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Disney knows what yokai are, teaches Japanese vocabulary word to Donald Duck【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 25, 2020
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Kappa and kasa obake are among the creatures menacing Donald and his feathered friends.

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• (cool • culture • Disney • Donald Duck • Japanese language • kappa • Legend of the Three Caballeros • linguistics • video • yokai)

Chinese people hand out free surgical masks in Japan as coronavirus outbreak continues【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 24, 2020

As Japan suffers through nationwide mask shortage, people in one of its biggest cities are offered some for free.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • disease • health • masks • moving • sickness • surgical masks • touching • video)

There’s now a real-life professional wrestling Pikachu, and yes, he’s totally crazy【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 22, 2020

Pikachu used…elbow drop?!?

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• (anime • crazy • funny • Pikachu • Pokemon • professional wrestling • video • video games • weird)

Anime dating simulator girl gets turned into horrifying monster by “image improvement” AI【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2020

Anime characters are known for their big eyes, but this time it’s some tiny ones that are causing terror.

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• Japan
• (AI • anime • crazy • dating simulators • deep learning • funny • illustration • romance games • scary • tokimeki memorial • video • video games • weird)

Beyond rice balls: How to make an edible onigiri rice cat【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 18, 2020

Innovative chef shows us how to create a feline friend who’s cute and delicious to boot.

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• Japan
• (cats • cooking • cool • cute • food • onigiri • rice • rice balls • video)

Kenshi Yonezu’s “Paprika” might be a much heavier song than we thought

• Master Blaster
  Feb 17, 2020

Mega-hit kids’ song may very well be an ode to the dead.

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• Japan
• (2011 Tohoku Earthquake • 2020 Olympic Games • death • Kenshi Yonezu • music • paprika • video)

Japan’s busty YouTube chef expands chest-based income by auctioning her shirt for crazy price

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 17, 2020

Kuma Cooking invites fans to “look at her dish,” and also own her clothing.

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• Japan
• (auctions • beautiful women • cooking • crazy • food • Kuma Cooking • t-shirts • video)

How to make your own ramen food sample with real ramen, in just 1.5 hours and -22.6 degrees C

• Dale Roll
  Feb 15, 2020

A Hokkaido resident demonstrates. 

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• Japan
• (cold • crazy • Cup Noodle • food samples • funny • Hokkaido • instant noodles • ramen • video • winter)

Japanese fans ecstatic to see Takakao Matsu perform at Oscars with Idina Menzel and 9 other Elsas

• Dale Roll
  Feb 14, 2020

She even wore a beautiful kimono on the red carpet!

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• Japan, USA
• (Academy Awards • Disney • Elsa • frozen • Frozen 2 • kimono • movies • Oscars • Takako Matsu • video)

Yamanote trains in Tokyo display unique poster ads that look like paper but move like video

• Oona McGee
  Feb 14, 2020

Electronic Paper and E Ink create a moving display for the opening of Takanawa Gateway Station. 

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• Japan
• (ads • advertising • Japan Railways • JR • marketing • Takanawa Gateway Station • Tokyo • trains • twitter • video • Yamanote line)

The bigger they are… Smallest top sumo wrestler takes on yokozuna with amazing result【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2020

Grand champion Hakuho had a 59-kilogram (130-pound), 34-centimeter (9.4-inch) advantage on his opponent.

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• Japan
• (awesome • crazy • Enho • Hakuho • sports • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • sumo wrestling • video • yokozuna)

Final episode of Cup Noodle commercial Hungry Days featuring One Piece finally shows Luffy’s face

• Dale Roll
  Feb 11, 2020

The iconic rubber-limbed main character’s high school version is…surprisingly normal-looking.

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• Japan
• (ads • anime • awesome • commercial • cool • Cup Noodle • food • Hungry Days • Instant Ramen • Luffy • Nissin • One Piece • ramen • video)

Harrowing video sees reckless drivers ignore pedestrian crossing in Japan【Video】

• Katy Kelly
  Feb 8, 2020

The fact that children are using the crossing doesn’t seem to register to all three of these drivers.

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• Japan
• (crosswalk • driving • pedestrian crossing • road rules • safety • scary • traffic • twitter • video)

Hamster hadouken! Super-buff Japanese bodybuilder adds adorable animals to his flex videos【Vids】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 6, 2020

Kamehamehas of cuteness from a guy who’s actually more muscular than the Dragon Ball hero he’s cosplaying as.

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• Japan
• (animals • bodybuilding • cute • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Z • funny • hamsters • Handsome men • muscles • pets • video)

Laugh and learn! Japanese language school for foreigners teaches real Japanese with manzai comedy

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 3, 2020

Tokyo language school shows students a kind of Japanese you won’t find in textbooks, but that you’ll definitely want in your skill set.

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• Japan
• (COK • Franponais • Hotsuma International School • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • Manzai • SNJO • video)

Grimer ASMR video on official Japanese Pokémon YouTube channel is… oddly satisfying【Video】

• Scott Wilson
  Feb 1, 2020

Are you ready for this jelly?

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• Japan
• (ASMR • ASMR videos • grimer • Pokemon • video • weird • YouTube)

Japanese second-hand store manager wows YouTube with one-man-band help-wanted ad【Video】

• Shannon
  Jan 31, 2020

Who wouldn’t want to work with this band, especially when it’s all just one guy?

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• Japan
• (crazy • funny • GLAY • Hard Off • Mr. Nagata • music • video • weird)

And now, without further ado, here’s Final Fantsy VII Remake’s Cloud in a dress【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 31, 2020

Extra-long trailer for Square Enix’s hotly anticipated title also shows off Red XIII and other key characters for the first time.

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• Japan
• (Brotherhood Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII remake • Nobuo Uematsu • Square Enix • video • video games)

Fashionista comedian Naomi Watanabe becomes Kate Spade’s first Japanese brand ambassador

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 31, 2020

The “Japanese Beyoncé” is here to represent Kate Spade’s latest candy-colored Margaux satchels with her patented style and shimmying moves!

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• Japan
• (bags • cute • fashion • global ambassador • kate spade • kate spade new york • Naomi Watanabe • video)

Mini karate-chop roof tiles you can actually destroy are Japan’s newest capsule toy【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 30, 2020

Compact stress-reliver easily fits on desks for when you need a high-impact break from work or study.

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • cool • crazy • gachapon • karate • kawara • martial arts • Tama Kyu • video)

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