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Watch as these Japanese cats treat their brand new, giant cushion with extreme suspicion

• Dale Roll
  Dec 9, 2019
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“What the HECK is THIS THING?!”

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• Japan
• (animals • cat beds • cats • cute • funny • pet beds • pets • video)

The Straw Hat Students are back with a new One Piece Japanese high school anime short【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 7, 2019

Is this the most emotional instant ramen ad ever?

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• Japan
• (ads • anime • awesome • cool • Cup Nodle • Hungry Days • Instant Ramen • manga • Nissin • One Piece • ramen • video)

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind kabuki play’s rehearsal video is incredible【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 6, 2019

Bringing one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most legendary anime films to life is a tall order, but they just might have pulled it off.

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• Japan
• (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • kabuki • movies • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli • video)

12-year-old Japanese student makes amazing stop-motion animations【Videos】

• Shannon McNaught
  Dec 4, 2019

Most 12-year-olds are probably just starting to try drawing their own manga, but this girl is a full-on animator.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • cute • film • kids • stop motion animation • Sylvanian Families • video)

This beautiful, heartwarming winter anime is also a McDonald’s Japan commercial【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 4, 2019

Three young women fight off the winter cold with the warmth of friendship and delicious Gurakoro (yes, that’s something McDonald’s sells in Japan).

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• Japan
• (ads • anime • awesome • cool • fast food • food • McDonald's • video)

Taxi driver argues with man, runs him over then drives into wall 【Video】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 30, 2019

Some people in Japan are siding with the driver over the incident.

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• Japan
• (crime • fighting • Fukuoka • hakata • Kyushu • news • taxi drivers • taxis • video)

Yamato delivery man kicked and yelled at by older colleague in Japan【Video】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 30, 2019

Japan is known for its amazing delivery services, but behind the scenes there’s a lot of stress in keeping up the high standard. 

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• Japan
• (crime • fighting • Japanese trains • manners • news • Osaka • police • scary • train manners • trains • video)

Star Wars becomes a kabuki play as we attend Kairennosuke and the Three Shining Swords in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 29, 2019

Japan’s biggest kabuki star becomes Kylo Ren, and here’s how you can watch the performance yourself.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cool • culture • kabuki • Kylo Ren • movies • SNO • stage plays • Star Wars • video)

Vietnamese workers get scolded by boss in Japan, retaliate by punching him in the head 【Video】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 28, 2019

Workers are said to be participating in the government’s Technical Intern Training Program.

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• Japan
• (crime • fighting • foreigners • foreigners living in Japan • interns • Japanese workplace • news • Technical Intern Training Program • trainees • video • working in Japan)

Does Daiso’s crazy 100-yen Face Trainer really make you more beautiful? We find out【Experiment】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 28, 2019

A glut of GIFs chronicle our reporter’s journey as he makes himself look weird in an effort to also make himself look handsome.

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• Japan
• (100-yen stores • beauty • COK • crazy • Daiso • face • funny • Go Hatori • SNJO • video • weird)

Mega meat noodles in Tokyo: 2.6 pounds of meat, one bowl of soba, no regrets【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 25, 2019

An extra-extra-extra-extra-extra-extra-extra-extra-extra-extra-extra-extra-extra-extra-extra-extra-extra-extra-extra-large order.

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• Japan
• (big food • COK • crazy • food • Fuji Soba • meat • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • soba • video)

Japanese woman arrested for snipping hair off a woman’s head on bus

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2019

Many people are siding with the perpetrator, saying they’ve been annoyed with hair on public transport too. 

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• Japan
• (bus • buses • crime • hair • Hokkaido • Japanese women • manners • news • police • Sapporo • scary • video • women)

Japan’s YouTube knife-maker is back at it again–this time with a knife made entirely of fungus

• Dale Roll
  Nov 22, 2019

Wouldn’t you want to cook with a fungus knife?

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• Japan
• (Attoteki Fushinsha no Kiwami • blades • cool • crazy • experiment • Kiwami Japan • knives • science • video • weird)

Dam management finds laughably clever way to deter nighttime thrill-seekers in Japan【Video】

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 20, 2019

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, including this team of workers who used their own local brand of heroism to prank visitors at night. 

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• Internet, Japan
• (funny • ghosts • Gunma • haunted • music • scary • Shimokubo Dam • video • weird)

Disturbing video shows man hitting woman for crossing her legs on Japanese train【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 18, 2019

Manners on board are important in Japan, but we never expected to see this.

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• Japan
• (crime • fighting • Japanese trains • manners • news • Osaka • police • scary • train manners • trains • video)

Japanese version of Frozen 2’s “Into the Unknown” is a powerful return for Elsa’s singer in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 15, 2019

Video shows off famous Japanese actress/vocalist’s newest song for Disney’s snow queen.

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• Japan
• (Disney • Elsa • frozen • Frozen 2 • Into the Unknown • movies • music • Takako Matsu • video)

Sonic the Hedgehog’s creator still doesn’t like one part of his much-improved movie redesign

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 13, 2019

The Sega star is looking a lot better after a six-month redesign, but game designer Yuji Naka still thinks there’s something “off.”

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• Japan
• (Live action • movies • Sega • Sonic the Hedgehog • Sonic the Hedgehog movie • video • video games • Yuji Naka)

People in Japan go crazy for Japanese candy zen gardens 【Pics & Video】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 12, 2019

New DIY candy kits let you taste the sweet serenity of a koi fish pond in a rock garden. 

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • food • funny • gadgets • pudding • purin • sweets • technology • video)

Crafty and creative Twitter user shares how-to videos for dazzling autumn leaf origami

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 12, 2019

These simple but clever designs are sure to enchant not only the children but the grown-ups as well. 

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• Internet, Japan
• (autumn • craft • fall • leaves • origami • season • twitter • video)

Otaku dances like a Japanese idol in front of J-Pop idol at live event in Tokyo【Video】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 12, 2019

When you love the idol life so much you become the idol.

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• Japan
• (dancing • idol Wotaku • Idols • Japanese idols • Japanese pop idols • otaku • pop idols • Tokyo • video • wota • wotagei)

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