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82-year-old woman fights off bear in Japan: “I sent him flying”

Casey Baseel
Jul 21, 2020
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Bear picks wrong lady to mess with in her back yard.

Japan
(animal attack • animals • awesome • bears • COK • crazy • scary • seniors)

Japanese woman arrested for cyberstalking elderly man twice her age

Casey Baseel
Jun 6, 2020

Senior citizen says he received dozens of date requests from woman he’s never met or spoken to.

Japan
(COK • crime • seniors • stalkers • stalking • weird)

Old man with smartphone in Japan creates new problem with his high-risk way to shop for masks

Casey Baseel
Apr 16, 2020

Drug stores want seniors to stop lining up before opening hours in hope of buying face masks, but that’s led to another problem at this shop.

Japan
(COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • drug stores • masks • seniors)

Japanese Granny shows how to elegantly get a little extra personal space for social distancing

Katy Kelly
Apr 11, 2020

Every little counter-measure can help…right? This one makes it natural and easy to keep a little extra distance.

Japan
(clever • coronavirus • elderly • life hacks • parasols • seniors • social distancing)

Home invasion robber makes Japanese granny feed him, gives her 10 masks in return

Casey Baseel
Apr 4, 2020

Super-hospitable senior citizen even gives him a second helping.

Japan
(COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • crazy • crime • home invasion • masks • robbery • senior citizens • seniors • weird)

Elderly Japanese couple’s cute restaurant anecdote brings smiles and “d’aww”s to the table

Katy Kelly
Oct 16, 2019

A cute Twitter observation shows that romance is like fine wine – it gets better with age.

Japan
(cute • elderly • married life • moving • relationship • romance • seniors • touching)

Man stops train from leaving station in Japan, video goes viral online

Oona McGee
Apr 12, 2019

Elderly passenger purposely halts train and causes delay, ignoring rail staff who try to control the situation.

Japan
(Aichi • elderly • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • metro • Nagoya • news • rogai • seniors • Subway • train stations • trains • transportation • videos)

Japanese “street racer” grannie takes mobility scooter into street, blocks traffic, doesn’t care

Casey Baseel
Feb 6, 2019

She may be old, but she’s got all the time in the world.

Japan
(cars • crazy • funny • scooter • seniors • video • weird)

Japanese teen offers to catch purse snatcher for elderly woman, but is actually helping rob her

Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2018

Police catch fake hero who didn’t even try to catch thief for 73-year-old victim.

Japan
(COK • crime • Nagoya • purse snatching • seniors • theft • youth)

Young Japanese adults in survey don’t even want to live to Japan’s average life expectancy

Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2018

Most would call Japan’s famously long life expectancy a good thing, but for these Japanese women it’s more than a decade more than they want to stick around.