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This new celebrity catchphrase clapping game is all the rage in Japanese schools【Videos】

Jamie Koide
Feb 5, 2016
Tweet

Japanese students test their TV trivia knowledge and their ability to keep up with the beat in this new rhythm game that’s gone viral.

Internet, Japan
(games • Japanese schools • Japanese TV • rhythm games • trending now • twitter)

Nekomu Otogi’s boobs right at your fingertips with her new, busty accessories

Jamie Koide
Feb 3, 2016

Japanese cosplayer Nekomu Otogi gives fans something that is sure to add a little “bounce” to their day: smartphone cases and mousepads resembling her cleavage.

Japan
(Amazon Japan • cosplayers • mousepad • Nekomu Otogi • smartphone case • twitter)

These convenience stores really, really want you to buy their ehomaki Setsubun rolls

Mike
Feb 3, 2016

Ehomaki “lucky sushi rolls” are a big part of Setsubun—the changing of the seasons festival. So big, in fact, that some convenience stores appear to be losing their minds in an effort to sell more rolls than the competition.

Japan
(convenience stores • Ehomaki • setsubun • sushi • twitter)

Heavy-sleeping Japanese cat refuses to wake up even when surrounded by ridiculous number of mice

Scott Wilson
Jan 30, 2016

I guess the cat must be feline really sleepy.

Japan
(cats • cute animals • funny animal photos • pets • twitter)

Photos of “invisible people” wearing frozen jeans take Japanese Twitter by snowstorm 【Photos】

Scott Wilson
Jan 27, 2016

All those topless invisible people must be pretty cold out there!

Japan
(funny • Invisibility • jeans • snow • snowstorm • twitter)

Heavy snowfall gives the people of Japan a chance to show off their secret sculpting skills【Pics】

Meg Murphy
Jan 27, 2016

When a pipe and button nose just won’t cut it anymore…

Japan
(creative • Japan • photos • snow • snowmen • snowpocalypse • twitter)

Get your calculator ready! Twitter user shows how to transform Anpanman into Doraemon using math

Preston Phro
Jan 26, 2016

Hate math class? Well, maybe this clever Japanese Twitter user might change your mind!

Internet, Japan
(Anpanman • Doraemon • fun • math • twitter)

Watch as Korean pro gamer recreates Japanese player’s legendary full parry in Street Fighter V

Krista Rogers
Jan 26, 2016

Korean pro gamer Infiltration replicates The Beast’s legendary moves in this recent tweet of him playing the yet-to-be-released Street Fighter V.

Japan, Korea
(arcade • Daigo Umehara • fighting • Infiltration • Seon-Woo Lee • Street Fighter V • twitter • video game)

Japan enchanted with kitties using head cones both to their advantage and to advance fashion

Krista Rogers
Jan 17, 2016

Because you might as well make the most of it if you’re stuck in the Cone of Shame, right?

Internet, Japan
(cats • cone of shame • Elizabethan collar • twitter • video • YouTube)

Japanese household’s hilarious “family meeting notes” seem straight out of a sitcom

Mike
Jan 15, 2016

A Japanese couple and their kids have a “family meeting” every month and take detailed notes with monthly goals and results. In true sitcom fashion, they end up surreal and hilarious.

Japan
(cute • family • funny • kids • twitter)

Miss Universe contestants promote inner beauty with no-make-up selfies

Jamie Koide
Jan 15, 2016

Participants from the recent Miss Universe pageant tweeted photos of themselves au naturale to encourage women everywhere to love the skin they’re in.

Global
(beauty • beauty pageant • campaign • hashtags • Miss Universe • twitter)

Cosplaying dog duo are back with even more costumes, cuteness and, instant coordination【Photos】

KK Miller
Jan 13, 2016

How many adorable pictures could our favorite cosplaying Shiba Inus take in six months?

Internet, Japan
(cosplay • cute • dogs • Shiba Inu • twitter)

Never buy new socks again with this cute and stylish “designer socks” makeover

Meg Murphy
Jan 13, 2016

A Japanese Twitter user has been wearing some of the same socks for over 20 years, opting to fix them up with cute, economical patches rather than throwing them out!

Japan
(creative • cute • economical ideas • fashion • patchwork socks • twitter)

“My dog has basically forgotten me”—Tragic tales from Japanese net-users returning home【Photos】

Meg Murphy
Jan 12, 2016

Returning home for the holidays after being away for months at school or work, Twitterers all over Japan are finding their pets’ love is rather short-lived. Or at least their memories are!

Japan
(animals • cats • dogs • holidays • pets • twitter)

“If we catch you we will kill you”—10 Japanese notices that will definitely leave an impact

Meg Murphy
Jan 8, 2016

Notices and warnings are everywhere, so it’s easy to simply look past them. But these ones spotted in Japan are a little harder to ignore.

Japan
(funny signs • Humor • twitter)

Hayao Miyazaki has no idea that his anime keeps setting Twitter records, Ghibli producer says

Casey Baseel
Jan 7, 2016

Hayao Miyazaki is responsible for one of the biggest social media trends in the world, but one of his closest associates says the legendary anime director doesn’t know about it.