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Japanese viewers unsure what to make of comedian’s shirtless apology to Turkish people
- Master Blaster
Sep 18, 2025 - Tweet
Be careful when releasing potato chips, or this could happen to you too.
- Japan
- (apology • comedians • culture • Egashira 2:50 • food • kebab • pork • potato chips • religion • turkey • Turkiye • video)
Sega throws ‘90s-era jabs at Nintendo in new video for latest Sonic game【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2025
Sega recreates video from the the 16-bit console wars of the ’90s to promote Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.
- Japan, USA
- (90s • cool • funny • Mario Kart • Mario Kart World • nintendo • Sega • Sonic • Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds • Sonic the Hedgehog • video • video games)
Nissan ends production of GT-R, but did the legendary sports car have to end like this?
- Casey Baseel
Aug 30, 2025
Ceremony held at factory to say farewell to the R35.
This official Pokémon horror video is surprisingly terrifying【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2025
A frightening new version of a Gen-I Pokémon makes its creepy debut.
- Japan
- (anime • funny • manga • Pokemon • Pokémon Legends Z-A • scary • video • video games)
A visual kei J-rock classic gets a new cover and video thanks to…McDonalds?!?【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2025
Luna Chee gives a cheesy salute to Luna Sea.
- Japan
- (burgers • cheeseburgers • fast food • food • funny • hamburgers • J-Pop • J-rock • LUNA SEA • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • music • video • visual kei • weird)
Studio Ghibli produces first-ever commercial for company it’s been working with for 31 years【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 8, 2025
Cofounder Toshio Suzuki, animation director of The Boy and the Heron create cozy anime short for a company that’s all about making cozy textiles.
- Japan
- (ads • anime • commercials • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • manga • Studio Ghibli • Toshio Suzuki • towels • video)
How true to life is the trailer for Brendon Fraser’s movie about Japanese rental families?
- Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2025
Rental families are thing in Japan, but is Rental Family going to show what life in Japan is really like?
- Japan, USA
- (Brendon Fraser • movies • rental families • Rental Family • society • video)
Real-world Pokémon Koraidon motorcycle makes its first run in Japan【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 4, 2025
Legendary Pokémon visits legendary race circuit.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cars • cool • Honda • manga • motorcycles • Pokemon • Pokémon Scarlet and Violet • Suzuka • suzuka circuit • video • video games)
Gacha capsule toy machine you control with your brain/prayers created in Japan【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2025
Designers want Mushin Gacha in arcades, anime specialty shops, and character cafes.
- Japan
- (awesome • brain waves • capsule toy machines • capsule toys • cool • gacha • gachapon • technology • video • weird)
Suntanned Hello Kitty Happy Meal toys on their way to McDonald’s Japan【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 5, 2025
Hello Kitty heads to the Golden Arches, the sunny beach, and summer festivals.
- Japan
- (cute • fast food • food • Happy Meals • Happy Set • Hello Kitty • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Sanrio • video)
McDonald’s Japan taps three ’80s anime legends for a moving, nostalgic video【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 27, 2025
Three of the greatest anime series ever produced featured in video that’s not quite as simple as it might look.
- Japan
- (1980s • 80s • ads • anime • fast food • food • Kimagure Orange Road • Macross • Maison Ikkoku • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moving • touching • video)
Brad Pitt reveals his favorite Japanese food, many Japanese people say they’ve never eaten it
- Casey Baseel
Jun 25, 2025
Is Brad Pitt’s favorite Japanese food really Japanese?
- Japan
- (Bradd Pitt • celebrities • F1 • F1 movie • food • Japanese food • movies • Ponzu • video)
Giant 3-D anime boobs appear on giant 3-D video billboards in Japan【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 19, 2025
Honestly some pretty clever visual trickery going on in ad for video game that knows exactly what it is.
- Japan
- (3-D billboard • ads • anime • Brown Dust II • crazy • manga • video • video games • weird)
Does the Shirotama Maker kitchen gadget really create perfect instant ramen eggs?
- Oona McGee
Jun 18, 2025
Cup Noodle’s Nissin creates a way to elevate your ramen, but it might be more hassle than it’s worth.
- Japan
- (chicken ramen • cooking • cool • eggs • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • video)
Perfect instant ramen eggs every time! Cup Noodle’s Nissin creates Shirotama Maker kitchen gadget
- Casey Baseel
Jun 4, 2025
An easy way to make your already easy meal even more delicious.
- Japan
- (chicken ramen • cooking • cool • eggs • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • video)
Japanese city pays people to stand on escalators for six hours a day【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 29, 2025
Nagoya Stop and Stand Corps is looking to change escalator etiquette.
Japanese couple fights burglars with bug spray, golf club as they gas, smash getaway car【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 20, 2025
Husband and wife show quick thinking, no mercy as pawnshop robbery goes very badly.
Hello Kitty theme park to be overrun by zombies this summer, young children barred from entering
- Casey Baseel
May 16, 2025
Eradication squads to be dispatched to deal with outbreak, guests will need to prove they’re not infected by completing missions inside haunted theme park.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • crazy • haunted houses • Hello Kitty • Horror • Obaken • Puroland • Sanrio • Sanrio Puroland • scary • theme parks • video • zombies)
Utada Hikaru sings incredible new one-take version of “First Love,” 26 years after original release
- Casey Baseel
May 16, 2025
J-pop mega star returns to the biggest hit of her career as an adult, with some help from a special musical partner from her past.
- Japan
- (First Love • Hikaru Utada • J-Pop • music • The First Take • Utada Hikaru • video)
Sailor Moon theme song plays at Dodgers Stadium. Shohei Ohtani instantly hits home run【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
May 1, 2025
Miracle romance at the plate.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • anime music • anisong • baseball • Major League Baseball • manga • MBL • music • Sailor Moon • Shohei Ohtani • sports • video)
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
- Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown- Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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