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Japanese city to deploy anti-bear drones against ursine adversaries, stages adorable demo【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 21, 2026
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Repellant spray demonstration target considerably less threatening than actual bears.

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• Japan
• (animal attacks • animals • bear attacks • bears • crazy • cute • drones • nature • technology • video • weird)

Umamusume anime cosplayers make news in U.S. for their pro football fandom【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2026

Colorado cosplayers capitalize on the connection of ‘horse.’”.

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• Japan
• (anime • cosplay • cosplayers • Denver Broncos • football • horses • manga • sports • Uma Musume • Umamusum • video • video games)

Man with face covered in tattoos admits to repeatedly headbutting Tokyo store clerk【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 15, 2026

There was little chance this guy wasn’t getting picked out of a lineup.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crime • tatooes • tattoos • video • weird)

Say hello to Japan’s new stationmaster cat!【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 10, 2026

Feline railway legacy continues with two kitties inaugurated as stationmasters in Wakayama Prefecture.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • cute • Kishi Station • Nitama • Tama • tourism • trains • travel • video • Wakayama • Wakayama Electric Railway • Yontama)

Dragon Quest Burgers and Slime drinks are coming to McDonald’s Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 26, 2025

Heroic sword slash inspires trio of burgers.

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• Japan
• (burgers • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest Slime • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • slime • Square Enix • video • video games)

Dragon Quest Slime toys appear at McDonald’s Japan in crossover with Grimace and pals【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 19, 2025

We did not expect a Slime to appear here.

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• Japan
• (burgers • crazy • Dragon Quest • fast food • figures • food • Grimace • hamburgers • Happy Meals • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • slime • Square Enix • toys • video • video games • weird)

Real-world Nausicaa Ghibli anime glider completes its final flight in Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 20, 2025

Artist behind 22-year project takes to the skies one last time on real-world version of Hayao Miyazaki flying machine.

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• Japan
• (airplanes • anime • awesome • cool • crazy • glider • manga • Nausicaa • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli • video)

Japan’s plus-sized idol singer group releases new video about the joys of eating【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 13, 2025

Big Angel has grown even bigger since the last time we saw them.

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• Japan
• (Big Angel • idol singers • Idols • J-Pop • music • plus-sized • video)

Mega huge Mega Charizard Pokémon kites fly in the skies of Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 12, 2025

Nagasaki even was fun for all fans of the franchise, but especially those who love Charizard’s mega evolution.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • Charizard • cool • kite • manga • Mega Charizard • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video • video games)

New Japanese-made Godzilla movie announced, looks to be first direct sequel since 1999

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 4, 2025

Director, writer, and visual effects director of Academy Award-winning Godzilla Minus One returns for next step in Toho kaiju franchise.

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• Japan
• (Godzilla • Godzilla Minus One • Godzilla Minus Zero • Japanese Godzilla movies • kaiju • movies • Toho • Toho Godzilla • video)

Four things not to do with recycling boxes in Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 22, 2025

Coca-Cola Japan shows the sad transformation recycling boxes can go through if people are too selfish to use them properly.

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• Japan
• (Coca-Cola-Coca-Cola Japan • drinks • etiquette • manners • recycling • recycling boxes • society • trash cans • video)

Japan’s choco mushroom snacks hold fashion show with designer Junko Koshino【Video】

• Master Blaster
  Oct 16, 2025

Mushrooms are in, bamboo is out this season.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • cocoa husk • ecology • environment • environmentally friendly • fashion • food • Junko Kinoko • Junko Koshino • kinoko no yama • Meiji • mushrooms • sweets • takenoko no sato • video • weird)

Giant real-world Kingdom Hearts Keyblade plays music and magic sound effects from the game【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 9, 2025

Recreation of Sora’s sword produces lights and sounds for all tiers of seven classes of spells.

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• Japan
• (cool • Disney • Final Fantasy • keyblade • Kingdom Hearts • Premium Bandai • Square Enix • video • video games)

Nintendo mysteriously releases Close to You CG animated video, but what is it?【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2025

Four-minute video has no dialogue, but still contains audio clues as to what it might be.

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• Internet, Japan
• (nintendo • Pikmin • video • video games • weird)

Japanese convenience store opens new branch inside public high school【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 4, 2025

Sure beats stale snacks from the vending machine.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • cool • high schools • schools • video • weird • Yamazaki • Yamazaki Shop)

YouTube’s AI Japanese translation calls for Jimmy Kimmel’s death on his own show【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2025

Another bang-up job from AI translation!

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• Internet, Japan, USA
• (A.I. • AI • AI translation • artificial intelligence • auto translation • crazy • funny • Japanese language • Jimmy Kimmel • Jimmy Kimmel Live • linguistics • translation • video • weird • YouTube)

Three ways the unauthorized U.S. Department of Homeland Security Pokémon video makes no sense

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2025

DHS doesn’t seem to know what the Pokémon series, or its English theme song, are about.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Department of Homeland Security • manga • Pokemon • video • video games • weird)

Jeopardy question about Demon Slayer shows how far anime has and hasn’t come in the U.S.【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2025

Bare-minimum otaku knowledge could have scored contestants US$2,000.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba–The Movie: Infinity Castle • Infinity Castle • Jeopardy • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • movies • Mugen Train • video)

Japanese factories turning work progress into video game progress with help from Fortnite maker

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2025

Osaka factory design firm turned to Epic Games for advice on its motivation-boosting system.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool.Fortnight • Epic Games • technology • video • video games • weird)

Japanese viewers unsure what to make of comedian’s shirtless apology to Turkish people

• Master Blaster
  Sep 18, 2025

Be careful when releasing potato chips, or this could happen to you too.

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• Japan
• (apology • comedians • culture • Egashira 2:50 • food • kebab • pork • potato chips • religion • turkey • Turkiye • video)

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