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Japanese Company Apologizes on TV After Elderly Worker Leaves Desk For 3 Minutes to Buy Food
Officials of a water company in Japan recently made a public apology over an elderly employee’s lunch break. Company executives of the Kobe City Waterworks Bureau appeared on television to castigate their 64-year-old male staff member for occasionally leaving his desk for three…
· Bryan Ke
Japanese Granny Gives Lucky Kimono to Colombian Fan After Japan Wins World Cup Match
Japanese netizens were touched by photos of a grandmother giving her lucky kimono to a Colombian soccer fan after the historic victory of Japan in the World Cup on Tuesday. Kumiko Sano, a 71-year-old grandma from Ehime Prefecture, Japan, was leaving Mordovia Arena in Saransk,…
· Bryan Ke
Rabbit Celebrates Japan’s World Cup Victory By Humping Charmander
Japan’s Samurai Blue won their match against Colombia on Tuesday in the World Cup, and a lot of people are celebrating. Some do it by cleaning the stadium in Russia while others throw one heck of a party on the street of Tokyo; even animals try to get in on the fun of this…
· Carl Samson
China Forces Japan’s Airlines to Change ‘Taiwan’ to ‘China Taiwan’ on Websites
Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s leading airlines, changed “Taiwan” to “China Taiwan” on their Chinese-language websites. The change, effective on June 12, supposedly makes the description “easy to understand and acceptable” for customers of both…
· Ryan General
Epic Street Party Erupts in Tokyo After Japan’s Historic World Cup Win
A famous intersection in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward recently became the site of a massive celebration after Japan defeated Colombia in their World Cup opener on Tuesday. バレないように渋谷通ったんやそうしたら半端ないことになってたで pic.twitter.com/Ym7qnod7zb
· Carl Samson
Japanese World Cup Fans Clean Up The Stadium After Winning Against Colombia
Japanese fans are making headlines for staying behind to clean up a Russian stadium after their team’s win against Colombia (2-1) at the World Cup on Tuesday night. As seen in videos, supporters of the “Samurai Blue” carried waste bags and roamed around the stadium to pick up…
· Bryan Ke
Foreign Exchange Student in Japan Sucker Punches Referee at High School Basketball Game
A referee in a Japanese high school basketball game forgave the exchange student who punched him in the face that required 10 stitches in what is always considered a showcase of poor sportsmanship. The attack happened during a semifinal basketball match between Miyazaki…
· Ryan General
American Rapper’s ‘Unusual’ Way of Eating Watermelon Puzzles Everyone But Japanese People
An American rapper is making waves in Japan, not for his music, but for the “unusual” way he eats watermelon that he showed in a recent video. Atlanta-based hip-hop artist Dominique Jones, aka “Lil Baby,” was shown sprinkling a can of salt on a pack of diced watermelon in a…
· Carl Samson
New Museum in Japan Might Be the Coolest Place to Go to on LSD
A digital art museum opening in Tokyo, Japan is making the news as a breathtaking journey to the wonderland of the future. TeamLab will open the permanent museum, “MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: teamLab Borderless,” on June 21 after a series of exhibitions all over the world.
· Carl Samson
Japanese Iaido Master Cuts a 200 Mile-Per-Hour BB Pellet With a Katana
If there’s a triad of skills humanity can take in the name of survival, it has to be the precise combination of accuracy, concentration and speed. At least, that’s what Japanese Iaido master Isao Machii has been showing us through the years.
· Bryan Ke
Japanese Company Releases Adorable Disney-Inspired Summer Kimonos
Poneycomb Tokyo, a Japanese fashion brand, just released a new line of lightweight summer kimono – commonly known and referred to as Yukata – that features some of the popular Disney characters. This new line of clothing, which is marketed for women, will come in six different…
· Carl Samson
Korean Fans Slam Popular K-Pop Group for Speaking Japanese on Livestream
The three Japanese members of K-pop girl group TWICE have come under fire after speaking their native language during a live broadcast in a mobile app. On June 11, Mina, Sana, and Momo sat for a V LIVE stream that kicked off with all of them speaking in Korean.
