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Foreigner’s “prank” video of proposing to random Japanese girls is wrong in so many ways

Casey Baseel
Nov 20, 2015
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What happens when your “prank” isn’t really a prank, but it is kind of awkward? This might take a while…

Internet, Japan
(cringe • foreigner • prank • proposal • relationships • video • weird)

Epic lantern festival in Niigata rivals the Yi Peng festival in sheer beauty【Photos & Video】

KK Miller
Nov 19, 2015

If you are in Niigata this March, you can live out your Tangled fantasy with a breathtaking view of floating lanterns that rival the beauty of the Disney movie and the festival in Thailand that inspired the film’s iconic scene.

Japan
(beautiful • lanterns • Niigata • snow festival • video • Yuki Matsuri)

Ask Mr. Sato Episode 1 – Love, Dreams, Cats vs Dogs【Video】

ロケットニュース24
Nov 19, 2015

Episode 1 of our brand new series, Ask Mr. Sato, is here! Join us at the link below to listen to the great man’s sagely advice!

Global, Japan
(advice • agony uncle • Ask Mr. Sato • cats vs dogs • life • Mr. Sato • Q&A • video)

So a bikini model and a kaiju walk into Japan’s most famous porn location…to sell toys 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Nov 19, 2015

A rubber suit monster, surreal humor, and a heaping helping of sexual subtext that has nothing to do with the product itself? This might be the alpha and the omega of Japanese commercials.

Japan
(funny • gachapon • gashapon • Jamila • kaiju • The Pool • toys • Ultraman • video • weird)

Star Wars X-wing fighter docks at Singapore airport, travelers encouraged to sit in its cockpit

Casey Baseel
Nov 18, 2015

If you ever thought you’d have to go to a galaxy far, far away to sit in the cockpit of a Star Wars X-wing fighter, you were wrong. All you have to do is go to Singapore.

Japan
(airports • cosplay • Singapore • Star Wars • The Force Awakens • travel • video • X-wing)

Galaxy in a bauble: Japanese artist creates spacescape pendants from glass, opals, and gold

Casey Baseel
Nov 18, 2015

Satoshi Tomizu calls his amazing creations Space Glass, and there’s really no better way to describe them.

Japan
(accessories • beautiful • fashion • glass • space • Space Glass • video)

Japanese composer expresses smelly breath as music【Videos】

Anime News Network
Nov 18, 2015

Hear the stench of fermented soybeans, herring.

Japan
(anime • music • natto • smelly • stinky • Takashi Niigaki • video)

Karaoke-loving pet bird in Japan dances, sings along to rock band’s video 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Nov 17, 2015

Java sparrows are pretty popular pets in Japan, where they’re called buncho. But even though buncho literally means “literature bird,” some of the cute little creatures apparently have more of a gift for music, like in this video of one Java sparrow dancing adorably to the sounds of one of Japan’s most popular rock bands and singing along like he’s at karaoke.

Japan
(birds • dancing • J-Pop • java sparrows • music • pets • video • vute)

Muscly Italian men perform Sailor Moon music video, complete with senshi transformations【Video】

Oona McGee
Nov 17, 2015

A muscular, all-male Sailor Moon senshi group has just released a live-action music video in honour of the hit anime from Japan.

Italy, Japan
(muscles • music • music video • Sailor Moon • video)

Drumming prodigy Senri Kawaguchi wows in new video supporting the Japan National Football Team

Preston Phro
Nov 17, 2015

Teenage drummer Senri Kawaguchi, famous for her enthusiastic YouTube videos, appears in a stunning new video for the Japan National Football Team!

Internet, Japan
(drumming • drums • music • Senri Kawaguchi • video • YouTube)

Cow herd gathers and mourns after fellow bull hit by a car in Hong Kong

Audrey Akcasu
Nov 16, 2015

With much of the world’s population being separated from the farming process these days, it’s easy for us to forget that the hamburger we just ate came from a living, breathing, thinking, and possibly even emotionally engaged cow.

