Hyogo boy singing “I hate baldies” assaulted by 55-year-old man with...
Luckily, there was no Spanish announcer’s table nearby. At about 4:50 p.m. on 23 September, a hellacious slobberknocker broke out at the entrance to an underground passage in Amagasaki City, Hyogo...
View ArticleBomb threats for Bitcoin bewilder local governments in Japan who couldn’t pay...
Because elementary schools are famous for dabbling in the crypto exchanges. From July, numerous local government offices in at least 18 prefectures have been under siege by an online extortionist. In...
View ArticlePolice officer caught downloading dirty videos from suspect’s phone
Suspect charges the police with theft for a change. Perhaps it could be said that what makes a really good cop is the ability to rise above common human urges and uphold the integrity of the uniform....
View ArticleK-Pop star and Japanese actress elected best people to wear jeans in 2020
Smells like Jeans Spirit. It’s the dawn of autumn in Japan and with it comes the bright red foliage, chestnuts, and results of the annual jeans election that we’ve come to expect from the season. Yes,...
View Article567 cartons of cigarettes bought with 120 smartphones at once leads to arrest...
He could have stopped at 500, but he just got greedy. On 30 September, a 24-year-old man walked into a convenience store in Fuanbashi City, Chiba Prefecture, with a cardboard box full of 120...
View ArticleTokyo Government considers fining people who knowingly go out when infected...
Good news for people who say, “there ought to be a law.” With Tokyo’s number of coronavirus cases stubbornly high compared with the rest of the country and fears lingering over a potential third wave,...
View ArticleFace-mask-themed park “Tokyo Mask Land” coming to Yokohama
Guests are presumably required to wear masks. The cultural shift to adopting face masks has probably not gone more smoothly in any country than Japan, which has long enjoyed casual face-covering in...
View ArticleLeading Japanese voice actors help develop new line of throat lozenges
Who better to trust with proper throat care? Cold and flu season is coming fast among us in many parts of the world, and this year it is even more fraught with hazards than ever before. Even a slight...
View ArticleOn sale now: Japanese sake giant creates gin from 80,000 recycled Budweisers
Because a beer is a terrible thing to waste. With the unexpected and unprecedented drop in social activity for most of 2020, not only restaurants but their suppliers have also been hit hard...
View ArticleSaying “Pocky” found to make better smiles than other smile words like...
This 11 November, you can take your “cheese” and shove it. As the leaves turn crimson red and the crisp scent of chilled air begins to emerge, it means only one thing in Japan. That’s right, another...
View ArticleMr. Sato visits Gacha Gacha no Mori: The capsule toy store for adult women
And learns a little about the joys of womanhood. As we have seen plenty of times, Japan’s vast array of capsule machine toys truly do have something for everyone, from aspiring paramedics to aspiring...
View ArticleFamily cheated out of 54 million yen by man impersonating Japanese rock star...
Suspect also convinced his own mother he was the Dir En Grey frontman for 10 years. In the annals of Japanese music Dir En Grey is often identified as just another visual kei band, but really they’re...
View ArticlePopulation aging in Japan gets a corona-boost as pregnancies drop by 11...
COVID-19 takes its toll on Japan in a different way. Whether it was because of a natural embrace of mask wearing, the protection of a magical monster, or just dumb luck, Japan has been keeping deaths...
View ArticleNagoya man arrested for stealing piano covers from schools for reasons...
Suspect will hopefully also be charged with mental anguish for not telling us why. What drives a man to steal? Is it hunger, greed, lust, wrath, and envy? Yes, of course it’s all of those things. Okay,...
View ArticleGovernment plan has everyone talking about a 17-day-long New Year holiday
Suga administration hopes everyone doesn’t party quite like it’s 1999 this year. It’s been a pretty hard year to say the least, so it sure would be nice to kick-off the next one on a good note. Judging...
View ArticleKobe hospital gets anonymous 5 million yen cash donation, gives it back, gets...
Random acts of kindness can sometimes be tricky to pull off. It probably can’t be repeated enough how much credit is due to hospital staff for constantly facing coronavirus infections head-on while...
View ArticleLet’s practice some non-toxic masculinity with Japanese pro-wrestler...
It doesn’t get more manly than having a guy’s oiled chest on your mouth. Face masks in Japan have undoubtedly evolved into a full-on fashion accessory, with the advent of multiple styles catering to...
View ArticleDemon Slayer Tamagotchi on sale now, preorders for 9 more types on the way
Raise your own Pillar of the secret society of demon slayers. When it comes to anime in the Reiwa Era, nothing has come close to the commercial success of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Its movie...
View ArticleNagoya University develops rice plant that grows pure sugar
Would a rice by any other genome taste as sweet? It’s probably fitting that only a few days before Halloween researchers at Nagoya University announced a revolutionary discovery in the field of sugar....
View ArticleGodzilla vs. Dry Indoor Air
Let them fight. In perhaps the biggest pivot from heel to face in cinematic history, the mass-destruction causing radioactive monster Godzilla went from humanity’s greatest threat to greatest hope as...
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