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A donut and sugar-loving bear in Japan is breaking into homes, checking fridges for sweet snacks

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 18, 2026
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Iwate town sets traps to try to catch the bear with a sweet tooth, with some even being installed inside people’s houses.

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• (animals • bear attacks • bears • crazy • funny • sweets • video • weird)

Hatsune Miku crosses over into the real world in Coolish videos with Hoshimachi Suisei[Videos]

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 12, 2026

These Coolish virtual idol videos are very cool.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • Coolish • food • Hatsune Miku • HoloLive • Hoshimachi Suisei • ice cream • Lotte • manga • music • Soh • sweets • video • virtual idols • virtual YouTubers • vocaloids • VTubers)

Foreign tourists injured in Nissan GT-R crash near Tokyo’s Shibuya Scramble Crossing

• Oona McGee
  Jul 8, 2026

Late-night incident highlights concerns over Japan’s illegal “white taxi” operators.

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• (cars • crime • news • nissan • NISSAN GT-R • police • Shibuya • Shibuya scramble crossing • Shirotaku • sports cars • Tokyo • tourists • video • white taxi)

Climbing season officially opens for Japan’s Mt. Hiyoriyama, the shortest mountain in the country

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 8, 2026

Ceremony marks official start of climbing season for this six-step summit trail.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • funny • hiking • Mountains • nature • outdoors • video • weird)

Japanese train company brings back beloved “patapata” departure board…with a clever digital twist

• Oona McGee
  Jul 4, 2026

Railway fans are full of praise for this heartwarming display of thoughtful customer service.

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• (departure board • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • kawasaki • Keikyu • patapata • retro • split-flap display • stations • technology • train • train station • train stations • trains • video)

Japan’s new pettably fuzzy cat-shaped earbud chargers meow to let you know their status[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 1, 2026

Neko also has a three-minute purr mode for relaxing to.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • cute • earbuds • earphones • technology • video)

Foreign tourist arrested in Japan after drifting in museum parking lot[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2026

The Dumb and the Inconsiderate: Tochigi Drift.
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• (cars • crazy • crime • drifting • tourist crime • vandalism • video)

Japanese university welcomes birth of baby deer on campus, president waives entrance exam[Videos]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2026

Educator in Nara’s most famous deer town fast tracks admission to institute of higher learning.

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• Japan
• (animals • cute • deer • funny • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Prefectural university • video)

Bears appear at one of Kyoto Prefecture’s most popular tourist spots[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 12, 2026

People have been traveling to Amanohashidate for centuries, and this week apparently bears are too.

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• Japan
• (Amanohashidate • animals • bear attacks • bears • Japan travel • Kyoto Prefecture • tourism • travel • video)

Cup Noodle hamster wheel is the new adorable pet toy animal lovers in Japan want[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 5, 2026

Instant ramen maker shows that even hamsters will fall in love with Cup Noodle, if given the chance.

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• (animals • crazy • Cup Noodle • cute • food • funny • hamsters • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • pats • pet supplies • pet toys • ramen • video • weird)

Memorial bell inside Hiroshima’s Peace Park has been silenced, but for a sweet reason

• Casey Baseel
  May 22, 2026

Children’s Peace Monument is going to be a quieter place for a while.

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• Japan
• (animals • birds • Children’s Peace Monument • cute • Hiroshima Peace Park • Hiroshima.Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park • Sadako Sasaki • sparrows • video)

Japanese temple burns to the ground, fire burning inside for 1,200 years unharmed

• Casey Baseel
  May 22, 2026

Sacred fire saved from non-sacred fire on Miyajima.

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• Japan
• (crazy • culture • Daishoin • fire • history • Miyajima • temples • video • weird)

Live-action Princess Mononoke stage cast appears in costume for first time[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  May 14, 2026

Kabuki adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki Ghibli anime opens in Tokyo this summer.

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• Japan
• (anime • kabuki • Live action • manga • Princess Mononoke • Princess Mononoke kabuki • stage plays • Studio Ghibli • video)

Police cracking down on outdoor seating in Tokyo’s liveliest street market neighborhood[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  May 9, 2026

Tokyo Metropolitan Police officers issue warnings to pub owners in Ueno.

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• (Ameya Yokocho • Ameyoko • Ameyokocho • bars • COK • izakaya • pubs • restaurants • SNJO • society • Ueno • video)

Nintendo’s Super Mario throws out first pitch at professional baseball game in Japan[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  May 8, 2026

Turns out Mario throws a baseball like he throws a fireball.

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• (baseball • Baystars • cool • Mario • nintendo • Nippon Professional Baseball • NPB • sports • Super Mario • video • video games • Yokohama • Yokohama Stadium)

Police in Japan summoned to deal with bank intruder…who is also a deer[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  May 1, 2026

Local residents thought a robbery was in progress when they saw police cars outside the bank, but something even more unexpected was going on.

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• (animals • banks • crazy • deer • funny • video • weird)

Sanrio amusement park in Tokyo to host Psycho Game horror event this summer[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 28, 2026

After Hello Kitty goes home for the day, some decidedly less cute characters will be taking over Sanrio Puroland.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • crazy • haunted houses • Hello Kitty • Horror • Obaken • Sanrio • Sanrio Puroland • scary • theme parks • video • weird)

Final Fantasy VII’s Sephiroth finds happiness in a canned cocktail[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 28, 2026

Hero-turned-villain enters the celebrity endorser stage of his character arc.

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• (alcohol • Asahi • canned cocktails • canned sours • chu-hi • crazy • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • funny • Future Lemon • Sephiroth • Square Enix • video • video games • weird)

And now, a video of the voice of Dragon Ball’s Goku meeting the Emperor and Empress of Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 24, 2026

There was more than one famous Masako at this year’s Spring Garden Party.

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• Japan
• (anime • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Z • Emperor Naruhito • Emperor of Japan • Empress Masako • Goku • Imperial Family • manga • Masako Nozawa • Son Goku • video • voice actors • voice actresses)

First Shiba Inu police dog in Japan’s Gifu Prefecture now on duty[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 15, 2026

Who’s a good girl who serves and protects?

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• Japan
• (animals • cute • dogs • police • shiba • Shiba dog • Shiba Inu • video)

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