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Hana Kimura’s mother requests evidence of hate tweets cyberbullying her daughter after her death

• Oona McGee
  Jul 14, 2020
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Kyoko Kimura is building a case to bring down her daughter’s cyberbullies. 

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• (bullying • cyberbullying • female wrestling • Hana Kimura • Kyoko Kimura • Netflix • news • reality TV • Terrace House • TV shows • twitter • wrestlers • wrestling)

Japanese hamster shows impressive feat of strength, Twitter more focused on its butt

• Katie Pask
  Jul 13, 2020

He’s got furry buns of steel.

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• Internet, Japan
• (animals • cute • hamster • hamster butt • hamsters • hamuketsu • Ninja • Ninja Warrior • pets • twitter)

Anime artist illustrates the differences between Japanese fashion now and ten years ago

• Oona McGee
  Jul 9, 2020

Women in Japan look very different compared to a decade ago.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • artists • fashion • illustrations • Japanese fashion • school • twitter)

Terrace House star Kai Kobayashi says staff asked him to touch Hana Kimura’s breasts

• SoraNews24
  Jul 9, 2020

“Unscripted” Netflix reality TV show comes under fire following claims of housemate manipulation.

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• (bullying • cyberbullying • female wrestling • Hana Kimura • Kai Kobayashi • Kyoko Kimura • Netflix • news • reality TV • Terrace House • TV shows • twitter • wrestlers • wrestling)

Hana Kimura’s mother slams Terrace House castmates for partying after daughter’s death

• SoraNews24
  Jul 4, 2020

Kyoko Kimura calls out Hana’s friends after revealing staff pressured her daughter to stage scenes on the show.

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• (bullying • cyberbullying • female wrestling • Hana Kimura • Kyoko Kimura • Netflix • news • reality TV • Terrace House • TV shows • twitter • wrestlers • wrestling)

Half-Japanese woman hands card to people who ask tiresome questions about her race

• Oona McGee
  Jun 23, 2020

Japanese people ask the same old questions but this card causes them to have very different reactions.

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• Japan
• (anti-racism • bigotry • haafu • half-Japanese • homogenous society • Japanese • race • racism • society • twitter)

Black Lives Matter protests receive support from Japanese mascot Chiitan【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jun 18, 2020

Fairy baby otter has a few words to say about what’s happening in the U.S. right now. 

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• Japan
• (Black Lives Matter • BLM • Chiitan • cute • George Floyd • Japanese mascots • John Oliver • Kawaii • Mascots • protestors • protests • social media • Susaki • twitter • yurukyara)

Japan Self-Defense Forces Twitter account issues apology for cute emoticon salute

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 15, 2020

The cuteness is OK, but something else isn’t.

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• Japan
• (cute • emoticons • funny • Japan Self-Defense Forces • JSDF • twitter • weird)

Japanese idol shows just how well the optical illusion boob shirt works

• SoraNews24
  Jun 8, 2020

Gift from an otaku gives this woman a buxom bosom front-on, but from the side it’s a different story. 

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• Japan
• (crazy • ekoD Works • fashion • funny • Idols • Japanese idol • optical illusions • otaku • shirts • t-shirts • twitter • weird)

Anime is not real life: American TikTok user points out absurdity of buxom chef’s uniform

• SoraNews24
  Jun 6, 2020

Scene from Food Wars! looks like something you’d see on an R-rated Masterchef. 

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• (anime • controversy • feminism • Food Wars! • manga • otaku • shonen manga • TikTok • twitter)

Japanese worker gets asked by boss to stay after tele-meeting for surprisingly cute reason

• Scott Wilson
  May 31, 2020

Yet another benefit of working from home.

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• Japan
• (cats • funny • pets • social distancing • telework • twitter)

Death of Terrace House star Hana Kimura prompts Yu Darvish to speak out against cyberbullying

• SoraNews24
  May 28, 2020

Pro baseballer shares three easy phrases people can use to stop a plague of hurtful online comments.

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• Japan
• (baseball • bullying • cyberbullying • female wrestling • Hana Kimura • Netflix • news • reality TV • Terrace House • TV shows • twitter • wrestlers • wrestling • Yu Darvish)

Fusedon: the mysterious Japanese subculture of flipping your bowl to say “thanks”

• Master Blaster
  May 25, 2020

It’s gross and annoying, and yet some people won’t stop doing it for some reason.

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• Japan
• (culture • eating • etiquette • food • fusedon • manners • ramen • restaurants • rice bowls • twitter • yamabushi • Yamagata)

Japanese Twitter user accidentally summons demon by making toast【Pic】

• Scott Wilson
  May 25, 2020

“Oh, no! Now I’m gonna be late for school.”

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• Japan
• (eye • food • funny • scary • toast • twitter)

Official Captain Tsubasa Twitter account wishes everyone a confusing Mother’s Day

• Master Blaster
  May 18, 2020

This year let’s give thanks to our mothers for remembering the times we almost died.

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• Japan
• (anime • Captain Tsubasa • football • manga • Mother's Day • soccer • sports • twitter)

Kingdom Hearts video conference backgrounds are now yours to download for free

• Krista Rogers
  May 17, 2020

Spend your next video meeting sitting in the midst of scenery from the internationally beloved crossover series.

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• Internet, Japan
• (background • download • free • Kingdom Hearts • Kingdom Hearts Dark Road • Square Enix • twitter • video conference • video game)

Rice cooker recipe: How to make a giant cheesy okonomiyaki pancake in a rice cooker

• Oona McGee
  May 14, 2020

Epic Japanese comfort food is easy to make with just the push of a button! 

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• Japan
• (food • Japanese food • okonomiyaki • recipes • rice cooker • rice cooker pancakes • rice cookers • twitter)

Cryptic ad in Japanese newspaper reveals heartwarming message of hope for readers

• Oona McGee
  May 8, 2020

Can you read the Japanese words hidden in these pictures? 

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• Japan
• (advertisements • coronavirus • COVID-19 • heartwarming • newspapers • social distancing • touching • twitter)

Cancelled summer Comiket goes digital with first ever Air Comiket, as the otaku spirit lives on

• Dale Roll
  May 6, 2020

Fan creators and their fellow otaku weren’t deterred by the fact that they couldn’t be on-site to celebrate doujinshi culture!

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• Japan
• (Air Comiket • anime • Comiket • Comiket 98 • conventions • doujinshi • manga • otaku • twitter)

Horror manga artist Junji Ito shares terrifying drawing of Amabie, the epidemic-protector yokai

• Scott Wilson
  May 2, 2020

The perfect thing to raise spirits… literally.

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• Japan
• (Amabie • Junji Ito • manga • scary • scary pictures • terrifying • twitter)

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