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Saddest original PlayStation ever? Store labels symbol of Japanese couple’s ‘90s love “junk”

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2021
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Kaori and Naoto were so very much in love in the summer of 1997.

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• (aiaigasa • funny • playstation • PlayStation 1 • relationships • retro games • romance • sad • video game)

“The remains of dead dreams” found in Japanese garbage are too painfully real

• Scott Wilson
  Aug 21, 2021

What happens to a dream deferred?

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• Japan
• (depressing • dreams • recycling • sad • take out the trash • trash • twitter)

New traffic safety collaboration with Crocodile Who Dies in 100 Days sends mixed messages

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 9, 2021

Fans of the viral hit comic will notice a subtle and worrying detail in this well-intentioned project.

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• Japan
• (corodile • Crocodile Who Dies in 100 Days • cute • manga • sad • Saitama • SNJO • society • traffic safety)

Japanese citizen injured in Paris acid attack, Ministry of Foreign Affairs posts note of caution

• Ingrid Tsai
  Feb 21, 2021

Our thoughts are with the affected individual.

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• (acid attack • assault • attack • crime • france • ministry of foreign affairs • paris • sad • violence)

Japanese “New Word of the Year” announced, sums up 2020 perfectly

• Katie Pask
  Dec 13, 2020

We couldn’t think of a better word than this one.

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• Japan
• (2020 • 2020 Buzzword Awards • awards • culture • funny • pien • sad • society • words)

Middle-aged Tokyo man, escorted by his mother, confesses to killing elderly homeless woman

• Dale Roll
  Nov 24, 2020

A sad tale of a homeless person being punished for taking up space. 

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• (assault • crime • elderly • homeless • murder • news • sad • Tokyo • violence)

Our Japanese reporter bids a fond farewell to Tokyo’s last Claire’s boutique

• Shannon
  Nov 10, 2020

Goodbye, bright colors. Goodbye, glitter. Goodbye, affordable accessories.

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• Japan
• (accessories • Aeon • Claire's • Claire's Nippon • closing sale • Harajuku • Japanese fashion • sad)

A shocking discovery in Sapporo as 238 cats are found living under one roof in dismal conditions

• Eli Pang
  May 24, 2020

Officials were quick to move once the property owner noticed something was amiss.

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• Japan
• (animal welfare • animals • cat • COK • crazy • pets • sad • Sapporo • society)

One Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask scene is less zany, much sadder to adults, salaryman learns

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 3, 2020

Postman, we’re sorry for laughing at you.

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• Japan
• (COK • funny • Legend of Zelda • Majora's Mask • nintendo • sad • salarymen • video games)

Crushed turtle on tracks delays train in Japan, problem “not uncommon”

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2019

The turtle wasn’t hit by a train, but was still too slow to get out of the way of another source of danger.

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• Japan
• (animals • COK • Japan Railways • sad • trains • turtles • weird)

Possibly Japan’s worst dad reportedly sells kids’ Nintendo Switch so he can buy new golf club

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 28, 2019

Furious uncle comes to gamer kids’ rescue.

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• Japan
• (COK • Golf • kids • nintendo • nintendo switch • parents • sad • video games)

Nara deer dies with four kilos of plastic in its stomach, tourists cautioned to feed animals properly

• Oona McGee
  May 27, 2019

Increasing numbers of the nationally protected species are being affected by plastic bag consumption.

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• Japan
• (deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • plastic • plastic bags • posters • sad • shika • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

Otaku’s beloved anime-style doll kidnapped, maybe murdered by bird of prey at Japanese beach

• Casey Baseel
  May 18, 2019

Doll otaku community asks anyone with information to help reunite Sakura-chan with her owner, who’s loved her for more than 20 years.

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• Japan
• (birds • crazy • dolls • Enoshima • figures • otaku • sad • weird)

Japanese convenience store mascot is an otaku who lives with his mom, stuck in an entry-level job

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 8, 2019

Oh, and 29-year-old Famichiki Senpai is also an anthropomorphic piece of fried chicken with beefy human arms.

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• (convenience stores • Famichiki • Family mart • fried chicken • funny • mascot characters • Mascots • sad • video • weird)

“Do you have a lot of money?” Japanese kid crushes day care worker with innocent cruelty

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 2, 2019

Care provider admits he doesn’t, and the kids aren’t at all surprised.

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• Japan
• (COK • cute • day care • funny • kids • sad • society)

Crushing workload at schools is causing more Japanese teachers to crumble from chronic depression

• Koh Ruide
  Jan 6, 2019

Teaching is merely one small facet of being a public school educator in Japan.

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• Japan
• (depression • education • overworked • resignation • sad • teacher)

Japan’s most dangerous New Year’s food causes death once again in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 2, 2019

Nearly a dozen Tokyoites rushed to hospital before dinnertime on New Year’s Day.

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• Japan
• (crazy • food • mochi • New Year's • osechi • ozoni • rice cakes • sad)

Otaku husband returns home after argument to find wife has destroyed his anime robot collection

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 31, 2018

Broken Gundam and broken trust sparks Internet debate about whether or not her actions were justified.

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• (anime • crazy • Gundam • models • otaku • relationships • robots • sad • society)

Fujisawa Enoshima Fireworks Festival results in one ton of garbage strewn on the beach

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 1, 2018

Shocked net users lament the beachside paradise littered with garbage–an uncommon occurrence in usually tidy Japan.  

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• Japan
• (Enoshima • fireworks • garbage • Kanagawa • sad • trash • twitter)

Japanese woman shares horrifying experience of having her phone number exposed on the Internet

• Koh Ruide
  Oct 27, 2018

Having your phone ringing incessantly for six months will drive most people crazy, but not this woman.

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• (crazy • interview • prank • privacy • sad • scary • Seiji Nakazawa • weird)

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