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Vietnamese hobbyist Trần Vũ Trúc, using mostly undisclosed programming wizardry, introduced this Firefox browser-based emulator that adds a pixelized 3-D effect to many of the NES’s best games.

Internet
(3-D • emulators • NES • nintendo • retro games • technology • video • video games)

Japanese brand Muji shrinks and rebuilds Tokyo using 10,000 of its items【Video】

Jamie Koide
Mar 11, 2016

See the sights and hear the sounds of Tokyo with this amazing recreation of the city using only Muji brand household products.

Art, Japan, Taiwan, USA
(art • cool • miniatures • muji • Mujirushi • Tokyo • travel • video)

Modern-day samurai patrolling Tokyo’s streets to fight against the evils of littering 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Mar 11, 2016

”Hearts without morals shall be punished!” declares group, which is recruiting new members.

Japan
(cool • litter • samurai • Shibuya • Tokyo • video • volunteer)

Remember: virtual reality will make horror games way, way scarier【Video】

Philip Kendall
Mar 11, 2016

Whether or not it turns out to be the game-changer we’re hoping for, 2016 will be the year of virtual reality. Unfortunately, some people will be finding out the hard way how intense this new technology can be…

Games & Tech, Japan
(funny • Horror • Japanese TV • scary • video • video games • virtual reality)

Japanese kitty gets a great playtime idea from its hamster housemate 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Mar 10, 2016

Why should hamsters get to have all the fun?

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

Champion sumo wrestler show off his amazingly efficient autograph production line 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Mar 10, 2016

As a sumo wrestler, it takes speed and precision to succeed in the ring, and to keep your fans supplied with autographs.

Japan
(autogrpahs • cool • funny • Hakuho • sports • Sumo • tegata • video • yokozuna)

Sweating, snuggling models and voice actresses steam up series of spicy ramen ads 【Videos】

Casey Baseel
Mar 9, 2016

Dialogue, including “Master, would it be all right if I put you into my mouth?”, is just as sultry as the visuals.

Food & Drink, Japan
(ad • beautiful women • food • Instant Ramen • ramen • spicy food • video • voice actors)

We make salt from our reporter’s sweat, then taste the world’s first Mr. Sato Salt rice balls

Casey Baseel
Mar 8, 2016

In Japan, rice balls can be flavored with almost anything, so we decided to make some from the most exclusive seasoning of all: salt made from Mr. Sato’s sweat!

Food & Drink, Japan
(crazy • funny • gross • Mr. Sato • musubi • onigiri • rice balls • salt • sweat • video)

Celebrate Pokémon’s 20th anniversary with a quick poké-history lesson【Video】

Audrey Akcasu
Mar 8, 2016

A lot has happened in the past 20 years of Poké-history, and now we have it conveniently summarized for us in nine info-packed minutes.

Anime & Manga, Games & Tech, Global, Japan
(game freak • history • nintendo • Pokemon • video • video games)

Son comes out to father in surprisingly moving commercial from McDonald’s Taiwan【Video】

Master Blaster
Mar 8, 2016

Fast food empire McDonald’s took an unexpected, socially conscious turn in Taiwan recently when it produced a commercial depicting a young man telling his father that he’s gay.