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Japanese first grader wins math contest by quantifying “which hiragana are the hardest to write”

• Scott Wilson
  Mar 6, 2022
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The search for the objectively hardest hiragana.

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• Japan
• (elementary school • hiragana • Japanese language • math • science • Tochigi Prefecture)

Tour space with a cat guide while the sweet aroma of catnip and paw pads fills your nostrils

• Katie Pask
  Feb 14, 2022

This will be one space trip cat fans will never forget.

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• Japan
• (anime • cats • cool • cute • Demon Slayer • Kimetsu no Yaiba • planetariums • relax • relaxing • science • technology • Tokyo • weird)

Violence IS the answer – Japanese farmers using hammers to grow more mushrooms

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 8, 2022

Swinging hammers now part of cultivating shiitake.

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• Japan
• (agriculture • crazy • farming • food • mushrooms • science • shiitake • weird)

Study suggests Japanese curry effective at staving off dementia

• Master Blaster
  Jan 11, 2022

A curry a week helps keep the brain at its peak.

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• Japan
• (aging population • curry • dementia • food • health • House Foods • science)

Japan chooses to go to the moon

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 29, 2021

Prime minister declares goal of a Japanese astronaut becoming the first non-American to walk on the lunar surface.

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• Japan
• (Artemis Project • astronauts • COK • cool • moon • science • space)

Japanese entertainer shakes fresh cream to make butter… in the most unusual way【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 29, 2021

“Dancing Butter Shake Experiment” goes viral online. 

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• Japan
• (butter • cream • cute • dancers • dancing • entertainment • Japanese women • science • stage shows • twitter • videos)

Here come the mice in black! Kyoto University experiment removes mouse memories with light

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 19, 2021

Scientists use flashes of light in the brain to really wipe away memories…in mice.
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• Japan
• (Kyoto University • memory • mice • neuroscience • optogenetics • science)

Kansai area people more genetically predisposed to liking coffee than elsewhere in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Oct 11, 2021

Wake up and smell the genomes.

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• Japan
• (coffee • COK • DNA • drinks • euglena • genetics • Kansai • prefectures • ranking • science • society)

The popular Night at the Aquarium: Lots of Sex exhibit returns to Tokyo’s Sunshine Aquarium

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 21, 2021

We bet you’ve never read the words “sexy” and “fish” in the same phrase before.

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• Japan
• (aquariums • exhibitions • funny • Ikebukuro • science • Sunshine Aquarium • Sunshine City • Tokyo • weird)

We assembled an Edo period-style tea-carrying mechanical doll【Pics, videos】

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 8, 2021

The jury’s still out on whether it’s creepy, cute, or creepy-cute.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • design • Edo period • Gekkan • history • karakuri ningyo • mechanical doll • model kits • robot • science • SNJO • tea-carrying doll)

New COVID-19 delta variant discovered in Japan, believed to be domestically mutated

• Dale Roll
  Sep 2, 2021

But what this means for the pandemic is yet to be determined.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • disease • pandemic • science • virus)

What colors of clothing will keep you cooler in summer? Japanese researchers experiment

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 13, 2021

We all know white is cool and black is hot, but what about the colors in between?

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• Japan
• (fashion • health • heat exhaustion • heat stroke • hot • science)

Babies understand that people with supernatural powers are better, according to Japanese study

• Master Blaster
  Aug 6, 2021

Babies know the score.

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• Japan
• (babies • expectancy violation • psychology • research • science • super powers • superhumans)

Masturbatory aid rocket launches in Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2021

Tenga pulls off its biggest, boldest stunt yet.

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• Japan
• (awesome • crazy • funny • health • rockets • science • space • Tenga • video • weird)

Get this molting crab plushie from Felissimo for the sea creature fan in your life

• Dale Roll
  Jul 21, 2021

Show off your appreciation for sea critters with these highly detailed toys!

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• Japan
• (biology • cool • cute • Enoshima • Enoshima Aquarium • Felissimo • funny • marine biology • plushies • science • sea creatures • YOU+MORE!)

South Korean university develops toilet that converts poop to power and pays you for “deposits”

• Master Blaster
  Jul 14, 2021

Quite possibly the greatest invention ever.

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• Korea
• (BeeVi • energy • methane • poop • science • South Korea • technology • Toilets • Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology • virtual currency)

Japanese researchers learn how to grow hair follicles, and probably new hair

• Master Blaster
  Jun 12, 2021

If you want hair restoration, better go to the source.

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• Japan
• (hair follicles • hair growth • hair loss • RIKEN • science • stem cells)

“Four-eyed” goat sighting spooks Miyagi senior

• Master Blaster
  Jun 6, 2021

What started as supernatural encounter turned into a fun zoology lesson.

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• Japan
• (animals • biology • four-eyed goat • goats • Ishinomaki • Japanese serow • Miyagi • science • serow)

Fish-and-Evangelion-inspired oxygen enema treatment developed by Japanese researchers

• Master Blaster
  May 16, 2021

Luckily, no entry plug is needed.

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• Japan
• (anime • enema • Evangelion • intestines • LCL • loaches • oxygen • respiratory illness • science • Tokyo Medical and Dental University)

Life saved in Tottori, Japan by same skin transplant treatment used for Kyoto Animation arsonist

• Ingrid Tsai
  Apr 25, 2021

Individual whose life was saved now in stable condition.

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• Japan
• (burn treatment • COK • Kyoto Animation arson attack • medicine • science)

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