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Birds of a feather squabble together: cute bird sibling fight goes viral 【Video】

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 11, 2016
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Just be thankful the yellow one isn’t going after you.

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• Cute, Entertainment, Internet, Japan
• (birds • parakeet • pets • pigeon • twitter • video)

Japanese high school students hatch chick without an eggshell during class【Video】

• Jamie Koide
  Jun 10, 2016

While it doesn’t answer the age-old question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, this high school class experiment is a pretty amazing one nonetheless.

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• Japan, News
• (Chiba Prefecture • chickens • cool • experiments • hatching • Japanese high school • science class • video)

Real Life Yu-Gi-Oh! augmented reality prototype aims to make your duels as cool as the anime’s

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 10, 2016

Developer shows off ambitious fan project in preview video.

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• Anime & Manga, Games & Tech, Internet
• (anime • augemented reality • collectible card game • cool • video • video games • virtual reality • Yu-Gi-Oh!)

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.

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

How does 27-year-old coffee taste? We find out with another fearless taste test 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 9, 2016

What else are we supposed to wash down our 16-year-old ramen with?

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• Entertainment, Food & Drink, Japan
• (canned coffee • coffee • crazy • drinks • funny • taste test • video)

Taekwondo team shows off their moves in more ways than one【Video】

• Jamie Koide
  Jun 8, 2016

Is this a martial arts demonstration or dance off? You decide!
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• Entertainment, Korea
• (cool • dancing • Idols • K Tigers • K-pop • martial arts • taekwondo • video)

Idolmaster Korean drama finalists appear in two music videos ahead of final round of cuts 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 7, 2016

Looks like fans and judges are going to have a tough time deciding who to keep and who to let go.

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• Entertainment, Games & Tech, Japan, Korea
• (dramas • Idols • K-dramas • K-pop • Live action • music • The Idolmaster • video • video games)

Napping Japanese cats make an adorable argument for why kitties need tails 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 7, 2016

If all you’ve got is arms and legs, you’re not maximizing your snuggling options.

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• Cats, Cute, Japan
• (animals • cats • cute • pets • video)

Final Fantasy XII is getting an HD remake for PlayStation 4 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 6, 2016

This isn’t one of Ondore’s lies. Gamers are really getting the chance to go back to Ivalice, and it’s never looked better.

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• Games & Tech, Japan
• (Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XII • remakes • Square Enix • video • video games)

Blurring the bravery/stupidity line by taste-testing 16-year-old instant ramen 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 6, 2016

And not just any 16-year-old ramen, but 16-year old ramen that was supposed to have been recalled.

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• Food & Drink, Japan
• (crazy • food • funny • gross • Instant Ramen • Mr. Sato • Noodles • ramen • video)

Metal Gear fans’ worst fear comes true as proud video game masterpiece becomes a pachinko machine

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 2, 2016

Depending on how cynical a gamer you are, this is either the last thing you expected, or the first.

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• Games & Tech, Japan
• (Hideo Kojima • Konami • Metal Gear • pachinko • video • video games)

Japanese cat is either the world’s laziest kitty or cutest slinky substitute 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 2, 2016

Turns out cats aren’t always such perfect models of graceful poise.

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• Cats, Cute, Japan
• (animals • cats • cute • funny • pets • video)

Spirit of Ghibli lives on in gorgeous short anime promoting locally-sourced Japanese food 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 1, 2016

Animators with ties to Studio Ghibli and Walt Disney Japan team up for mouth-watering anime ad.

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• Anime & Manga, Food & Drink, Japan
• (advertisements • agriculture • anime • food • Kumamoto • Studio Ghibli • video)

New film about Japanese historical swords, forging techniques is now playing in select theaters

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 1, 2016

This one is sure to please all of the historical sword buffs out there.

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• Culture, Japan
• (film • nihonto • swordmaking • swords • traditional • video)

Pokémon politics: Proposed Pikachu name-change sparks protests in Hong Kong 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 31, 2016

Pikachu and Nintendo find themselves in the middle of a cultural controversy in Hong Kong.

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• Anime & Manga, China, Games & Tech
• (anime • controversy • linguistics • nintendo • Pikachu • Pokemon • protest • video)

Advanced otaku: How to make a still-illustration manga girl’s boobs jiggle 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 30, 2016

Quickly and easily add a bit of salacious animation to your 2-D crush using things you’ve got in your kitchen.

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• Anime & Manga, Japan
• (anime • funny • illustration • manga • otaku • video)

Chinese ad for laundry detergent is remarkably racist

• Master Blaster
  May 27, 2016

Qiaobi detergent promises to fight stains and wash away any faith in humanity you might be feeling at the moment.

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• China, Italy
• (advertisements • Coloreria • controversy • Qiaobi • racism • video)

Hello Kitty joins Mario Maker, may possibly break Japanese-ness level-measuring equipment 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 26, 2016

Arrival of Kitty-chan and fellow Sanrio character My Melody is the most Japanese thing since schoolgirl outfit Pikachu.

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• Cute, Games & Tech, Japan
• (cute • Hello Kitty • My Melody • nintendo • Sanrio • Super Mario • Super Mario Maker • video • video games)

Japan’s 54-year-old lingerie model is turning heads of multiple generations in new ads 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 26, 2016

They don’t call her the “Eternal Idol” for nothing.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • fashion • Idols • lingerie • Seiko Matsuda • Triumph • video • youthful)

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