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Watch these four super-genki huskies welcome their owner home【Video】

Jamie Koide
Mar 2, 2016
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It’s little wonder net users in Japan are so taken with these happy pups—they just love their owner so much!

Internet, Japan
(animals • cute • dogs • huskies • pets • video • YouTube)

Happy Caturday! Here are some kitties playing in ball pits【Video】

Jamie Koide
Feb 27, 2016

These cute, playful kitties have won the Japanese internet over, and are sure to melt your heart, too.

Internet, Japan
(10 Cats • animals • cats • video • YouTube)

More cute kitties balancing Japanese snacks on their heads【Videos】

Jamie Koide
Feb 25, 2016

Shiro and friends are back, this time modeling headwear out of empty containers of Calbee’s Jagarico.

Japan
(animals • cats • cute • Jagarico • kagoneko • video • YouTube)

Conan O’Brien turns into a goldfish for a surprise Korean drama cameo

Jamie Koide
Feb 20, 2016

Conan o-“fish”-ally cements his fame in South Korea by making an appearance in the drama One More Happy Ending as a talking goldfish.

Korea
(celebrities • Conan O'Brien • K-dramas • South Korea • YouTube)

Nissan reminds us to check for sleeping cats before starting cars with adorable montage【Video】

Preston Phro
Feb 17, 2016

Cats love to hide in warm spots in the winter, so be sure to check your car before hitting the ignition on cold days!

Cats, Cute, Internet, Japan
(animal welfare • cats • cute • nissan • video • winter • YouTube)

Watch an artist sketch Shabani, Japan’s handsome gorilla, and fall in love all over again【Video】

Preston Phro
Feb 13, 2016

This sketch is amazing…almost as amazing as Shabani’s gorgeous, steely eyes!

Internet, Japan
(art • gorilla • handsome gorilla • Shabani • sketch • video • YouTube)

Video game legend Hideo Kojima’s new YouTube channel launches 【Updated】

Casey Baseel
Feb 11, 2016

Metal Gear director’s first video will reveal his picks for the top 10 movies of 2015.

Internet
(Hideo Kojima • Konami • Metal Gear • movies • video games • YouTube)

Get a behind-the-scenes look at how Pocky is made in this short clip of the Glico factory 【Video】

Krista Rogers
Feb 8, 2016

Take an inside peek into the production process of Pocky, the beloved Japanese snack which has found its way into supermarkets around the world.

Japan
(Glico • manufacture • Osaka • Pocky • snacks • video • YouTube)

This is easily the most entertaining Japanese history video we’ve ever seen【Video】

Preston Phro
Feb 3, 2016

This video might not help you ace a final, but it will definitely help you get motivated to study Japanese history.

Internet
(funny • history • Japanese history • video • YouTube)

We didn’t see that coming: Lupin III’s catchy theme song played on a telephone

Krista Rogers
Feb 2, 2016

Ever wondered what the classic Lupin III theme song would sound like played on a telephone? Neither have we, but the result is still spectacular!

Japan
(buttons • lupin III • music • phone • YouTube)

Think you can match the training regimen of a champion sumo wrestler? 【Video】

Krista Rogers
Feb 1, 2016

Eating a ginormous lunch and taking afternoon naps? Pff, no sweat! Doing 100 reps of a brutal weight training regimen? No thanks…

Japan
(Kotoshogiku • ozeki • Sumo • training • video • weights • yokozuna • YouTube)

“Korean girls try to open their eyes” in hilarious, disturbing beauty video【Video】

Meg Murphy
Jan 30, 2016

“Ah… I can see a bigger world…” Weird tools and makeup techniques make for hilarious results.

Korea
(Asian beauty • Asian fashion • double eyelids • funny • videos • YouTube)

Japan enchanted with kitties using head cones both to their advantage and to advance fashion

Krista Rogers
Jan 17, 2016

Because you might as well make the most of it if you’re stuck in the Cone of Shame, right?

Internet, Japan
(cats • cone of shame • Elizabethan collar • twitter • video • YouTube)

Hide stubborn iPhone apps with this handy trick

Jamie Koide
Jan 11, 2016

Tired of Apple’s standard apps clogging up your iPhone or iPad screen? This simple workaround can help!

Internet
(Apple • apps • iPhone • tricks • YouTube)

This cat is not impressed with its friend’s smelly butt 【Video】

Preston Phro
Jan 9, 2016

Cats have no problem sniffing each other’s butts…but this one found an entirely unpleasant surprise!

Internet, Japan
(cats • funny • video • YouTube)

New Miyazaki Pref. tourism ad gets laughs with the incomprehensible dialect of an ancient god

Preston Phro
Jan 5, 2016

Looking for a great travel destination for the new year? Well, this one will at least ensure you never understand what anyone’s saying!

Internet, Japan
(dialect • funny • Miyazaki • video • YouTube)

Japanese McDonald’s phone prank raises hackles online

Jamie Koide
Dec 29, 2015

Net users take to YouTube video’s comments section to express their anger and disappointment over prankster’s crank call video to McDonald’s restaurant in Japan.

Internet, Japan
(McDonald's • pranks • telephone • video • YouTube)

Cool music video offers an exciting new take on cosplay photography【Video】

Jamie Koide
Dec 29, 2015

Filmmakers have created an action-packed video collage of some of the best costumes at a recent comic show in Taiwan.

Taiwan
(Comics • conventions • cosplay • doujinshi • video • YouTube)

Watch a century of Chinese beauty trends in less than a minute【Video】

Meg Murphy
Dec 19, 2015

In a continuation of Cut Video’s “100 Years of Beauty” series, the beautiful Leah Li displays the evolution of Chinese fashion through the decades.

China
(100 years of beauty • Cut video • Fashion trends • YouTube)

What happens when you give a parakeet a store-bought quail egg? A quail baby, if you’re lucky!

Meg Murphy
Dec 17, 2015

A Japanese YouTuber randomly selected a quail egg from a pack bought at the supermarket and gave it to her parakeet, not expecting it to hatch into the cutest little baby quail ever!