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This is it. Two years after the start of the project, SoraNews24’s most consistent bachelor takes one last shot at romance as he meets Mimi.

Japan
(awesome • COK • Find Seiji a Girlfriend Project • moving • romance • Seiji Nakazawa • SNOJ • touching)

Japanese idol singer holds memorial concert for 55-year-old fan who died alone and had no funeral

Casey Baseel
Mar 22, 2018

A final farewell after a decade of devoted support.

Japan
(idol singers • Idols • moving • music • touching • video)

On the 7th anniversary of 3.11, Japanese netizens reflect on the story of the tsunami motorcycle

Dale Roll
Mar 16, 2018

The story of the Harley Davidson that traveled across the Pacific Ocean is warming hearts again.

Japan
(2011 earthquake • 2011 tsunami • 3.11 • Harley Davidson • march 11 • motorcycle • moving • touching)

NHK slips touching hidden message into TV listings on March 11

Master Blaster
Mar 13, 2018

A subtle way to let certain people know they’re still on your mind.

Japan
(2011 Tohoku Earthquake • 2011 tsunami • 3.11 • march 11 • moving • NHK • television • touching • tribute)

Seven years after earthquake, Fukushima teen says March 11 is an “ordinary day” in the prefecture

Casey Baseel
Mar 12, 2018

High schooler hopes the prefecture will shed its disaster zone image, and that the rest of Japan will start to see Fukushima as normal again.

Japan
(2011 earthquake • disaster • earthquake • Fukushima • Great East Japan Earthquake • march 11 • moving • society • touching • tsunami)

Amazing ad from Japan stars 72 actresses each showing one year of a woman’s life in one second

Casey Baseel
Mar 10, 2018

Maker of Pocky reminds us that life moves fast, but it’s the slow moments that make it beautiful.

Japan
(ads • awesome • commercial • cool • Glico • moving • Pocky • touching • video)

Japanese father celebrates son’s new job with awesome cake that’s an edible dad joke

Casey Baseel
Mar 8, 2018

Also serves as a reminder to his son to be careful what he wishes for, because he just might get it.

Japan
(cake • dad joke • family • funny • moving • Parenting • parents • touching)

Japan’s most famous hot spring resort runs ad telling us to go to…a different hot spring resort

Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2018

No reverse psychology here, just some straightforward, heartwarming compassion.

Japan
(ad • Beppu • disaster • hot springs • Kusatsu • moving • onsen • touching • travel • weird)

Tokyo Olympic committee comes up with clever way to let blind children help select Games’ mascots

Casey Baseel
Feb 16, 2018

Organizers find a way to let vision-impaired kids express their opinion of which of the adorable characters best represents Japan.

Japan
(2020 Olympics • kids • Mascots • moving • Olympics • paralympics • society • Tokyo 2020 Olympics • Tokyo Olympics • touching)

Tough national exam question for elderly care workers in Japan hits netizens right in the feels

Koh Ruide
Feb 5, 2018

Life will come to an end someday, and it takes a special individual with a big heart to support those nearing the last legs of a long journey.

Japan
(aging population • elderly • examinations • Japanese Twitter • touching)

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)

Nintendo and Pokémon Company help grade-school boy get over bullying incident, earn lifelong fan

Casey Baseel
Jan 13, 2018

Want to know why Nintendo fans are so loyal? Because of touching stories like this.

Japan
(bullying • moving • nintendo • Pokemon • touching • video games)

Japanese son handmakes Buddhist altar for deceased mother out of deeply touching materials

Casey Baseel
Jan 12, 2018

Lovingly appropriate choice by wacky inventor asserts that mom isn’t gone, she’s just resting.

Japan
(Buddhism • butsudan • family • moving • Otamatone • parents • touching)

Touching Twitter manga shows how all the bad things about having a cat make having one wonderful

Casey Baseel
Jan 11, 2018

Illustrations show that sharing your life with a feline is one of our world’s happiest heartbreaks.

Japan
(animals • cats • funny • illustrations • manga • moving • pets • touching)

The kind of boss Japanese millennials wish they had, shown in touching workplace manga

Casey Baseel
Dec 28, 2017

Managers in Japan often use the phrase “Imadoki no wakai mono ha…” to gripe about young people, but this time there’s a twist.

Japan
(cool • generation gap • karoushi • manga • moving • society • touching • working in Japan)

U.S. Marine hit by car rescuing Japanese driver from traffic accident in Okinawa, fractures skull

Casey Baseel
Dec 11, 2017

Local media makes no mention of father-of-three’s sacrifice, triggers angry, embarrassed reactions from Japanese nationals.

Japan, USA
(accident • hero • heroism • Marines • military • moving • Okinawa • rescue • touching • U.S. military in Japan)

Fan shows Nintendo Animal Crossing characters will always remember you in heartwarming screen cap

Casey Baseel
Nov 25, 2017

Took a decade off from Nintendo’s forest lifestyle simulator? Doesn’t matter, because your in-game friends haven’t forgotten you.

Japan
(Animal Crossing • college entrance exams • cool • moving • nintendo • touching • video games)

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