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Video highlights some of the disturbing Pretty Cure live show bloopers

• Master Blaster
  Sep 17, 2018
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Given the massive number of live shows this franchise has put on, it’s no surprise they don’t always go off without a hitch.

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• Japan
• (anime • funny • magical girls • Pretty Cure • show • video • weid • YouTuber)

Virtual girlfriend adult game developer switches gears with super-customizable VR boyfriend game

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 15, 2018

Players can alter handsome star’s muscle mass, skin tone, and voice.

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• Japan
• (dating simulators • romance games • video • video games • virtual reality • VR Kareshi)

Japanese ad showing Mom doing all the housework and childcare has people steamed at Dad【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 15, 2018

Father is shown doing so little to help around the house some people wonder if he’s even alive.

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• Japan
• (ad • controversy • dishwasher • housework • Parenting • parents • society • video)

Adorable cats from Japan impede drum practice, get our hearts drumming too【Video】

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 14, 2018

There are no rules that say a cat can’t play the drums, but these two definitely need a few more lessons before they go pro.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • cute • drums • funny • music • pets • video)

Videos of Japanese cats sucking their own paws melts the Internet’s heart【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 14, 2018

If cats are cute, and babies are cute, cats acting like babies must be just about the cutest thing ever, right?

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• Japan
• (animals • cat paws • cats • cute • pets • video)

Turns out Kirby can fit perfectly into a Japanese washing machine【Video】

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 12, 2018

A Twitter user made this startling discovery when their mother tossed a beloved cushion into the laundry.

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• Japan
• (cute • funny • Kirby • laundry • nintendo • plushies • video • video games • washing machine)

Blind Filipino girl Elsie stuns with her mature singing voice【Videos】

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 11, 2018

The young girl with a voice to rival legendary singers has perfected the art of singing in English–a language she doesn’t even speak.  

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• SE Asia
• (awesome • moving • music • Philippines • singing • touching • video)

Chinese man warned by police for driving huge self-made robot on the streets of Beijing【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  Sep 10, 2018

This would have been supremely cool if it wasn’t for the fact that it would also cause chaos on roads.

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• China
• (beijing • robot • vehicle • video • YouTube)

If this adorable Shiba dog can learn to speak a word in Japanese (and he has), so can you【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 9, 2018

Yeah, yeah, people say Japanese is a hard language to learn. But Beni shows that even a humble pooch can pick up some vocabulary.

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• Japan
• (animals • awesome • cool • cute • dogs • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • pets • Shiba Inu • video)

Voice actresses applying for roles in Kemono Friends anime must say how big their breasts are

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 7, 2018

Leaving the sections for education and professional experience blank are A-OK though.

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• Japan
• (anime • idol singers • Idols • Kemono Friends • video • voice actors • voice actresses • weird)

Idol singer forgets to shut off streaming camera, giggles over how much she makes per video【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 6, 2018

”Don’t watch this if you don’t want to have your dreams shattered,” warns one fan, but others have a very different response.

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• Japan
• (Bibian Murakawa • HKT48 • idol fans • idol singers • Idols • video)

Explosions, toppled trucks, massive sea waves all part of Typhoon Jebi’s destructive force【Vids】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 6, 2018

”It’s like Godzilla is attacking.”

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• Japan
• (disasters • rain • scary • storm • Typhoon Jebi • typhoons • video • weather)

Thousands trapped as typhoon floods Osaka airport runway, sends tanker crashing into only bridge

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 5, 2018

Typhoon makes Kansai International’s runway indistinguishable from the ocean around the island, turns 5.7 million-pound boat into instrument of havoc.

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• Japan
• (accident • airplanes • Kansai International Airport • KIX • Osaka • storm • travel • typhoon • Typhoon Jebi • video • weather)

How to be a karaoke master: Drop the mic, and pick up a saxophone instead【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 5, 2018

College student sets national karaoke quality record by tricking the machine with the sounds of his horn.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • karaoke • music • saxaphone • singing • video)

Eminem says he sampled Kingdom Hearts video game for his new song, but credits say differently

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2018

Slim Shady’s inspiration remains murky, and could be J-pop megastar Utada Hikaru or someone else entirely.

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• Japan
• (anime • Eminem • Good Guy • Kingdom Hearts • music • Square Enix • Tokyo Ghoul • Utada Hikaru • video • video games)

Nanami “Seven Seas” Nagura wins 2018 Air Guitar World Championships in Finland【Video】

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 4, 2018

23-year-old Japanese minor celebrity figuratively smashes her competition to become number one in the world.  

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• Global, Japan
• (air guitar • Finland • music • Nanami "Seven Seas" Nagura • video • world championships)

Nintendo fans make amazing Luigi’s Mansion AR game by tinkering with Nintendo Labo【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 3, 2018

If Nintendo won’t make a sequel, you can make one yourself, and turn your home into a haunted house, for just a few bucks.

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• Japan
• (AR • augmented reality • awesome • cool • luigi's mansion • nintendo • Nintendo Labo • nintendo switch • video • video games)

Metal Gear Solid is now real with awesome “real infiltration game” opening in Tokyo【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 3, 2018

Players can use cardboard boxes, Snake’s patented hold-up move to outwit armed human guards.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • escape games • Hideo Kojima • Metal Gear Solid • real escape games • shinjuku • video • video games)

Japanese players spent more than four years building this modern Japanese city in Minecraft

• Koh Ruide
  Sep 3, 2018

It may not exist in the real world, but Minecraft players can now experience what’s it like to live in a bustling city in Japan.

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• Japan
• (Japanese Twitter • Minecraft • video • video game • YouTube)

Japan’s handsome, buff Swedish gardener now has a new job: Working out silently on public TV

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 30, 2018

Shows off his bodybuilding form as past of educational program with soulful saxophone soundtrack.

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• Europe, Japan
• (fitness • foreigners in Japan • funny • Handsome men • muscles • NHK • Tatsumasa Murasame • video • weird)

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