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Cool food data transmission project scans real food and “prints” them onto your plate【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  Mar 19, 2018
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Ambitious project aims to teleport delicious sushi right in front of you.

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• Japan
• (3-D Printing • data transmission • food • sushi • video • YouTube)

Dance group World Order rocks the world with “Let’s start WW3” music video【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  Mar 19, 2018

Taking inspiration from President Donald Trump’s speeches, these salarymen travel to Seattle to start a dancing revolution.

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• Japan
• (dance • funny • video • World Order • YouTube)

These stunningly beautiful seasonal pink flowers from Japan are NOT cherry blossoms【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 17, 2018

Gorgeous photographs and video prove the sakura aren’t the only stars of Japanese flora.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • flowers • gardens • Mie • nature • parks • photgrpahy • video)

Father of the bride gets laughs telling everyone his hard rock background, then begins to sing…

• Master Blaster
  Mar 16, 2018

Every hard rocker needs at least one tender ballad in their repertoire.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Deep Purple • Miyuki Nakashima • music • parents • video • weddings)

Japan unknowingly wastes over four metric tons of vegetables a year in its instant noodles【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 16, 2018

Before you dig into your instant noodles, remember this important step that comes from caring for cats.

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• Japan
• (cats • Cup Noodle • cute • ecology • food • instant noodles • instat noodles • Nissin • video)

Amazing hologram-style Pokédex is waiting for fans to try at Tokyo’s new Pokémon megastore【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 15, 2018

Japan’s newest mecca for real-world Pokémon Trainers gives the Pokédex a jaw-dropping UI overhaul.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • Pokémon Center Nihonbashi • Tokyo • video • video games)

Oregon as a Studio Ghibli film – Gorgeous tourism video shows the state as a Miyazaki wonderland

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 14, 2018

Inspired by the works of Japan’s most celebrated anime icons, short animated video captures the magic of the state across the Pacific.

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• USA
• (anime • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • Oregon • Studio Ghibli • travel • video)

Turning Tokyo techno-cool with a quick and awesome smartphone camera trick【Videos, photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2018

Even SoraNews24 headquarters looks amazing when it’s recast as a virtual computer realm.

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• Japan
• (apps • awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • photography • Smartphones • SNOJ • technology • video)

Kitty gets stuck while attempting new in-house Ninja Warrior challenge course【Video】

• SoraNews24
  Mar 12, 2018

Looks like this contestant needs a little more practice on the monkey bars.

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• Internet, Japan
• (cat • funny • Ninja Warrior • predicament • twitter • video)

Hundreds of junior high boys swarm Japanese swimsuit model after first pitch at baseball ceremony

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 12, 2018

Startling video has commenters terrified and outraged, but the star herself has a different response.

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• Japan
• (Ami Inamura • baseball • beautiful women • controversy • crazy • gravure • gurabia • scary • sports • video)

Video highlights remarkable recoveries of towns destroyed by the 3.11 Tsunami seven years later

• Master Blaster
  Mar 12, 2018

Chris Broad’s look at the towns of Onagawa and Kesennuma are an inspiration.

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• Japan
• (2011 Tohoku Earthquake • Chris Broad • K-PORT • Kesennuma • Onagawa • tsunami • video • YouTube)

Rising 14-year-old Japanese table tennis star screams way to victory, ruffles netizens’ feathers

• Koh Ruide
  Mar 12, 2018

It got so bad that the Japan Table Tennis Association essentially told him to shut up during games.

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• Japan
• (shouting • sportsmanship • table tennis • video • YouTube)

Amazing ad from Japan stars 72 actresses each showing one year of a woman’s life in one second

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 10, 2018

Maker of Pocky reminds us that life moves fast, but it’s the slow moments that make it beautiful.

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• Japan
• (ads • awesome • commercial • cool • Glico • moving • Pocky • touching • video)

Contest aims to find the most beautifully muscled member of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 10, 2018

Entrants to show their toned bodies and deliver snappy salutes to the audience.

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• Japan
• (bodubuilding • fitness • Handsome men • Japan Self-Defense Forces • JSDF • muscles • video)

Final Fantasy Universal Studios Japan VR roller coaster shown off in cool rider experience videos

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2018

Airships, crystals, Cid, and even Chocobo popcorn buckets are part of the tie-up between the theme park and video game giants.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • cool • Final Fantasy • roller coasters • Square Enix • theme parks • Universal Cool Japan • Universal Studios Japan • video • video games • virtual reality • VR)

Japan’s angriest old man takes time out of busy day to yell at young driver, gets arrested【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2018

Rural resident doesn’t have time for slow driver, somehow does have time to stop and call him a dumbass.

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• Japan
• (cars • crazy • crime • driving • elderly • seniors • video)

Tour Akita Prefecture from the back of an Akita Inu Dog with Google’s adorable doggie Street View

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2018

The adorable breed of dogs introduces the Internet to its home in Japan’s northern Akita Prefecture.

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• Japan
• (Akita • Akita Inu • animals • cool • cute • dogs • Google • pets • Street View • video)

Japanese “mommy” team gives wake-up calls to adults so they won’t be late for work【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2018

Program aims to help new college graduates get ready for the start of grown-up working life, with voices ranging from anime-style to husky.

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• Japan
• (funny • moms • mothers • Parenting • parents • video • weird • working in Japan)

YouTuber takes horror to the next level by recreating Sadako’s spooky TV screen exit in AR【Video】

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 5, 2018

There are many practical uses for the Apple ARKit, and scaring the living daylights out of your children is most certainly one of them. 

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• Japan
• (app • Apple • Apple ARKit • AR • Horror • iOS • Ringu • Sadako • The Ring • video)

Chinese boy unleashes torrent of pee on elevator control panel, regrets immediately【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  Mar 5, 2018

Elevator retaliates prank with swift karmic justice.

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• China
• (elevator • prank • urine • video • YouTube)

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