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Elementary and junior high students speak out on Japan’s strangest school rules

• Elliot Hale
  Jun 21, 2025
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Underwear must be a certain color, or if in gym class, removed entirely.

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“I just wanted her to see my T-back” doesn’t save Japanese man from being arrested for exposing butt

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 2, 2024

Thin strip of cloth is a thin excuse in the eyes of the law.

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• (COK • crazy • crime • lingerie • underwear • weird)

Samurai armour bandage underpants let you channel the soul of a Sengoku warlord

• Oona McGee
  Mar 30, 2024

Warrior underwear loved by Robert De Niro, Billy Joel, and Madonna’s dancers are now available to purchase.

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• (awesome • cool • cool underwear • fashion • samurai • samurai pants • underpants • underwear)

Can our writer get lucky with a lucky bag of outlet sexy underwear?

• Master Blaster
  Jan 4, 2024

Great deals on butt floss to be had this holiday season.

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Mr. Sato tries his luck with a lucky bag of mystery underwear

• Master Blaster
  Dec 14, 2023

Mama always said life is like a lucky bag of outlet underwear.

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Naked Ishigaki man arrested after buying underwear and stealing scooter while drunk

• Master Blaster
  Sep 26, 2023

That last part probably goes without saying.

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• (convenience stores • crime • Ishigaki • scooters • strange • theft • underwear)

Test-peeing Japan’s urine absorbing Morescue underpants【Experiment】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 29, 2023

Can Morescue rescue our reporter from his more concerns?

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• (Airism • COK • fashion • SNJO • underwear • Uniqlo)

Mt Fuji and Raijin and Fujin lingerie sets let you wear your love for Japan under your clothes

• Oona McGee
  Dec 24, 2022

Keep the gods of wind and thunder close to your chest.

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Japanese designers create pants to wear without underwear, recommend for convenience store trips

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2022

Logo is a subtle sign to those in the know that you’re going commando.

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• (clever • fashion • roomwear • underwear • weird)

Gifu man arrested for entering other person’s home and hanging women’s underwear to dry

• Master Blaster
  Jul 7, 2022

It seems to be the opposite of underwear theft, and yet it’s still very creepy.

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• (crime • Gifu • laundry • mystery • trespassing • underwear • Yaotsu)

This shaping underwear from Uniqlo is better than a diet and only costs 990 yen

• Dale Roll
  Apr 16, 2022

Who needs to lose weight when shapewear can do the work for you?

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• (clothing • fashion • Mariko Ohanabatake • shapewear • underwear • unqilo)

Japanese lingerie brand now selling underwear embroidered with a famous renaissance painting

• Dale Roll
  Apr 2, 2022

Now you can wear your love of classical art on your chest with The Birth of Venus panties and bra!

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• (art • Boticelli • Japanese lingerie • lingerie • panties • Peach John • Renaissance • The Birth of Venus • underwear)

Crowdfunding underway for pants that don’t require underwear

• Master Blaster
  Mar 19, 2022

Yes, technically all pants don’t require it, but these do it comfortably.

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• (crowdfunding • fashion • go commando • relaxation • shorts • Totonou Pants • underwear)

Lace boxer briefs for men: Japanese company creates underwear that’s beautiful and functional

• Oona McGee
  Jan 20, 2022

Who says only women should wear lace?

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• (boxer briefs • boxers • COK • fashion • Japanese men • lace • lingerie • men • men's fashion • underwear)

Treat your package like an anime hero with new Saint Seiya underwear【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 28, 2021

Gold and Bronze Cloths become real-world boxer briefs.

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• (anime • fashion • manga • Saint Seiya • underwear)

Japanese panty thief steals over 700 pieces of underwear from coin laundry before finally caught

• Scott Wilson
  Sep 5, 2021

A dirty crime.

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• (coin laundry • crime • panties • panty thief • pervert • theft • thief • underwear)

Super Mario kimono, Bowser underwear part of gigantic Nintendo/Japanese fashion brand collab

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 19, 2021

Department store Parco teams up with the video game giant to create over 300 new fan fashion items.

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• (bags • cool • fashion • kimono • nintendo • Parco • Super Mario • underwear • video games • yukata)

Japanese high schools abolish old rules, provide freedom with underwear, hair and dating

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2021

Pressured to review outdated prohibitions, an entire prefecture says goodbye to “relics of the past”.

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• (COK • education • gender • high school students • high schools • Japanese high schools • Japanese school uniforms • Mie • school rules • School Uniforms • schools • society • underwear • uniforms • youth)

New Mt Fuji bra set lets you wear Japanese art under your clothes

• Oona McGee
  May 15, 2021

Arty lingerie series pays homage to Hokusai’s Great Wave.

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• (art • artists • bras • COK • comedian • fashion • Fuji • innerwear • Katsushika Hokusai • lingerie • Mt. Fuji • Peach John • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji • ukiyoe • underwear)

Line up in the hall, open your shirts, show your bras – Real instructions from one Japanese school

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 7, 2021

Dress code check has people in Japan upset.

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• (COK • crazy • dress codes • school rules • society • underwear)

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