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Japanese video 18-Year-Old Grandpa has important, moving message behind its silly-sounding title

Casey Baseel
Sep 15, 2016
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Story looks back on special relationship between much younger woman and her elderly ward.

Japan
(animals • cats • elderly • moving • pets • seniors • touching • video)

Japanese Twitter tears up over touching tale of why bullied child never contemplated suicide

Casey Baseel
Sep 13, 2016

Tormented grade schooler didn’t have to look far for proof that someday things could be better.

Japan
(children • kids • manga • moving • suicide • touching • youth)

Pokémon GO preserves the memory of building lost in Japan’s 2011 tsunami by making it a PokéStop

Casey Baseel
Aug 4, 2016

The Okada Theater was swept away in 2011, but Pokémon GO players are still visiting its location, and learning a little about this tsunami-ravaged city in the process.

Japan
(2011 earthquake • 2011 tsunami • earthquake • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • sad • Tohoku • touching • tsunami • video games)

Poké-feels: Sibling visits grave of younger brother who loved Pikachu, gets tear-jerking surprise

Scott Wilson
Jul 14, 2016

Japanese Twitter users react to this bittersweet Pokémon GO discovery.

Japan
(grave • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • sad • touching • video games)

Japanese Twitter user’s sad memory of when school literally refused to look at bullying problem

Casey Baseel
Jul 12, 2016

Pain of heartbreakingly clueless ethics lesson continues years later.

Japan
(bullying • education • elementaty schools • kids • schools • society • touching • youth)

Japanese man extends heart, covers eyes for blindfolded free hug experiment in China 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Jun 10, 2016

Moving results offer hope for improved relations between the two nations.

China, Japan, Korea
(experiment • Free Hugs • internationalism • moving • social experiment • touching • video)

Japan in tears over elementary school teacher’s emotional homework assignment about love and loss

Casey Baseel
Jun 9, 2016

”Make your parents cry” may not have been the assignment, but it was definitely the result of this important lesson.

Culture, Japan, Lifestyle
(education • family • kids • moving • Parenting • parents • touching)

Hand-drawn Sayo and Ko’s Departures short animation hits us right in the feels 【Video】

Krista Rogers
Apr 28, 2016

This delicately crafted story is ideal for viewers who want to change themselves for the better but just need to take that daunting first step.

Anime & Manga, Art, Japan
(animation • beautiful • Ekispert • moving • touching • video)

Kumamoto kids thank Self-Defense Force for earthquake relief work with touching handmade awards

Casey Baseel
Apr 22, 2016

Little youngsters’ moving gesture has us ready to cry big old tears.

Japan, News
(diaster • earthquake • Japan Self-Defense Forces • JSDF • kids • Kumamoto • moving • touching)

Two of Japan’s biggest chains travel to disaster-stricken Kumamoto to hand out free beef bowls

Casey Baseel
Apr 20, 2016

Mobile kitchens provide comfort food, in the truest sense of the word, for thousands of earthquake victims.

Japan, News
(beef bowl • charity • disaster • earthquake • gyudon • Kumamoto • Sukiya • touching • video • Yoshinoya)

Beautiful, heartwarming anime short is also a commercial for miso 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Apr 7, 2016

Brief glimpse at multigenerational family has viewers reaching for their tissues and chopsticks.

Anime & Manga, Food & Drink, Japan
(ad • anime • family • food • Miso • miso soup • moving • touching • video)

Short story from online forum gets rendered as a manga, has netizens in tears…

Jamie Koide
Mar 31, 2016

Some of the best short stories from Japanese online hangout 2Channel were recently turned into a manga by a very talented artist, with one tale in particular hitting netizens right in the heart.

Internet, Japan
(family • manga • moving • Parenting • sad • touching • video)

Kind-hearted hero rescues six abandoned kittens on secluded mountain road in Japan ［Video］

Casey Baseel
Mar 23, 2016

When this motorcyclist learned what was inside the cardboard box he spotted, he knew what he had to do.

Cats, Japan
(abandoned • animals • cats • moving • touching • video)

Sixth-grader’s tear-jerking essay becomes a project to help stray pets across Japan

Meg Murphy
Feb 12, 2016

Prepare some tissues, then prepare for change.

Japan
(78 En no Inochi • animal welfare • cats • crowdfunding • touching)

Blind drummer boy will blow your mind and touch your heart【Video】

KK Miller
Feb 11, 2016

Despite all that he has faced in his life so far, this blossoming musician just wants to rock.

Japan
(awesome • blind • drummer • kids • music • touching • videos)

Give a dog a meatball and he’ll be your wingman for life【Video】

KK Miller
Feb 4, 2016

The helpful pooch in this commercial from Thailand proves that dogs really are man’s best friend.

Internet, SE Asia
(ads • cute • dogs • moving • Thailand • touching • video)

Japanese conductor gives heartwarming message on train’s final run before it’s shipped overseas

Krista Rogers
Dec 15, 2015

A Japanese train conductor’s final announcement aboard a train about to be transferred to Jakarta, Indonesia hit some passengers right in the feels.

Japan, SE Asia
(Indonesia • Jakarta • JR East • moving • Nambu Line • touching • trains • transportation)

Meet the people and organizations who are tackling the problem of childhood hunger in Japan

Meg Murphy
Nov 12, 2015

Tough economic times can and do happen everywhere in the world. Even in wealthy, developed countries like Japan, some folks struggle every day to make ends meet. Sometimes, those people are families with young children.

Childhood hunger is a worldwide problem, and while no one deserves to go hungry, it is an especially sad situation for children. For one thing, they can’t really do anything to help better their situation, and secondly, they need the food and nutrition to help their bodies continue to grow properly. In Japan, approximately 16 percent of two-parent families are financially unable to provide enough food for their children, and that number jumps to 32 percent for single-parent households, according to a 2012 survey. But there are some who refuse to stand by doing nothing and are dedicating themselves to feeding the hungry children in Japan.

Japan
(charity • child hunger • kids • society • touching)

Japanese cat becomes blanket, warms sleeping baby’s tummy and our hearts 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Nov 10, 2015

Japan may not be cold enough for a three-dog night yet, but the season is just right for a one-cat nap, as these heartwarming photos prove.

Japan
(animals • babies • cats • cute • kids • pets • touching)

Japan is so polite that even this adorable raccoon dog gives thank-you presents

Casey Baseel
Oct 29, 2015

There’s an annual autumn event in Japan called Shichi-Go-San, which is a celebration for children aged three, five, and seven. My brother-in-law’s youngest daughter is seven this year, so on the special day my wife and I gave her a small monetary gift. Sweet kid that she is, she immediately thanked us, but as we left the party my brother-in-law handed us a small cake to express his appreciation as well.

This pattern of giving someone a gift to say thank you for the gift they previously gave you is fairly common in Japan, where gracious manners are always held to be of the utmost importance. As a matter of fact, it’s such a part of life in the country that apparently even one animal, a thankful tanuki, is following the custom.