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Life doesn’t have a reset button, and neither does a PlayStation 3 controller...
This fire safety poster was tweeted recently and scored a whopping 21,000 retweets in only a couple of days. It’s an impressive feat for a public service announcement by the Nakagyo Ward Fire...
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Advertising 101: Choose your words carefully, even when selling fish food
Making a succinct sign can be tricky. You want to be economical with your words, but that can lead to the trap of be too vague. A good rule of thumb would be to assume you – the sign maker – is of...
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China’s People’s Liberation Army recruitment video promises aerial dog...
Making a recruitment ad for military service is probably one of the hardest sells around. It’s easy to make someone want to buy a cookie. In fact, I want to buy a cookie just after typing that...
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Cinemas in China let audience post comments onto the screen during the movies
With home entertainments systems always evolving, there seems to be less incentive to head on out to the local movie theatre for a $10 cola and four-year-old running up and down the aisle during an...
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Visiting the South Pole and 14 other lesser known crimes in Japan
Every country or district has their share of obscure crimes tucked deep in dusty long-forgotten law books. Archaic prohibitions on tying your horse to a dog or refusing to salute your teachers can be...
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Ten-year-old boy cuts construction worker’s lifeline because noise was...
While some of us are still trying to get into the entertaining world of animation, others see it as deadly serious business. Just ask one young lad in Guiyang City who was so perturbed by the noise of...
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Pay Japan’s apology agencies to say “I’m sorry” when it’s just too hard to do...
It’s a problem we all have to deal with at various points in our lives. We like to think we’re perfect and have it all figured out, but in reality no one is above making mistakes in their personal or...
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High School Nanshiki Baseball championship sets record for longest game: 50...
Nanshiki baseball is a variation of the sport unique to Japan where the game is played with a rubber ball rather than the typical hardball or softball. Although it’s not nearly as popular as the other...
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“No ball games” &“No practicing comedy routines”: City Parks in Japan let you...
If you’re like me and enjoy riding a bike while smoking a cigar, kicking a soccer ball around, with a group of friends and your dog while also shooting off a bottle rocket or two when going to the...
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Ehime Prefecture’s new women’s prison decorated powder pink “to relieve...
In Japan, there are currently 3,440 female inmates confined to seven correctional facilities which all together are built to hold 3,342 women. These statistics come from a spokesperson for the newly...
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Shokkiri: The obscure art of sumo comedy
Sumo is often thought of as a frighteningly strict sport in which every aspect of a wrestler’s life, from the clothing they wear in public to etiquette in the ring, must adhere to a traditional set of...
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Elementary school drop-out may change the humble screw forever
NejiLaw is a burgeoning company of about 10 people set up in Tokyo which is offering what the media is calling “the first revolution in the screw in 2,000 years!” At the helm of this company is...
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“Are… they OK?” Japan National Soccer Team practice video goes viral for...
With Japan’s early defeat in the last FIFA World Cup finals, fans were eagerly awaiting a rebuilt and re-energized team under the guidance of new coach Javier Aguirre. This new national team is set to...
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McDonald’s Japan is bringing Mushroom Risotto Balls this autumn and people...
If we’ve learnt one thing from the vast number of articles on this site, Japanese fast food chains like McDonald’s come up with some really good ideas to keep people coming to their restaurants....
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My Melody dental clinic opens in Saitama: Sanrio faces its greatest licensing...
Sanrio and its vast array of cute characters such as Hello Kitty and My Melody have been seen on nearly every product imaginable – from contact lenses to passenger aircraft, they have made things just...
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Tenga for trash: Adults-only event offering masturbatory aids in return for...
As we’ve seen before, many beaches across Japan are in dire need of a clean-up. It’s a major problem that requires a lot of time and effort to remedy. Of course it’s at times like these that we...
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Man gets rude awakening as 40kg lump of iron blasts through wall, lands just...
One of the great things about living in this modern society, apart from all the creature comforts like smartphones and underpants for said smartphone, is that we no longer have to live in fear of...
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New toy from Takara Tomy transforms eggs into custard pudding in just a few...
Although Japan’s purin (crème caramel/flan) differs somewhat from other countries’, everyone has those days where you just want to down a cup or two of the stuff due to some inexplicable craving....
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Construction warning sign only gets stranger the more you stare at it
The signboard above was posted on Twitter recently and piqued the interest of thousands with its unusual presentations. Japan has a history of construction warning signs that might seem odd in other...
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Video showing convenience store workers being forced to kowtow to thugs leads...
In Japan, particularly online, you may come across the term DQN (dokyun). It’s a label reserved for those at the lowest order of intelligence and social graces and those who rank in the highest...
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