Pictures and videos emerged in Hong Kong last week after a motorist struck a bull. While that is sad in itself, what gained media attention is that the rest of the bull’s herd gathered around to push him to safety and then mourn the tragedy.

China
(accident • animals • cows • Hong Kong • moving • sad • video)

If you’re not Tekken this martial artist seriously, you’ll get kicked in the face【Video】

KK Miller
Nov 14, 2015

Some people dream about being a superhero and other people just dream about being a video game character. But why dream it, when you can be it, like this stuntman who demonstrates his skills which exactly mimic a certain Tekken character’s repertoire?

USA
(Eric Jacobus • martial arts • Tekken • video • video games • workout)

Nintendo announces Final Fantasy’s Cloud will make Smash Bros. debut in next update【Video】

Casey Baseel
Nov 13, 2015

“I never thought this day would come,” says the Final Fantasy VII hero. Neither did we, Cloud. Neither did we.

Japan
(cloud • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • nintendo • Smash Bros • Square Enix • video • video games)

Nintendo’s new Zelda game has a female version of Link named Linkle 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Nov 13, 2015

Nope, that’s not Princess Zelda.

Japan
(Hyrule Warriors • Hyrule Warriors Legends • Legend of Zelda • link • Linkle • nintendo • video • video games)

Japanese curry commercial is the weirdest thing you’ll see all week, make you cry lasers【Video】

ロケットニュース24
Nov 13, 2015

Every once in a while a commercial comes along that so accurately deconstructs the human condition that it’s hard for any of us to not cry lasers over it. There was that one time Intel showed us the harrowing tale of a young boy whose friend was dying of cancer, and that Toyota one about a father and daughter? Well, I darn near vaporized my cat while watching that one.

Now, noodle giant Nissin and their White Curry Meshi (rice) bring us a spot titled “Sorrow of Wasteland“, which tells the story of desperate struggle between two men who were once friends. Get your tissues and ruby-quartz glasses out for this one, folks!

Internet, Japan
(commercial • curry • Ika Hachiro • Japanese TV • Kenya Osumi • Nissin • video • White Curry Meshi • wtf)

RocketNews24’s Mr. Sato is here to help!【Video】

ロケットニュース24
Nov 13, 2015

RocketNews24 reporter extraordinaire Mr. Sato will soon be taking your questions about life, love, Japan, and everything in between.

Japan
(agony uncle • Ask Mr. Sato • Mr. Sato • Q&A • video)

Volcanoes, castles and more: 10 of Japan’s best drone-shot videos to give you wanderlust【Video】

Preston Phro
Nov 12, 2015

Drones have sort of exploded in our cultural conscious over the last few years, garnering both media and political attention. Like many other countries, the skies of Japan seem to be full of the whirring, buzzing devices, and while the government and society are still trying to figure out exactly how they feel about these all-seeing sky robots, YouTube is quickly filling up with gorgeous videos shot with drones!

Internet, Japan
(aerial video • beautifukl • drones • Japan • travel • video • volcanoes • Waterfalls)

Does mint ice cream really taste like toothpaste and breath mints? RN24’s Meg finds out 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Nov 12, 2015

Our Japanese-language reporter Meg sets out to defend the honor of her favorite ice cream flavor by eating a breat mint sundae, and also makes her English RocketNews24 video debut.

Japan
(breath mints • crazy • ice cream • Meg • mint • taste test • toothpaste • video)

Japanese band’s music video is like a psychedelic sushi nightmare【Video】

Oona McGee
Nov 12, 2015

If you like your sushi with a side of crazy psychedelic, this new music video from long-serving Japanese band Orange Range will definitely whet your appetite.

Called “Sushi Tabetai – featuring Soy Sauce”, the catchy tune and mesmerising images are the perfect blend of cute and bizarre that we’ve come to love from the Japanese music scene.