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Japanese customer service amazes foreign soccer player eight months after unfortunate taxi ride
- Casey Baseel
May 28, 2022 - Tweet
Danish soccer player has been winning fans in Japan, and he’s become a big fan of Japan too.
- Japan
- (customer service • foreigners in Japan • moving • soccer • sports • taxis • touching)
1,600 empty seats at major Japanese gymnastics competition reserved by single unpaying person
- Master Blaster
May 20, 2022
A big mistake? Or did someone have it out for Pommel Horse?
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • crime • gymnastics • reservations • sports • Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium • weird)
Sumo wrestler vs. 16-month-old toddler: The cutest match you’ll ever see【Video】
- Oona McGee
May 6, 2022
Young child’s debut in the ring is a knockout!
- Japan
- (awesome • babies • cool • cute • funny • Kashiwa • sports • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • toddlers • twitter • video • videos • viral videos)
We retreat for a day of rejuvenation at Green Hill Yatsugatake recreation facility in Yamanashi
- Krista Rogers
May 4, 2022
The rec facility is open to anyone for reservations and boasts grounds that are 7.5 times the size of Tokyo Dome.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • hot springs • hotels • Mariko Ohanabatake • nature • onsen • relaxing • Shunjuku • SNJO • sports • Tokyo • travel • Yamanashi)
AI-powered Super Great Robo Goalkeeper employed at sports center in Saitama
- Master Blaster
Apr 29, 2022
I wouldn’t put it past Teppeki-kun.
- Japan
- (AI • Air Digital • football • goalkeeper • robots • Saitama • soccer • sports • Sports 60 & Smart • technology)
Sega begins Puyo Puyo Boot Camp to help bring eSports into more Japanese high schools
- Master Blaster
Apr 26, 2022
A place where kids can learn their power chains from their stairs.
- Japan
- (esports • high school • Puyo Puyo • Puyo Puyo Boot Camp • school activities • school sports • Sega • sports • video games)
Mr. Sato attempts the 50-Pin Challenge at Kabukicho’s Shinjuku Copa Bowl【Video】
- Master Blaster
Apr 21, 2022
That’s one pin for every year they’ve been in business.
Japanese Youth Conference petitions government to end compulsory after-school club activities
- Krista Rogers
Mar 15, 2022
Students take action to raise awareness of violations in the current law and seek further information through student surveys.
- Japan
- (after-school clubs • bukatsu • Japan Sports Agency • Japanese Youth Conference • mandatory • sports • voluntary • Youth Parliament Japan)
Carp Gyoza dumplings coming to Hiroshima supermarkets, probably contain no actual carp
- Master Blaster
Mar 8, 2022
It’s more of a “carp in spirit” kind of thing.
- Japan
- (baseball • carp • Carp Gyoza • food • gyoza • Hiroshima • Hiroshima Toyo Carp • Itsuki Shokusan • sports)
Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu shows gamer cred with Super NES recommendations in interview【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 16, 2022
”Do you play games on your smartphone?” asks interviewer before the two-time gold medalist says his two favorite games are from the ‘90s.
- Japan
- (figure skating • Lufia • SNES • sports • Super Famicom • video • video games • Yuzuru Hanyu)
Domino’s Pizza and Japanese American football go head-to-head to see who has the better Rice Bowl
- Master Blaster
Dec 29, 2021
A pizza chain and sports league clash on the field of social media.
- Japan
- (American football • Domino's Pizza Japan • food • football • pizza • Rice Bowl • sports • vote • weird • X-League)
72-year-old Japanese woman has sights on 20th World Bench Press Championship in a row
- Master Blaster
Dec 26, 2021
Age and weight ain’t nothing but numbers.
- Japan
- (bench press • Chiyomi Sawa • senior citizens • sports • weight training • weightlifting • World Bench Press Championship)
Kubipan Soccer — the hot new sport set to sweep the nation… maybe
- Katie Pask
Dec 14, 2021
We play soccer with our pants up to our necks and battle some childhood demons along the way.
- Japan
- (Ahiruneko • football • funny • kubipan • Mr. Sato • pants • Seiji • Seiji Nakazawa • soccer • sport • sports)
Baseball star Shohei Ohtani turns down People’s Honor Award from Japanese prime minister
- Casey Baseel
Nov 24, 2021
Unanimous MVP would have been first recipient of award since 2019.
- Japan, USA
- (baseball • L.A. Angels • People's Honor Award • Shohei Ohtani • society • sports)
Pokémon and Japan Sumo Association announce partnership
- Casey Baseel
Oct 27, 2021
Pokémon will appear on kensho hata and keshomawashi at sumo grand tournaments in Tokyo and Fukuoka.
Japan now has “Gyoza for Athletes”, thanks to figure skating Olympian Yuzuru Hanyu 【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Aug 31, 2021
Gyoza suppliers to the Tokyo Olympics create a cheat meal that’s no longer a cheat meal.
- Japan
- (Ajinomoto • athletes • cooking • dumplings • food • gyoza • Japanese food • pastry • pot stickers • review • SNJO • sports • taste test • Yuzuru Hanyu)
Sumo wrestler loses 104 matches in a row, retires as holder of longest professional slump
- Casey Baseel
Aug 28, 2021
Shonanzakura steps away from the ring, but not without high praise from his coach and fans.
Gold-medal-biting Japanese mayor scribbles letter of apology to staff
- Master Blaster
Aug 24, 2021
It’s the lack of thought that counts.
- Japan
- (Aichi • apology • biting • COK • gold medal • handwriting • Nagoya • Olympics • politicians • scandal • sports • Takashi Kawamura)
Team behind Paralympic opening ceremony kept secret for fear of past scandals coming to light
- Master Blaster
Aug 22, 2021
Once bitten, twice shy.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympic Games • 2020 Paralympics • entertainment • Japan Paralympic Committee • opening ceremony • scandal • sports)
Japanese mayor who bit softball athlete’s gold medal to forfeit three months’ pay
- Casey Baseel
Aug 17, 2021
Nagoya politician also attends harassment awareness workshop, says comments he made about dating and marriage to medalist were inappropriate.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • COK • gold medal • Nagoya • Olympics • politicians • scandal • sports • Tokyo Olympics)
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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