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KFC Philippines searches for new Colonel Sanders

• Master Blaster
  May 27, 2017
• Tweet

It worked for Journey, why not Kentucky Fried Chicken?

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• SE Asia
• (Colonel Sanders • KFC • Leo Martinez • Pen Medina • Philippines • Ronaldo Valdez • video)

Pokémon Magikarp Jump Game Launches for iOS, Android Devices

• Anime News Network
  May 27, 2017

Free-to-play with in-app purchases in multiple languages

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• Japan
• (Anime News Network • ANN • Magikarp • Pokemon • smartphone app • video • video games)

Amazing Twitter artist makes moving manga that’s neither anime nor like anything seen before【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  May 26, 2017

Innovative awesomeness utilizes one simple trick.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • awesome • cool • Dragon Ball • illustration • manga • video)

Netflix releases first preview of Castlevania animated series, based on hit video games【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 25, 2017

Premiere date for Season 1 also announced.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Castlevania • Netflix • video • video games)

Persona 5 video game character’s shoes cause controversy in Korea【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 25, 2017

Persona 5’s opening animation has style to spare, but gamers in Korea took issue with one character’s fashion sense.

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• Japan, Korea
• (controversy • Persona • persona 5 • video • video games)

Miranda Kerr pulls crazy poses in parody of song by Japanese gravure model【Video】

• Oona McGee
  May 24, 2017

The former Victoria’s Secret model hams it up for the camera in this weird and wonderful Japanese song about kissing.

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• Japan
• (ads • beautiful women • celebrities • cute • Fumie Hosokawa • funny • gravure idol • gurabia • Miranda Kerr • models • Suntory • video)

Suspected jewelry thief captured in Japan in comically slow-speed foot pursuit by police【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 24, 2017

Suspect unable to outrun the law or the limits of his cardiovascular system.

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• Japan
• (crime • funny • police • Sapporo • thief • video)

New Zelda speaker sensors make every trip to the bathroom a Hyrulian adventure【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 24, 2017

Nintendo fans set up the gadgets to play Zelda’s iconic “secret” and “treasure” music, and the results are awesome.

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• Japan
• (awesome • bathrooms • cool • gadgets • interior • music • nintendo • the legend of Zelda • video • video games)

Higashi Ikebukuro 52: new Japanese idol unit made up of credit card company employees 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  May 22, 2017

These girls pull off cute dance moves and pose like professional idols in their debut video.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • credit cards • Idols • J-Pop • music • Tokyo • video)

“Shogun sound” toilet hack covers the sound of your pooping with samurai battle cries【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 19, 2017

Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the poops of your butt.

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• Japan
• (cool • funny • history • Japanese toilets • samurai • Toilets • video)

What happens when you put a hot crepe on a handsome man’s face?【Video/experiment】

• Casey Baseel
  May 19, 2017

Just how different is life for the beautiful people?

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• Japan
• (Ahiru Neko • crazy • crepes • experiment • P.K. Sanjun • video • weird)

Japanese musician uses female pubic hair to produce unprecedented sound in new song【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 19, 2017

DJ from hip hop unit m-flo creates song dedicated “To the world’s crotch.”

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• Japan
• (beauty • cool • grooming • hair • m-flo • music • video • weird)

New dating simulator lets players romance anime-style girls in North Korea【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 16, 2017

Stay! Stay! Democratic People’s Republic of Korea! might sound like another example of Japanese weirdness, but it’s actually foreign-developed.

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• Internet, North Korea, USA
• (anime • dating simulators • North Korea • romance simulators • video • video games • weird)

Magikarp song’s brand-new English version is full of love for the most pathetic Pokémon【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 15, 2017

And in Pokémon tradition, there’s even a minor change from the original Japanese version.

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• Internet, Japan
• (anime • funny • Koiking • Magikarp • music • Pokemon • video • video games)

Percussionists recreate classic 8-bit video game music with enormous xylophones 【Videos】

• KK Miller
  May 15, 2017

To reproduce these melodies, it takes two players, sometimes three!

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• Internet, Japan
• (Dragon Quest • Final Fantasy • Pokemon • video • video game music • xylophone)

Amina, Japan’s first African-American idol, searches for stardom【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  May 14, 2017

Cute as a button, this girl’s winning fans all over the world.

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• Japan
• (African Americans • Amina du Jean • Aminyan • foreigners in Japan • Idols • inspiring • music • video • YouTube)

Japanese schoolgirls in sailor suit uniforms demonstrate 82 sumo techniques【Video】

• Oona McGee
  May 13, 2017

These girls expertly throw each other around the ring to help promote high school sumo in Japan.

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• Japan
• (high school • Ishikawa Prefecture • Kanazawa • sailor suits • School Uniforms • schoolgirls • sports • Sumo • uniforms • video)

Proof that everything looks awesome anime-opening style, even a video of bananas【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 13, 2017

Awesome music video is an anime-style testament to the power of dreams, friendship, and probably potassium.

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• Japan
• (anime • bananas • cool • crazy • funny • video • weird)

Piko Taro appears in new music video for “I Luv It” by South Korean superstar Psy【Video】

• Oona McGee
  May 11, 2017

The viral hit makers from Japan and South Korea get together to show us their awesome new dance moves.

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• Japan, Korea
• (dancing • I Luv It • K-pop • music • music videos • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • ppap • Psy • video)

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  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  3. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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