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Kagawa Prefecture holds ultra-udon marathon for those who love running, and noodles
- Richard Simmonds
Mar 13, 2018 - Tweet
Normally feel a bit peckish during an ultra-marathon? Then stop for some udon noodles, six times!
Hundreds of junior high boys swarm Japanese swimsuit model after first pitch at baseball ceremony
- Casey Baseel
Mar 12, 2018
Startling video has commenters terrified and outraged, but the star herself has a different response.
- Japan
- (Ami Inamura • baseball • beautiful women • controversy • crazy • gravure • gurabia • scary • sports • video)
Russia’s gold medal-winning skater gets a dog from Japan, picks an unusual Japanese name for it
- Casey Baseel
Mar 5, 2018
Alina Zagitova wants to give her new Akita Inu a name that means “victory,” but there’s one thing she might be overlooking.
- Japan, Russia
- (Akita Inu • animals • dogs • figure skating • Japanese language • linguistics • Olympics • pets • skating • sports)
Sexy, shirtless, heavily-armed Japanese centaur promotes ramen and sports, of course【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 3, 2018
Believe it or not, there’s actually a perfectly logical reason this manly mythical beast needs both a sword and a gun.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • crazy • Cup Noodle • funny • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • music • Nissin • Olympics • sports • Tokyo Olympics • video • weird)
Japanese women’s curling team becomes heroes thanks to talent and charm, wins 100 years of rice
- Casey Baseel
Mar 1, 2018
After winning Japan’s first-ever medal in the sport, the five athletes are good on grains for quite a while.
- Japan
- (2018 Olympics • crazy • curling • Olympics • PyeongChang Olympics • rice • sports • winter olympics)
Japan Snow Battle Federation looking to make snowball fights Olympic event
- Master Blaster
Feb 28, 2018
It just isn’t winter games without a good old-fashioned snowball fight.
- Global, Japan
- (awesome • cool • Hokkaido • Olympics • snowball fight • sports • video • weird • yukigassen)
Older female fans’ steamy comments about gold medal skater Yuzuru Hanyu spark debate online
- Casey Baseel
Feb 23, 2018
Some call the sentiments creepy, while others say they mirror their own.
- Japan
- (2018 Olympics • Olympics • PyeongChang Olympics • skating • sports • Yuzuru Hanyu)
Japan’s silver medalist figure skater has no time for love because he’s busy playing video games
- Casey Baseel
Feb 22, 2018
With an Olympic medal on his resume, Shoma Uno says he’d like to enter a video game tournament.
- Japan
- (2018 Olympics • COK • figure skating • Olympics • PyeongChang Olympics • romance • Shoma Uno • sports • video games)
Controversy as journalist asks Olympic broadcasters to stop saying “Japanese people are amazing”
- Casey Baseel
Feb 19, 2018
Call for more balanced language following gold and silver medals for Japanese figure skaters runs into strong backlash.
- Japan
- (2018 Olympics • controversy • figure skating • Olympics • PyeongChang Olympics • society • sports • winter olympics • Yuzuru Hanyu)
Japanese adult video actress plans return to competitive snowboarding after dashed Olympic dreams
- Casey Baseel
Feb 15, 2018
Shows she still has what it takes after dominating national tournament with almost no practice time.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • hostess bars • Melo Imai • Olympics • snowboarding • sports)
Taiwanese ice skating fans come to the rescue when power blacks out during skaters’ performance
- Dale Roll
Feb 2, 2018
What do you do when the power goes out during your favorite sport? Bust out your cellphone, of course!
- Taiwan
- (cool • figure skating • four continents figure skating championship • ice skating • moving • smart phones • sports • touching • video)
Japanese athlete caught after slipping steroids into rival’s drink to further Olympic ambitions
- Casey Baseel
Jan 10, 2018
Kayak racer achieves rare feat of getting suspended because someone else used steroids.
Get US$442 for four hours of having football star Shunsuke Nakamura kick balls near (or at) you
- Richard Simmonds
Dec 20, 2017
New collaboration between part-time job hunting app an and Soccer King means you can fulfill your childhood dream of being a wall when you grow up.
- Japan
- (an • football • part-time jobs • Shunsuke Nakamura • soccer • sports • weird)
Japanese high school volleyball player beaten by coach, teammates for violating no-dating rule
- Casey Baseel
Dec 2, 2017
Coach retains job, school says it does not think attacks by other students constituted bullying.
- Japan
- (assault • crime • relationships • romance • scandal • schools • sports • teens • volleyball • youth)
World’s first giant robot fight is in the books! Japan draws first blood, US reigning champ
- Master Blaster
Oct 18, 2017
A battle two years in the making finally comes to an end, but is only the beginning of giant robot fights.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • KURATAS • MegaBots • robots • sports • Suidobashi Heavy Industry • twitch • video)
Busty models from Hiroshima celebrate local baseball team’s league championship with bikini pics
- Casey Baseel
Sep 21, 2017
Thanks to these baseball-loving ladies, even people who don’t care about sports are cheering for their team.
- Japan
- (Anri Sugihara • baseball • beautiful women • gravure • gurabia • Hiroshima • Hiroshima Carp • Nanoka • sports)
Japanese beer-vending girl refill teams have the speed and precision of an F-1 pit crew【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2017
Behind-the-scenes video shows the laser-focus and hard work that keeps fans supplied with ice-cold draft beer at Japanese baseball stadiums.
Now you can buy cough-drop flavoured Kit Kats in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 22, 2017
Containing real throat lozenge powder, this new release is one of the most unusual Kit Kats seen in Japan to date.
- Japan
- (cough drops • football • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • limited edition • Nestle • soccer • sports • Yasutaro Matsuki)
Anime voice actress’ beautiful looks cause hilarious interview gaffe by pro baseball player【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2017
Here’s what happens when you keep your eye on the idol instead of the ball.
- Japan
- (anime • baseball • funny • Idols • sports • video • voice actors • voice actresses)
Spanish pro footballer outrages Japanese Twitter with dangerous Tokyo soccer stunt video
- Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2017
Gerard Piqué seems to have enjoyed his time in Japan, but Japanese Internet users aren’t so thrilled.
- Europe, Japan
- (controversy • dangerous • Gerard Piqué • scary • soccer • sports • video)
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