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Dump truck miraculously saved from going off a bridge at the very last second 【Video】

• Master Blaster
  May 16, 2018
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Dashboard cam footage shows just how amazingly close to disaster the driver came.

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• Japan
• (amazing • car accident • drive recorder • dump truck • Kanagawa • video)

Couple in China get married under romantic rain of fire and brimstone【Video】

• Master Blaster
  May 11, 2018

A celebration where it isn’t really clear if the guests love or hate the couple getting married. 

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• China
• (crazy • firecrackers • fireworks • scary • video • weddings • weird)

Japanese hotel’s amazing mechanized bed rises to the ceiling to give you more floor space【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 11, 2018

Japan has a reputation for cool gadgets and efficient interiors, but this is on a whole new level!

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• Japan
• (beds • cool.awesome • crazy • hotels • technology • travel.Osaka • video)

Furious woman berates men on women-only Tokyo train with spot-on anime girl voice【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 10, 2018

Tongue-lashing has fans of Idolmaster, Evangelion franchises thinking they’ve heard that voice before.

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• Japan
• (anime • Evangelion • The Idolmaster • trains • video • voice actors • voice actresses • women-only trains)

Maths professor from Japan’s optical illusions will have you doubting your own eyes【Video】

• Richard Simmonds
  May 10, 2018

Perplexing perspectives: when left is right, and right is right, our brains melt but we’re impressed nonetheless.

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• Japan
• (awesome • crazy • Kokichi Sugihara • optical illusions • science • video • weird)

Lusty Japanese dog shows it knows exactly what anime “huggy” pillows are really for【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 8, 2018

And other otaku have a theory about where he learned it.

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• Japan
• (animals • anime • dogs • funny • gross • huggy pillows • pets • The Idolmaster • video • video games • weird)

New Makoto Shinkai short anime is a gorgeous music video partially set in Singapore【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 8, 2018

The director of anime Your Name gives us a glimmering glimpse of the beauty of the Asian nation, and also civil engineering.

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• Japan
• (anime • CoMix Wave Films • J-Pop • Makoto Shinkai • music • Sukima Switch • video • your name.)

Action figure stop-motion clip pits Goku against Vegeta in fight of Saiyan proportions【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  May 7, 2018

Forget the times when extended battles in the anime took up 10 episodes. This is where the fun’s at.

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• Japan
• (action figures • Dragon Ball • Goku • stop motion • Vegeta • video • YouTube)

Crow surprises Japanese commuters by attempting to buy train ticket from a machine【Video】

• Oona McGee
  May 5, 2018

The clever bird even steals a customer’s credit card to pay for the train fare.

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• Japan
• (animals • birds • crazy • crows • funny • Japanese train stations • trains • transport • twitter • video • weird)

Dragon Ball’s Frieza discovered conducting train in Japan’s Tokushima Prefecture

• Master Blaster
  May 5, 2018

Maybe someone told him to “go train,” and he misunderstood.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • Dragon Ball • Frieza • Ryusei Nakao • Tokushima • train conductor • trains • video • voice actors)

Man in leotard being walked like a dog reminds Twitter that “There are some weird dudes in Tokyo”

• Casey Baseel
  May 5, 2018

Video shows a man out for a very atypical afternoon walk.

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• Japan
• (crazy • funny • Leotard • shinjuku • Tokyo • video • weird)

Hilarious GIF shows what could have happened to Moon Jae-in when he stepped into North Korea

• Dale Roll
  May 4, 2018

Frankly, we’re kind of surprised it didn’t happen.

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• Korea, North Korea
• (funny • GIF • Kim Jong-un • North Korea • peace • politics • South Korea • video)

Universal Studios Japan roller coaster stops, leaves passengers dangling 98 feet above ground

• Casey Baseel
  May 2, 2018

Video shows prone passengers awaiting help in hours-long rescue operation.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • roller coasters • scary • thrill rides • Universal Studios Japan • video)

Japanese convict, nicknamed Lupin, busts out of island jail, swims to mainland, still gets caught

• Casey Baseel
  May 2, 2018

Three week manhunt comes to an end on quiet residential street in Hiroshima.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crime • lupin III • video • weird)

Okayama buses strike by continuing to run and refusing to take anyone’s money

• Master Blaster
  May 1, 2018

If this tactic fails, drivers may even consider letting people cross the white line while the bus is in motion.

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• Japan
• (bus • business • fare strike • Megurin • Okayama • public transportation • Ryobi • strike • video)

Expertly-piloted micro drone records breathtaking HD video of Japanese high school girls【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  May 1, 2018

Watch this tiny camera effortlessly zip around school like an inquisitive bee.

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• Japan
• (drone • high school • high school girls • video • YouTube)

85-year-old Japanese granny wows internet with amazing piano performance【Video】

• Dale Roll
  Apr 28, 2018

She has trouble standing and taking a bow after her performance, but her hands glide like the wind across the keys.

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• Japan
• (awesome • elderly • music • piano • piano performance • seniors • video)

Japan now has a transforming giant robot/car that two full-sized adults can ride in【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 27, 2018

Anime becomes reality with help from the creator of the original Gundam, and it even has a strange, hard-to-pronounce anime mecha-style name!

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cars • cool • crazy • Gundam • J-deite RIDE • robots • technology • video)

Japan’s steamy ‘10,000 Kisses’ ad has viewers blushing from cuteness, intense embarrassment【Vid】

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 27, 2018

Marriage agency Zexy thrills Japanese viewers with a makeout montage both moving and mortifying.

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• Japan
• (cute • funny • Kiss • marriage • romance • society • video • Zexy)

Will wearing 10 McDonald’s Japan coupon T-shirts at once let you earn money for eating Big Macs?

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 27, 2018

In our latest attempt to get rich and eat fast food, we test the limits of the Uniqlo/McDonald’s discount campaign.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • fashion • fast food • food • funny • McDonald's • P.K. Sanjun • SNOJ • t-shirts • Uniqlo • video)

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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