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Do some Japanese parents think of their kids like fighting Pokémon? Twitter wonders

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 15, 2019
• Tweet

Could there be a sinister reason some parents show up for their kids’ school sports festivals?

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• Japan
• (funny • kids • parents • Pokemon • society • sports • Sports Day • sports festivals)

Canadian rugby team volunteers in typhoon-struck Japan following cancellation of World Cup match

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2019

Typhoon Hagibis brought Team Canada’s World Cup campaign to an early finish, but the kindhearted athletes still had one more thing to do in Japan.

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• Canada, Japan
• (canada • moving • rugby • Rugby World Cup • sports • touching • typhoon • video • volunteer)

Naomi Osaka chooses Japanese citizenship over U.S., hopes to represent Japan at Tokyo Olympics

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 11, 2019

Tennis star says “playing for the pride of the nation will be a very emotional experience.”

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympics • Naomi Osaka • Olympics • sports • Tokyo Olympics)

Rugby World Cup fans slammed for singing anthems, forming human pyramids on Japanese trains

• SoraNews24
  Oct 7, 2019

Foreign tourists ignore requests by rail operators to watch their manners on trains in Japan. 

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• Japan
• (france • Japanese trains • news • rugby • Rugby World Cup • RWC • sport • sports • trains)

Rugby World Cup: Ireland fans sing for Japan outside convenience store after defeat

• SoraNews24
  Oct 1, 2019

They may have lost the match, but their sportsmanship won them fans around the country.

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• Canada, Europe, Japan
• (Ireland • news • rugby • Rugby World Cup • RWC • sport • sports • twitter • videos)

Japan fans call Rugby World Cup player Luke Thompson “kawaii” for the way he speaks Japanese

• Oona McGee
  Oct 1, 2019

An unlikely cute icon emerges from left field.

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• Canada, Japan
• (canada • cute • Fukuoka • funny • LOL • news • rugby • Rugby World Cup • RWC • sport • sports • twitter • videos • yukata)

Rugby World Cup 2019: Team Canada jumps off bus in yukata kimono…dressed like the dead

• Oona McGee
  Sep 27, 2019

Embarrassing fashion faux pas has these players dressed in the same way that Japanese people dress dead bodies.

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• Canada, Japan
• (canada • cute • Fukuoka • funny • LOL • news • rugby • Rugby World Cup • RWC • sport • sports • twitter • videos • yukata)

Rugby World Cup fans perform lineout on floor of a Japanese train

• SoraNews24
  Sep 24, 2019

People in Japan now concerned over what might happen on public transport during the Tokyo Olympics. 

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• Japan
• (france • Japanese trains • news • rugby • Rugby World Cup • RWC • sport • sports • trains)

“You are the dream” — Keisuke Honda lifts Cambodia’s soccer team’s spirits after loss

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 16, 2019

Japanese Internet users commend their national soccer star for words of encouragement during a bitter moment.

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• Japan
• (Cambodia • cool • inspirational • Keisuke Honda • leadership • soccer • sports)

Crazy huge crowd of otaku, rockers, and sports fans forms at Japanese train station【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 7, 2019

Trio of events end at the same time, sending three huge fanbases to the same station.

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• Japan
• (anime • B'z • crazy • crowded • Kaihin Makuhari Station • music • sports • The Idolmaster • train stations)

Naomi Osaka brings kindness and tears to stunning sportsmanship display at US Open

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 3, 2019

Tells rising star it’s OK to cry, and does plenty of it herself.

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• Japan, USA
• (Coco Gauff • moving • Naomi Osaka • sports • sportsmanship • tennis • touching • US Open • video)

Nissan develops golf ball that automatically finds the hole every time

• Master Blaster
  Aug 26, 2019

A fun demo of their newest driving assist technology, ProPilot 2.0.

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• Japan
• (automobiles • cars • driver assist • Golf • Japan • nissan • ProPilot • sports • technology)

Cool advertisement for baseball girls mobile game in Shinjuku Station drawn using actual mud

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 17, 2019

You can’t play baseball if you’re afraid of getting dirty.

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• Japan
• (advertisement • Android • anime girls • Apple • baseball • commercial • cute • mobile game • Shinjuku Station • sports)

Japanese baseball teen refuses walk after getting hit by pitch, follows up with home run【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 16, 2019

Blames self for bean ball in Japan’s most competitive high school sports tournament.

