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J-pop megastar Utada Hikaru releases new video and recording of “Traveling”【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 11, 2024
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Let’s go for a ride down memory lane with a new version of one of the singer’s biggest hits.

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• Japan
• (Ayataka • Coca-Cola Japan • drinks • green tea • Hikaru Utada • J-Pop • music • tea • video)

Japanese delivery company tests ideal kotatsu temperature for cats, with live cats

• Shannon
  Apr 8, 2024

If you know cats, you can probably guess the results.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • cute • experiment • funny • kotatsu • Kuroneko Yamato • pets • video • Yamato Transport)

Shohei Ohtani called liar after saying he met fan who caught home run ball, but it might be a Japanese translation error

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2024

Video shows Japanese language quirk and translation snafu might be hurting the baseball star’s image.

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• Japan, USA
• (baseball • interpretation • Japanese language • liar • linguistics • Los Angeles Dodgers • Shohei Ohtani • sports • translation • video)

American comedian Jimy Kimmel was blown away by Japan’s bathrooms【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 3, 2024

“It’s like the whole country is Disneyland, and we’re living at Six Flags.”

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• Japan, USA
• (bathrooms • celebrities • culture • funny • Jimmy Kimmel • restrooms • society • Toilets • video • washlets)

Pal World developers make timely announcement of adults-only romance simulator with naked pals

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 2, 2024

Preview video is the sort of thing that only makes sense right now.

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• Japan
• (april fools • crazy • funny • Palworld • video • video games • weird)

Japan’s life-size moving Gundam closes down, gets sent off in style with fireworks, drone art 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 1, 2024

Goodbye, Gundam.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gundam Factory Yokohama • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • manga • Mobile Suit Gundam • moving Gundam • video • Yokohama)

McDonald’s Japan made two almost identical commercials, with one tiny, touching difference【Vids】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 29, 2024

A taste, and words, to remind everyone of home.

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• Japan
• (ads • fast food • food • Japanese language • linguistics • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moving • touching • video)

One of Shohei Ohtani’s endorsement deals looks pretty awkward right now【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2024

MUFG downplays part of its partnership with the baseball star following his interpreter’s gambling scandal.

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• Japan
• (baseball • crime • MUFG Bank • scandal • Shohei Ohtani • sports • video • weird)

Dragon Ball theme park, bigger than Tokyo Disneyland, announced, but not for Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 22, 2024

Dragon Ball Theme Park will be built in a different part of the world from where the global anime/manga hit was born.

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• Japan, W Asia
• (Akira Toriyama • Amusement Parks • anime • Arabia • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Theme Park • manga • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • theme parks • video)

Tiger-man steals show at Japanese zoo’s safety training exercise【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 15, 2024

Everyone involved in this drill took their role seriously, especially the dude dressed in a tiger costume.

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• Japan
• (animals • crazy • cute • funny • tigers • Tobu Zoo • video • weird • white tiger • zoos)

Space One rocket explodes immediately after liftoff in Japan【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 14, 2024

KAIROS flight was much shorter than planned.

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• Japan
• (crazy • rockets • science • space • Space One • video)

Beardless Hayao Miyazaki has on-brand answer to what he likes about The Boy and the Heron【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2024

Smooth-faced Studio Ghibli director has mini interview with producer Toshio Suzuki.

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• Japan, USA
• (Academy Awards • anime • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • manga • movies • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron • Toshio Suzuki • video)

McDonald’s Japan captures otaku hearts, brings back Nyan Cat sound with new cat girl anime video

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 1, 2024

Hatsune Miku meme hit’s lyrics get an update.

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• Japan
• (anime • Hatsune Miku • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Nyan Cat • otaku • Shakashaka Fries • video)

Fox-boy Sephiroth really wants Cloud to eat some noodles in new Donbei/Final Fantasy video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 28, 2024

Final Fantasy VII’s villain gets a foxy makeover as he forcibly recommends a meal for his rival.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Donbei • Donei • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • food • funny • instant noodles • Nissin • Noodles • Square Enix • udon • video • video games)

Ghibli Park Catbus picks up passengers for first time, with a very special number plate 【Videos】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 28, 2024

New videos show Totoro’s anime bus in action, and it’s even cuter than we imagined.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • cars • Catbus • cute • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • theme parks • Totoro • TOYOTA • video)

The disembodied arm on the shoulder prank in the office shows you can be too good at something

• Master Blaster
  Feb 28, 2024

Overly smooth prank nearly costs us an arm and a leg.

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• Internet, Japan
• (Amazon • COK • crazy • funny • Go Hatori • hand on shoulder • Masanuki Sunakoma • pranks • scary • shopping • SNJO • video • weird • Yoshio)

Japan’s new ATMs automatically play anti-fraud videos to people talking on mobile phones【Video】

• Master Blaster
  Feb 25, 2024

Japanese police using the latest in AI and hand-enlarging technology.

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• Japan
• (AI • ATMs • crime • fraud • Japan Post • Keita Tachibana • National Police Agency • society • special fraud • video)

Suika Game can now help you stay in shape with new exercise version of the smash-hit game【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 23, 2024

Why be a couch potato when you can be a fruit exerciser instead?

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • exercise • fitness • Suika Game • video • video games)

Cloud makes unforgivable date mistake in Final Fantasy VII teaser video from Square Enix【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 16, 2024

That’s a good way to get yourself dolphin-punched right in the jaw, Cloud.

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• Japan
• (Cloud Strife • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • funny • Square Enix • Tifa • Tifa Lockhart • video • video games)

Ghibli makes a castle move again with Hayao Miazaki-envisioned video ad for Ghibli Park【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 13, 2024

Howl’s Moving Castle animation team reunites to celebrate new area of the Studio Ghibli theme park.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Valley of Witches • video)

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  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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  8. Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
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  1. Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
  2. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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  6. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
  7. Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
  8. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
  9. Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
  10. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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