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Kanji T-shirt seen on U.S. TV show makes Japanese viewers giggle
- Oona McGee
Nov 27, 2020 - Tweet
According to his shirt, this guy isn’t just “huge in Japan”, he’s huge somewhere else too.
- Japan, USA
- (Chuck • Engrish • fashion • Japanese language • kanji • LOL • lost in translation • t-shirts • translation • translation mistakes • TV • TV shows)
Rilakkuma and pals will return to Netflix in upcoming stop-motion animation series
- Krista Rogers
Oct 31, 2020
Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure will feature everyone’s favorite relaxed bear character indulging in some amusement park fun.
- Japan
- (animation • Netflix • Rilakkuma • Rilakkuma and Kaoru • Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure • San-X • stop motion • TV)
20th Century Boys star Toshiaki Karasawa named Japanese Jack Bauer in 24 reboot
- Master Blaster
Mar 27, 2020
That could work.
- Japan
- (20th Century Boys • 24 • Casshern • entertainment • Jack Bauer • television • Toshiaki Karasawa • TV • TV Asahi • TV dramas)
Taiwanese sports channel airs anime Slam Dunk in place of cancelled NBA games
- Master Blaster
Mar 17, 2020
We interrupt this NBA shutdown to bring you a very important anime.
- Japan, Taiwan
- (anime • basketball • cancellation • coronavirus • COVID-19 • ELTA TV Sports • manga • NBA • Slam Dunk • sports • TV)
Japanese TV show’s misheard lyrics segment puts a hilarious twist on Western songs【Videos】
- Oona McGee
Mar 12, 2020
Killing in the name of…split the chicken nuggets, dad?!?
- Japan
- (Japanese • Japanese language • Japanese study • Japanese television • lyrics • misheard lyrics • music • Soramimi Hour • Tamori • TV • videos)
Yoshiki and Kiss to perform together again on Japan’s New Year’s Eve music extravaganza Kohaku
- Master Blaster
Dec 18, 2019
NHK wanted the best, they got the best.
- Japan
- (Kiss • Kohaku Uta Gasen • music • New Year's • NHK • rock • TV • X Japan • Yoshiki)
Japanese man’s son claps back to his lecture about too much YouTube time, starts media debate
- Katy Kelly
Dec 15, 2019
You can count on kids to be brutally honest, especially when the honor of their favorite online videos is at stake.
Japanese Network TV asks Twitter user’s permission for “photo” of a trash home…from Fallout 76
- Master Blaster
Dec 5, 2019
An honor better than any game award for the online RPG.
- Japan
- (Bethesda • Fallout 76 • Fuji TV • funny • trash house • TV • video games)
Friends cafe set to open in Tokyo for a limited time!
- Oona McGee
Sep 17, 2019
Channel your favourite character on the Central Perk couch with special menu items and Japan-exclusive goods.
- Japan
- (cafes • celebrities • COK • food • friends • Ginza • hollywood • Loft • themed cafes • themed restaurants • TV • TV shows)
Too much anime? Number of late-night series to premiere in spring is down 40 percent, fan says
- Casey Baseel
Mar 11, 2019
Steep drop has some hoping less quantity will lead to more quality.
Japanese weather woman causes a stir with photo proving she’s actually a university student
- SoraNews24
Oct 19, 2018
Aika Okita surprises everyone with a very different look offscreen.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • Fuji TV • Japanese women • students • TV • weather • Weather Girls)
Japanese elementary school students discovering “channel of the dead” on their TVs
- Master Blaster
Mar 3, 2018
Kids are spreading the word that a “magic button” on some remotes opens a gateway between the living and the dead.
- Japan
- (funny • kids • Parenting • parents • Poltergeist • scary • static • technology • TV • urban legends)
Japanese Twitter users prove that cats and expensive TVs don’t make good friends
- Koh Ruide
Oct 23, 2017
Did you just destroy my 55-inch TV, you cute little furball?!
40 ways foreign and Japanese TV dramas are different, according to our Japanese-language reporter
- Casey Baseel
Sep 12, 2017
A lot’s been said about how foreign audiences feel about Japanese TV dramas, but what if we flip the script?
- Japan
- (dramas • entertainment • society • television • TV • TV dramas)
NHK bill collector arrested for kissing woman on the job: “I thought we were hitting it off!”
- Master Blaster
Apr 2, 2017
Add sexual assault to the list of reasons to dread the NHK collector.
- Japan
- (bill collector • crime • harassment • NHK • Tokyo • TV)
Chinese period drama mannequin challenge is worth stopping to take a look at 【Video】
- KK Miller
Dec 12, 2016
Who knew the Song Dynasty was familiar with social media trends!
- China
- (drama • funny • mannequin challenge • Oh My General • TV • video)
Doshisha’s retro LCD TV even comes with functioning clicking channel knob just like the old days!
- Master Blaster
Nov 4, 2016
The forgotten tactile pleasure of turning a clicky dial to change the television channel can be had again!
The inevitable march of Pokemon Go clones continues as Korean publisher announces “Pororo Go”
- Mike
Jul 22, 2016
The production house behind Korea’s hit kid’s show Pororo the Little Penguin recently announced a partnership with a developer to release an augmented reality game called Pororo Go.
- Global, Korea
- (apps • entertainment • Pokémon GO • Pororo the Little Penguin • TV • video games)
Hit anime The Girl Who Leapt Through Time to become live-action drama this summer
- Casey Baseel
May 10, 2016
TV series is latest adaptation of classic Japanese science fiction novel.
- Anime & Manga, Entertainment, Japan
- (anime • dramas • Live action • Mamoru Hosoda • movies • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time • TV)
New ad for Nissin’s U.F.O. brand of instant yakisoba is all kinds of weird【Video】
- Mike
Mar 25, 2016
Caution: Watching this deliciously bizarre ad may cause your entire head to turn inside out and your knees to violently explode.
- Japan
- (commercials • cup noodles • Nissin • Parody • sci-fi • TV • video)
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
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Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
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