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• Japan
• (aweome • baseball • cool • high school • high school students • Koshien • moving • sports • sportsmanship • touching • video)

Olympic medals and torch display held in Tokyo for a very limited time

• Master Blaster
  Jul 31, 2019

Mr. Sato gets closer to Olympic gold than he ever dreamed possible.

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• Global, Japan
• (2020 Olympics • 2020 Tokyo Olympics • COK • Mr. Sato • Olympic medals • Olympic torch • Olympics • SNOJ • sports • Tokyo • Tokyo Olympics)

Go Hatori turns his small Japanese apartment into a batting cage for only 500 yen

• Master Blaster
  Jul 15, 2019

No foul play with this DIY experiment, just cheap fun.

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• Japan
• (100 yen store • baseball • batting cage • Daiso • DIY • Go Hatori • shopping • SNJO • sports)

Angry baseball fan in Japan uses his own son as a weapon to attack opposing team’s fan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 6, 2019

Ever been so angry you felt the need to smack someone else with your own kid? No? Then you’re a calmer parent than this guy.

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• Japan
• (baseball • crazy • Hanshin Tigers • parents • scary • sports • video • weird)

Japanese artists anthropomorphise national flags into samurai characters for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

• Oona McGee
  Jun 27, 2019

See what your country and national flag look like as a samurai warrior!

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympics • anime • anthropomorphization • anthropomorphized characters • anthropormorphism • art • artists • flags • Olympics • samurai • social media • sports • Tokyo Olympics)

Figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva receives hate mail in Japan, fans respond with viral hashtag

• Oona McGee
  Jun 11, 2019

Japanese fans come out in force to show their love for the anime-loving skating star.

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• Japan
• (Evgenia Medvedeva • figure skating • ice skating • skating • sports • trolls • twitter)

Tokyo Olympics WILL allow you to share photos you take at the Games on social media

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 4, 2019

Official assures us that posting pics from the Games is A-OK, and clarifies what you’re not allowed to share online.

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympics • COK • Olympics • photography • social media • sports • Tokyo Olympics • weird)

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  • Japan’s upcoming Romancecar train seeks to end intimacy with its super-wide seats
  • Yakuza boss sues expressway owners for discrimination against criminals
  • KFC Japan starts selling soft-serve ice cream at select locations, and they’ve even put it in a biscuit

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  2. KFC now sells takikomi gohan rice boxes in Japan, if you know where to look for them [Taste test]
  3. Japan’s upcoming Romancecar train seeks to end intimacy with its super-wide seats
  4. Starbucks Japan reveals new Joyful Capsule gacha toy release date
  5. Historical-themed illumination display returns to Osaka Castle this winter
  6. Tokyo neighborhood adds new “smart trash cans” to deal with increasing amounts of tourist litter
  7. Yakuza boss sues expressway owners for discrimination against criminals
  8. America’s first-ever permanent One Piece store is now open [Photos]
  9. KFC Japan starts selling soft-serve ice cream at select locations, and they’ve even put it in a biscuit
  10. Japanese viewers of Godzilla Minus Zero angered by unusual number of restroom goers

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  1. Tokyo cracks down on Airbnb-style rentals with new laws limiting operator days and more
  2. Starbucks Japan unveils new winter drinkware collection with limited-edition Stanley cups
  3. Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
  4. America’s first-ever permanent One Piece store is now open [Photos]
  5. Two Tokyo neighborhoods to gather on bridge and shift their recognized border through tug-of-war
  6. Tokyo neighborhood adds new “smart trash cans” to deal with increasing amounts of tourist litter
  7. New Era celebrates three decades of Pokémon with new 30th anniversary cap line [Photos]
  8. Pokémon card game’s expansion features art from Fist of the North Star creator
  9. Pokémon doughnuts pop up at Mister Donut, with a new gathering that’s bigger than ever
  10. Japan’s new matcha vending machines serve freshly prepared matcha in five different strengths

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  1. Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  3. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  4. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  5. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  6. Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
  7. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
  8. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
  9. Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
  10. Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
  5. Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
  6. Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
  9. Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
  10. Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa

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