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Sorry don’t cut it – Tokyo bento shop refuses apology from drunk who threw money at worker’s face

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 5, 2021
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Kitchen Dive tells man to take a hike straight to the police and turn himself in.

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• (bento • boxed lunches • crazy • crime • food • Kitchen DIVE • restaurants • video)

J-pop megastar Utada Hikaru’s haunting new music video for “Pink Blood” is here!【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 2, 2021

Anime theme song deals with the solitude that can come with learning to care for yourself.

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• Japan
• (anime • J-Pop • music • music videos • To Your Eternity • Utada Hikaru • video)

Drunk customers throw money at Tokyo bento shop workers’ heads, owners need help tracking them down【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 2, 2021

”We want them arrested” says Kitchen Dive after assailants throw money at employees and threaten to attack them after work.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • crazy • crime • food • Kitchen DIVE • maskless • no maskers • restaurants • video)

Something surprising happens when using the cheapest shower head from Don Quijote【Video】

• Scott Wilson
  May 29, 2021

Whatever you think it is, it’s definitely not.

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• Japan
• (funny • shower • shower head • twitter • video)

This hotel in the mountains of Japan has an awesome hi-tech ski/snowboard simulator【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 24, 2021

Family-run Nagano inn that’s been in business for more than 50 years has a very modern, very cool amenity.

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • hotels • Nagano • Shiga Kogen • skiing • snowboarding • sports • technology • travel • video)

Does the virgin-killing sweater really kill virgins?【Video】

• SoraNews24
  May 22, 2021

Japanese AV star models the flesh-revealing sweater for a real virgin to test its deadly powers.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • crazy • fashion • sweaters • video • virgin-killing sweater)

Berserk creator’s death inspires massive memorial gatherings in Final Fantasy XIV【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 21, 2021

Dark Knights come together to pay respects to Kentaro Miura, who was a light in their lives.

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• Internet, Japan
• (anime • Berserk • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • Kentaro Miura • manga • memorial • moving • touching • video • video games)

Sheena Ringo’s latest music video leaves us spellbound by its traditional Japanese aesthetics

• Krista Rogers
  May 18, 2021

Tokyo Jihen pays homage to multiple facets of traditional Japanese culture in this breathtaking new music video.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • culture • J-Pop • Japanese aesthetic • music • music video • musicians • Sheena Ringo • Tokyo Incidents • Tokyo Jihen • video)

Japanese gaming grandpa is tearing up virtual track at age 93【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 15, 2021

After stepping away from a life spent in cars, he’s reunited with the real-world ride he owned and loved in his youth.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cars • cool • elderly • seniors • video • video games)

Pikachu and Katy Perry co-star in adorable, uplifting ”Electric” music video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 14, 2021

Pop star and Pokémon are here to charge up our emotional batteries.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • celebrities • cool • cute • Katy Perry • music • musicians • Pikachu • Pokemon • video • video games)

That’s not an anime horse girl figure, it’s an anime horse girl cookie!【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 14, 2021

This Uma Musume is too cute to eat, which is entirely fitting with her real-world inspiration.

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• Japan
• (anime • cooking • cool • food • Haru Urara • horse raing • horses • icing cookies • sweets • Uma Musume • video • video games)

Studio Ghibli helped create final Evangelion movie, since no one else had the right machine【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  May 13, 2021

When you want to make anime the old-fashioned way, there’s no better place to go for help than Hayao Miyazaki’s studio.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • Evangelion • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time • Hayao Miyazaki • Hideaki Anno • Studio Ghibli • Studio Khara • video)

Quaint robot ninja virtual sightseeing tours to be held in Kochi Prefecture

• Master Blaster
  May 7, 2021

Probably the only time you’ll hear the phrase “quaint robot ninja.”

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• Japan
• (cool • Instagram • kochi • Ninja • NIN_NIN • robots • sightseeing • technology • tourism • travel • video)

Nintendo’s newest Switch game will teach you how to make games of your own【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 6, 2021

Sure, Nintendo could make our games for us, but Game Builder Garage wants to put you in the designer’s chair.

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• Japan
• (cool • Game Builder Garage • nintendo • nintendo switch • programming • switch • video • video games)

The results are in! One Piece World Top 100 characters chosen in global poll

• Master Blaster
  May 5, 2021

The world has spoken and the best pirates were chosen.

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• Global, Internet, Japan
• (anime • characters • Eiichiro Oda • manga • One Piece • ranking • Shueisha • video • Weekly Shonen Jump • World Top 100)

Resident Evil’s vampire lady is now adorable puppet, promises new game isn’t scary at all【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 30, 2021

Domito-onee-san just wants us all to sing and paint very, very red pictures together.

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• Japan
• (Alcina Dimitrescu • Capcom • crazy • cute • funny • Kikuko Inoue • puppets • Resident Evil • video • video games • weird)

Netflix creates otaku virtual YouTuber who’s a bilingual Japanese/English sheep girl【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 28, 2021

Anime brand ambassador speaks two languages, is subtitled in 10 more.

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• Internet, Japan, USA
• (anime • Netflix • otaku • video • virtual YouTubers • VTubers)

Virtual and real Japanese models collab for makeup commercial – but who’s the real one?

• Shannon
  Apr 24, 2021

It’s easy to tell once you already know who’s who, but not so much if you don’t.

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• Japan
• (ads • CG • cosmetics • imma • kate • makeup • models • video • virtual models)

Meet Aloma: the Japanese male idol group cheering on moms through the trials of child-rearing

• Ingrid Tsai
  Apr 23, 2021

A truly one-of-a-kind boy band.

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• Japan
• (Aloma • boy bands • idol singers • Idols • J-Pop • Japanese idols • mothers • music • Parenting • parents • video)

TeamLab’s new interactive tea art installation dazzles Japan with reactive, rhythmic lights【Vid】

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 22, 2021

TeamLab’s Tea Time in the Soy Sauce Storehouse brings a whole new meaning to the term “tea light”.

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• Japan
• (art • cool • culture • exhibitions • lights • museums • Okayama • soy sauce • tea • TeamLab • video)

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