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Young limbo-skating prodigy has moves like Spider-Man, smashes world record【Video】

Jamie Koide
Jan 14, 2016
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An insanely flexible young Indian athlete breaks the Guinness World record for limbo skating.

S Asia
(Guinness World Record • India • limbo • skating • sports • Tiluck Keisam • video)

Japanese architect turns eight one-room apartments into quirky Cubism-inspired family home【Video】

Philip Kendall
Jan 14, 2016

Built with wooden frames and light materials, the majority of Japanese homes are torn down and rebuilt from scratch once they begin to age. But one architect in Chiba had a slightly different idea…

Japan
(Apartment • architecture • conversion • design • Fair Companies • homes • Japan • Kirsten Dirksen • video)

Drinky: The South Korean robot ready to share a glass of booze with lonely drinkers 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Jan 13, 2016

With this mechanical friend, you’ll never have to drink alone!

Korea
(alcohol • cool • cute • robots • shochu • soju • technology • video)

And now, a transgender Indian version of Pharrell’s “Happy” 【Video】

Master Blaster
Jan 13, 2016

Dubbed “India’s first transgender band,” the Brooke Bond Red Label 6 Pack Band’s first single shows just how happy the hijra community can get with an Indian-flavored take on the Pharrell Williams hit of 2014.

W Asia
(6 Pack Band • happy • hijra • India • LGBT • music • Pharrell Williams • transgender • video)

The daily life of the leader of China and his entourage of bodyguards【Video】

KK Miller
Jan 13, 2016

Being the leader of the nation with the largest population in the world means a lot of attempts being made on your life. And that means an enormous bodyguard posse…

China
(assassination • bodyguards • protect • video • world leaders • Xi Jinping)

Eye-opening tutorial reveals daily makeup routine of a Japanese kuro-gyaru【Video】

Oona McGee
Jan 12, 2016

There’s no blending or subtle shading in this daily makeup tutorial.

Japan
(Black Diamond • fashion • Gyaru • Harajuku • Kawaii • kuro gyaru • makeover • makeup tutorial • video)

What’s the best way to write “Happy New Year?” With cats, of course!

Preston Phro
Jan 12, 2016

The new year may have already begun according to the calendar, but it hasn’t really started until you see this video!

Internet, Japan
(10 Cats • 2016 • cats • cute • felines • kitties • new year • video)

Owner amazes passers-by as he walks invisible barking “dog” around Nagano【Video】

Oona McGee
Jan 11, 2016

People in Nagano couldn’t believe their eyes when they spotted this man and his invisible dog going for a walk around town.

Japan
(cute • cute dogs • dogs • funny • invisible dog • magic • performance art • pets • strange • streets • video)

Japanese net user creeped out by “horrifying” retro Moomin video game opening sequence 【Video】

Krista Rogers
Jan 11, 2016

A quirky adventure game, or a terrifying ploy to brainwash children of the world into becoming hippopotamus-like big-nosed creatures?

Japan
(Game Boy Color • Moomin • nintendo • scary • video • video games)

This cat is not impressed with its friend’s smelly butt 【Video】

Preston Phro
Jan 9, 2016

Cats have no problem sniffing each other’s butts…but this one found an entirely unpleasant surprise!

Internet, Japan
(cats • funny • video • YouTube)

Check out the ball-handling skills of classical Japanese aristocrats with this new video

Preston Phro
Jan 9, 2016

Ronaldo might be an amazing player, but we’d like to see him try playing in the clothes of classical Japanese aristocrats.

Internet, Japan
(Heian Period • kemari • kickball • traditional sports • video)

Man overjoyed as woman who crashed into his car turns out to be AV star Maria Ozawa【Video】

Philip Kendall
Jan 8, 2016

Someone crashing into the side of your car is rarely a fun experience, but one man in the Philippines forgot all about his fender bender when he realised who was driving the other car…

SE Asia
(car accident • crash • funny • Maria Ozawa • Philippines • selfie • video)

Creepy promo video for wearable translation device has foreign man trying to kiss Tokyo women

Casey Baseel
Jan 7, 2016

Finally! You no longer have to let language barriers keep you from lying to random girls you meet on the street of a foreign land.

Internet, Japan, USA
(cringe • ili • pick-up artist • technology • Tokyo • translation • video • wearable devices • weird)

Hello Kitty x Mazinger Z die-cast crossover toys unveiled with anime short

Anime News Network
Jan 7, 2016

Specially painted Mazinger Z, Hello Kitty Chogokin toys slated for May, June.

Japan
(anime • Bandai • collaboration • die-cast • Hello Kitty • Mazinger Z • toys • video)

Dog trips runner at New Year’s relay race in Japan, may have cost victim’s team the win【Video】

Krista Rogers
Jan 6, 2016

If we were this dog’s owner, we would be sure to keep our pet pooch securely on a leash during the upcoming Tokyo Olympics…

Japan
(accident • dogs • ekiden • marathon • New Year Ekiden • Paul Kuira • relay • sports • video)

Video of a man riding a bicycle made to look like a white horse is both beautiful and bizarre

Preston Phro
Jan 6, 2016

Why is this young man riding the horse bicycle around Bangkok? We have no idea, but we can’t stop watching this video!

Internet, SE Asia
(art • bicycles • Horse • Thailand • video • wtf)

Watch monkeys spell “monkey” in the year of the monkey at the monkey center in Hyogo Prefecture!

Preston Phro
Jan 5, 2016

Monkey see, monkey…spell?!

Internet, Japan
(Awaji Island Monkey Center • Chinese zodiac • monkeys • saru • video • Year of the Monkey)

Every commuter’s nightmare: doors fail to close on moving Russian subway train

Scott Wilson
Jan 5, 2016

For when you need a little more excitement in your morning train ride!

Russia
(broken • dangerous • fail • hell train • subways • trains • video)

New Miyazaki Pref. tourism ad gets laughs with the incomprehensible dialect of an ancient god

Preston Phro
Jan 5, 2016

Looking for a great travel destination for the new year? Well, this one will at least ensure you never understand what anyone’s saying!

Internet, Japan
(dialect • funny • Miyazaki • video • YouTube)

Clever ad publicly shames commuters in real-time for “smartphone walking” in train station【Video】

Mike
Dec 31, 2015

A metro operator set up a monitoring device and announcement system to single out individual commuters caught using their smartphones while walking near escalators or passing trains.