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Amazing-looking library in Tianjin has us wanting to visit even if we can’t read anything【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 5, 2017
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New home for books looks like something out of an awesome science fiction movie.

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• China
• (architecture • beautiful • books • cool • libraries • video)

So long, Satomobile! We repaint our car with magic markers for Japan’s cheapest paint job【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 5, 2017

A year of driving the Mr. Sato itasha turned out to be far too long for its owner, so we bid it goodbye in the cheapest way we could.

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• Japan
• (cars • DIY • funny • Go Hattori • itasha • Mr. Sato • video)

One passenger pusher isn’t enough for Tokyo area train that needs three-man team【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 4, 2017

Even for Japan, this is a crazy rush hour scene.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crowded • funny • oshiya • rush hour • Tokyo • train pushers • trains • video)

AKB48 and South Korean idol groups perform hits at music awards, turns out to be a disaster

• Koh Ruide
  Dec 4, 2017

Scathing comments from Japanese and Korean netizens spark heated debate between the two pop cultures.

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• Japan
• (idol groups • music awards • performance • South Korea • video • YouTube)

Beautiful YouTuber shows Japanese and Korean makeup trend differences in half-faced comparison

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 28, 2017

In colors and application techniques, the two countries go their separate ways when it comes to cosmetics.

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• Japan, Korea
• (beautiful women • cosmetics • fashion • makeup • video)

New smartphone Tamagotchi promises to take a dump on your living room floor in preview video

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 28, 2017

Critics may call the brand nothing but nostalgia-tinged crap, but Tamagotchis are moving into a whole new high-tech field of poo.

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• Europe, Internet, Japan
• (augmented reality • Bandai Namco • crazy • funny • gross • My Tamagotchi Forever • poo • Tamagotchi • video • video games • virtual pets • weird)

Man in Osaka lures housecat into street with food before shooting at it with BB gun【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 27, 2017

Owner asks for Internet’s help in tracking down man behind drive-by attack.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • crime • pets • sad • video)

Easter egg tribute to late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata found in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Moon

• Scott Wilson
  Nov 25, 2017

He still lives on in the games he loved so much.

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• Internet
• (nintendo • Pokemon • Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon • Satoru Iwata • video)

Pokémon anime proves Ash and Pikachu are two of the buffest beings in the world【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 24, 2017

Pudgy Pokémon Trainer and his cuddly pal casually pull off mind-blowing feats of strength in new Pokémon Sun and Moon episode.

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• Japan
• (anime • ash • crazy • funny • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sun and Moon • Satoshi • video • video games)

Japanese city councilwoman stirs controversy by bringing baby with her to assembly hall【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 24, 2017

American-educated councilwoman says she want to be “a spokesperson for other people of my generation who are in similar situations.”

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• Japan
• (city council • controversy • government • Kumamoto • mothers • Parenting • politics • society • video • working mothers)

Hamster anime song has Taiwanese club-goers throwing shapes in the church of dance 【Video】

• Richard Simmonds
  Nov 24, 2017

Surreal scene as dancers in Taipei club go wild for remix of Japanese Hamtaro anime theme song.

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (AkibaTokyo • anime • anime songs • clubs • funny • Hamutaro • music • nightclubs • otaku • video)

Elementary schoolgirl’s Frozen “Let It Go” lip-synch performance is like nothing you’ve ever seen

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2017

This girl and her friends put on an unforgettable performance that’s making people smile around the world.

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• Internet
• (children • cool • cute • Disney • Elsa • frozen • kids • Let It Go • lip-sync • music • schoolgirls • songs • video)

Stars of Japan’s longest-running anime get gorgeous modern makeover in new video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 22, 2017

Cup Noodle’s continuing reimagining of classic anime has fans hungry for more.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful • Bump of Chicken • cool • Cup Noodle • Hungry Days • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Sazae-san • video)

Twitter user’s ridiculous tissue launching invention will revolutionise getting a cold【Video】

• Richard Simmonds
  Nov 22, 2017

Japanese Twitter user’s crazily extreme device is perfect for when you need multiple tissues, stat.

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• Japan
• (crazy • funny • inventions • technology • tissues • video • weird)

How to make your own KFC bath without Japan’s official Kentucky Fried Chicken bath salts【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 21, 2017

Eleven herbs and spices plus one bathtub makes for an unforgettable beauty ritual.

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• Japan
• (bath salts • baths • beauty • crazy • funny • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • video • Village Vanguard • weird)

World’s first artificial shooting stars gearing up for debut over Hiroshima

• Master Blaster
  Nov 18, 2017

When you wish upon a star, make a reservation from where you are. ♪

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympics • Hiroshima • meteor shower • satellites • Setouchi • shooting star • technology • video)

Pikachu speaks English in newest Pokémon anime movie, freaks out audiences【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 15, 2017

Fans in Japan have very different reaction to famous Pokémon’s first intelligible dialogue.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • funny • movies • moving • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon: I Choose You • touching • video • video game • weird)

Fullmetal Alchemist prequel manga’s cover, plot details revealed in runup to live-action film

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 11, 2017

Original creator of anime/manga hit hopes to please veteran fans and franchise newcomers alike.

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• Japan
• (anime • Fullmetal Alchemist.movies • Hiromu Arakawa • Live action • manga • video)

Bold as brass: Trombonists take over last-train, earn Twitter fans and critics【Video】

• Richard Simmonds
  Nov 10, 2017

Video of band performing on a train goes viral, prompts debate on public performances.

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• Japan
• (funny • music • trains • trombone • video • weird)

Japanese porn star directs commercial in which Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un are best friends【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 8, 2017

A message of peace from the star of Enforced Semen Management Straddling Queen.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • crazy • Donald Trump • funny • Kim Jong-un • Mana Sakura • technology • video • weird)

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