • scary • video • weird)

Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to the best horror in Tokyo!

• Master Blaster
  Oct 19, 2024

We treat ourselves to all-we-can-drink tears and sweat.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • Haunted attraction • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Horror • Obaken • P.K. Sanjun • scary • SNJO • Sony • taxis • Urban Legend Taxi • weird)

Japan is getting haunted sticker picture booths just in time for Halloween【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 15, 2024

Three girls mysteriously died inside the machine and all said the same name as their last words, backstory says.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • creepy • Horror • photo booths • scary • sticker picture booths • sticker picture machines • sticker pictures • Uketsu • Watausa)

We try out the “head in a jar” prank, seen in a viral video, at the office

• Master Blaster
  Feb 18, 2024

Office jokes come to a head.

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• Internet, Japan
• (Go Hatori • heads • Horror • jokes • Masanuki Sunakoma • pranks • Refrigerator • tricks • viral videos)

New indie game The Exit 8 may make us never want to enter another Japanese subway station again

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 15, 2023

Anyone who’s ever gotten lost in the maze of a Tokyo station is bound to feel something akin to adventure, horror, or both when playing this game.

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• Japan
• (Horror • immersive • indie games • Kotake Create • liminal spaces • Steam • Subway • The Exit 8 • walking simulator)

Chucky like you’ve never seen him before is coming from Universal Studios Japan

• Master Blaster
  Sep 12, 2023

Prepare yourself for the terror of kawaii chibi Chucky.

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• Japan
• (Child’s Play • Chucky • halloween • Horror • movies • Pokeuni • shopping • Universal Studios Japan)

Devil Tribe taking over Tokyo’s Hello Kitty theme park, admission free for kids two and younger!

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 18, 2023

Sanrio Puroland is turning into Nightmare Land on select nights this summer.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • haunted house • Hello Kitty • Horror • Obaken • Puroland • Sanrio • Sanrio Puroland • scary • weird)

Newly unveiled “horror room” in Osaka apartment promises a creepy day or night’s stay

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 8, 2022

The room makes for a perfect spooky Halloween backdrop, unless you’re one of those people that happens to find old-fashioned dolls soothing.

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• Japan
• (ceazy • COK • cool • dolls • Horror • hotels • Osaka • party • photoshoot • scary • Shinsekai • travel • weird)

Tokyo prison restaurant The Lockup closes its doors for good

• Oona McGee
  Jun 10, 2022

Throwing away the key after 23 years of terrifying tourists. 

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• Japan
• (closure • COK • cool • dining • food • Horror • hotels • jail • jailbreak • Kabukicho • news • prison • Prison Restaurant: The Lockup • prisons • restaurants • shinjuku • The Lockup • themed restaurants • tourist sites • travel)

Osaka Expo nightmare-fuel mascot needs name, organisers ask for suggestions and Twitter delivers

• Katie Pask
  May 1, 2022

The mascot, described as aggressively disgusting, is currently without a name to call it by.

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • Expo 2025 • funny • Horror • mascot • Osaka • Osaka Expo 2025 • scary • twitter • weird • World Expo)

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