· Carl Samson
Japan Lowers Age of Adulthood From 20 to 18
Japan passed several amendments to its civil code on Wednesday, such as lowering the age of legal adulthood from 20 to 18, raising the age of women’s marriage eligibility from 16 to 18, and allowing gender reassignment procedures without parental consent at 18. The move to bring…
· Carl Samson
Japanese All-Girl Esports Team Discovers One of Their Members Is a MAN
An all-girls esports team in Japan apologized to fans after learning that one of their members is actually a man. The team, Whip, originally played “Call of Duty” before branching out to other titles, including “Fornite,” “Overwatch” and “Final Fantasy.”
· Editorial Staff
Viral Gadget Can Instantly Translate English to Japanese/Chinese Without Wi-Fi
While traveling to foreign countries is an awesome experience, it can be tough to get around — especially when you can’t communicate with the locals. Enter the Ili translator, the device went viral last year across social media with travelers begging to get their hands on it.
· Bryan Ke
Ladybeard and Japanese Idol Reika Saiki Team Up for Chun-Li Cosplay
Ladybeard and Japanese muscle idol Reika Saiki have recently teamed up to cosplay Chun-Li, the female martial artist and Interpol officer from the hit fighting game “Street Fighter.” Ladybeard, an Australian stunt actor whose real name is Richard Magarey, is a professional…
· Ryan General
Japanese Twitter Swears By This Effective Mosquito-Stopping Tool
As humidity rises in many Asian countries, the abundance of mosquitoes become increasingly problematic. In Japan, where the disease-carrying insects arrive at the start of the summer, a Twitter user has offered a solution to this problem using a common cleaning tool, SoraNews24…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Restaurant Kicks Chinese Tourists Because of Their ‘Disgusting Manners’
A pair of Chinese tourists got out of paying their bill at a restaurant in Osaka, Japan after getting kicked out because of their “disgusting manners.” The incident, which took place earlier this month, was caught in a video that has since gone viral on Chinese social media.
· Bryan Ke
Golf Courses in Japan Will Soon Have AI Drone Umbrellas Floating Over People
A Japanese company will soon release a hands-free umbrella powered by drone technology and controlled by Artificial Intelligence by 2019. This new piece of amazing tech, called Free Parasol, is being developed by Japanese company Asashi Power Services, according to SoraNews24.
· Ryan General
American Student Hooks Up With ’50 Guys’ in Japan, Here’s Her Verdict
An Afro-Latina YouTuber is slowly building her online fanbase for her videos in which she describes her various escapades in Japan. The 19-year-old vlogger, who goes by her handle “Morena,” sparked some controversy after she described her life living as a “hoe” in Japan in some…
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Tokyo Disney
Tokyo Disney connects to Oriental Land, the company that runs the resort and the spending around it.
Company · Japan · TYO:7832
Bandai Namco Holdings
Bandai Namco sits behind toys, anime IP, games, and licensing that turn fandom into everyday consumer products.
Company · Japan · TYO:9697
Capcom
Capcom is a good read on how long-running game worlds keep producing sales, streams, and fandom years after launch.
Company · Japan · TYO:4751
CyberAgent
CyberAgent runs ABEMA streaming and Cygames' hits like Uma Musume and Granblue Fantasy — a media-and-games force in Japanese pop culture.
Company · Japan · TYO:9983
Fast Retailing
Fast Retailing matters because Uniqlo is an everyday consumer habit, not just a stock story.
Company · Japan · TYO:9468
Kadokawa
Kadokawa ties publishing, anime adaptation, games, and fandom discovery into one listed media company.
Company · Japan · TYO:2801
Kikkoman
Kikkoman is how Japanese flavor went global — the soy sauce that became a default condiment on Western tables and made 'umami' a kitchen word.
Company · Japan · TYO:9766
Konami Group
Konami sits on a vault of iconic IP — Yu-Gi-Oh cards, Metal Gear, Silent Hill — plus a huge trading-card and mobile business.
Company · Japan · TYO:7974
Nintendo
Nintendo turns beloved game worlds into hardware, software, parks, merch, and repeat family spending.