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Bicyclist in Osaka gets 2,000 yen from random middle-aged woman for working hard and looking cute

Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2018
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Roadside largesse from complete stranger inspires others to share stories of unexpected generosity in Japan’s famously money-loving city.

Japan
(bicycles • funny • moving • Osaka • touching • weird)

Japanese netizens share amazing anecdotes of cats understanding human speech

Dale Roll
Aug 1, 2018

Heartwarming tales from multiple netizens suggest that cats, especially stray “boss” cats, are smarter than we thought.

Japan
(animals • cats • funny • moving • pets • stray cats • touching • twitter)

Grumpy Man’s Guide to Tokyo Disney: A bitter ex-fan shares his side of the 35th anniversary gala

Katy Kelly
Jul 21, 2018

Can faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust rekindle P.K Sanjun’s love of Disney? Here’s his experience of the 35th anniversary festivities.
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Japan
(Amusement Parks • COK • Disney • funny • moving • P.K. Sanjun • SNOJ • theme parks • Tokyo Disney Land • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland • touching)

Japanese train travel isn’t all packed cars and gropers, old man’s flash-formed relay team proves

Casey Baseel
Jul 21, 2018

When this senior citizen saw someone drop their wallet in a crowded station, he used the power of teamwork to return it.

Japan
(COK • cool • elderly • moving • seniors • touching • trains)

Gay Japanese Twitter user comes out to family, mother’s response moves Twitter to tears

Richard Simmonds
Jul 19, 2018

Amazingly open-minded mother wows son and Internet with words of wisdom.

Japan
(family • LGBT • moving • society • touching)

Japanese child’s sad story of learning that “goodwill” is sometimes just “self-satisfaction”

Dale Roll
Jul 19, 2018

It’s a hard truth they learned early on in life.

Japan
(COK • moving • oigami • origami cranes • sad • society • touching)

Real life Baby Driver! Taxi driver speeds Japanese Twitter user’s pregnant wife to hospital

Katy Kelly
Jul 18, 2018

Anyone would be excited for the birth of their own child, but this taxi driver elevated the special event into a scene worthy of an action movie.

Japan
(awesome • babies • cool • maternity • mothers • moving • pregnancy • taxi drivers • taxis • touching)

Flexible teachers DO exist in Japan: First-grader gets full credit for “wrong” math test answers

Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2018

There are no wrong answers, as long as you’ve got the right question.

Japan
(awesome • cool • education • education in Japan • kids • math • moving • schools • Teachers • touching • wrong answers)

Sanrio’s President reveals why Hello Kitty teams up with so many different brands

Dale Roll
Jul 6, 2018

And it’s not just to boost Hello Kitty’s sales.

Japan
(business • COK • cool • Hello Kitty • moving • Sanrio • Shintaro Tsuji • touching)

Mr. Sato travels five hours to the Oki Islands to make amends for a 17-year grievance【Photos】

Katy Kelly
Jul 6, 2018

SoraNews24’s Mr. Sato did something unthinkable in the past, but now he’s going to travel by air and sea to make it right again.

Japan
(COK • cool • friendship • moving • Mr. Sato • Oki Islands • SNOJ • touching • travel)

Tough-as-nails bullied Japanese schoolgirl stays home from school, but not because she was sad

Casey Baseel
Jun 29, 2018

After standing up for classmate and becoming bully’s target herself, elementary schooler decided to send a message that took years to be heard.