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This just might be the greatest UFO catcher game ever【Video】

Casey Baseel
Sep 13, 2016
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Amazingly generous arcade makes the diabolically difficult game super easy in celebration of something that had the entire town feeling good.

Japan
(Arcades • baseball • Hiroshima • sports • UFO catcher • video • video games)

Hot guys on ice! Original figure skating anime Yuri On Ice premieres this October!

Joan Coello
Sep 12, 2016

Handsome 2-D young men twirling and jumping in body-tight sparkly suits? Of course we’re looking forward to it.

Japan
(anime • figure skating • original • seiyuu • sports)

Fear and murder plague Western Japan golf courses over a checkbox on application forms

Master Blaster
Sep 5, 2016

A handful of golf courses in Fukuoka Prefecture have refused to add a certain checkbox to their applications for fear of their lives.

Japan
(application • crime • Fukuoka • Golf • murder • sports • yakuza)

Korean fan surprised to receive present from baseball’s Yu Darvish after Twitter request

Jamie Koide
Aug 24, 2016

Sometimes when you want something, all you’ve got to do is ask.

Japan, Korea, USA
(baseball • fan video • random acts of kindness • sports • twitter • Yu Darvish)

Japanese Olympics table tennis player has uncanny flair for mimicking anime characters on court

Oona McGee
Aug 22, 2016

The champion player shows off champion poses that set off a trending hashtag on Twitter in Japan.

Japan
(anime • cute • funny • Jun Mizutani • love live • manga • Olympics • sports • table tennis • twitter)

Funny gag video suggests China is dominating Olympic diving because of magic powers

ロケットニュース24
Aug 20, 2016

That’s one way to make sure you make the smallest splash possible when you hit the water.

Internet
(2016 Olympics • diving • funny • GIF • Olympics • sports • video)

Cute cats from Japan show their love for competitors at the Olympic games

Oona McGee
Aug 17, 2016

If you’re an athlete who runs from side to side or jumps up and down, these cute cats will love you, regardless of where you’re from!

Japan
(animals • athletes • cats • cute • cute pets • funny • gymnastics • LOL • olympic games • Olympics • pets • sport • sports)

Chinese swimmer wins gold in adorableness【Video】

Corey Gold
Aug 14, 2016

Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui has won herself plenty of new fans from around the globe with her delightfully candid interview at the Rio Olympics.

China, Games & Tech
(adorable • bronze • Chinese • cute • famous • funny • gold • rio olympics • sports • star • swimming • video)

French Olympic announcer in hot water for calling Japanese gymnasts “little Pikachus”

Master Blaster
Aug 11, 2016

Broadcasting Standards Association, I choose you!!!

Europe, Japan
(2016 Olympics • controversy • france • gymnastics • Olympics • Pikachu • Pokemon • Rio de Janeiro • sports)

Tokyo Olympics is looking for volunteers, may have a hard time finding them

Master Blaster
Jul 8, 2016

You don’t get many chances to be a part of sports history, and judging by the standards for volunteers set by the The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, this isn’t one either.

Japan
(2020 Olympic Games • labor • qualifications • sports • volunteer)

Here’s why you’ll never want to hit a hole-in-one in Japan

Master Blaster
Jun 14, 2016

Japan may be the only country in the world that insures golfers in the event they hit a hole-in-one during a round of golf.

Culture, Entertainment, Japan, Lifestyle
(culture • Golf • hole-in-one • Insurance • sports)

Kendo mask chopstick rests bring samurai spirit to any meal

Oona McGee
May 12, 2016

Now you can practice your master swordsmanship skills with chopsticks and a miniature ceramic opponent.

Culture, Food & Drink, Japan
(ceramics • chopstick rests • chopsticks • cool • culture • Kendo • martial arts • samurai • sports)

The women’s wrestling league in Japan is way more intense than WWE

BUSINESS INSIDER
Apr 11, 2016

If you thought the WWE was intense, you haven’t witnessed Stardom, the professional women’s wrestling league in Japan.

Japan
(all-female • Japanese • photos • pro wrestling • sports • Stardom)

Fighting duo displays some real girl power with impressive dodging and spear work 【Video】

Meg Murphy
Apr 8, 2016

Those kicks were fast as lightning! In fact it was a little bit frightening…

China
(awesome • martial arts • sports • video)

Talented Japanese sixth graders pull off mind-blowing jump-rope routine【Video】

Jamie Koide
Mar 31, 2016

It’s a performance that’s almost too cool for school!

Japan
(cool • elementary school students • jump rope • sports • synchronized • video)

Video explores fencing strikes and rules, looks super badass 【Video】

Mike
Mar 24, 2016

Dentsu Lab and Japanese fencing master Yuki Ota team up to bring you this dreamlike (and totally badass) video of two fencers in combat, enhanced with practical and digital effects.