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· Carl Samson
Japan Has a Talking ‘Anime’ Mirror That Tells You Everything You Love to Hear
A Japanese company is selling an interactive mirror that engages in communication all centered on a user’s appearance. Novera, developed by the company of the same name, is a “smart mirror” that scans your face for blemishes and emotions, responding accordingly to what it sees.
· Ryan General
Japanese Women React to Foreign Stereotypes That They are ‘Subservient and Docile’
From “eating sushi on a daily basis” to “women falling easily to Western men,” Japanese citizens shared their perspectives on the common stereotypes the outside world has about their culture. In a video produced by Asian-centric YouTube channel Asian Boss, vlogger Hiroko took to…
· Bryan Ke
Japanese Students Create Impressive VR Roller Coaster Ride in Their Classroom
Third-year students in Tokyo’s Minato Ward have come up with an attraction that showcases their ingenuity at this year’s bunkasai (culture festival) held by schools throughout Japan. While most students often go with projects such as cafes or haunted houses, students at Takanawa…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Man Walks for Balenciaga After Being Discovered on the Streets of Tokyo
A Japanese man casually walking around Tokyo earlier this year had no idea that he would be modeling for Balenciaga in Paris several months later. It all started one day in May when the man, who goes by the name Plasma, happened to be in the Koenji neighborhood of the Japanese…
· Ryan General
Japanese Billionaire Going to Space Buys Ultra-Rare $8.75 Million Stradivarius Violin for the World
A Japanese billionaire recently purchased one of the world’s most expensive violins so he can share it with musicians around the world. Known as an avid supporter of the arts, Yusuke Maezawa, CEO of popular fashion retailer Zozotown, has been busy shopping around auction houses…
· Bryan Ke
Japanese Company Unveils Incredible Wireless Charger ‘Powered’ By Anime Magic
A Japanese company called Six Seconds Shop – also known as Rokubyo Shoten – recently showcased an otherworldly gadget that charges your phone wirelessly all while performing summoning rituals to call upon the beasts from the astral plane, or so it appears. /center> The gadget,…
· Bryan Ke
Japanese Martial Artists Use Insane Skills to Take ‘Photoshopped Picture’
A lot of netizens probably thought that the memorable photo that Japanese martial artist and Twitter user (@1upcontinue) Shinya Nomura took was photoshopped – it turns out, it wasn’t. さらば友よ。 来年本土に渡った際にはまた共に暴れよう。 pic.twitter.com/e6OUkEuK1p
· Ryan General
Videos Show Japan Getting Pummeled By Its 24th Typhoon This Year
After making landfall on Saturday, Japan’s 24th typhoon of the year traveled on a path up the center of the mainland, almost reaching Tokyo.
· Carl Samson
Japanese Councilwoman Kicked Out of Assembly for Eating a Cough Drop
Yuka Ogata, the Japanese councilwoman forced out of the assembly hall after bringing her baby last year, was again kicked out of a plenary session for sucking a cough drop while speaking. The incident last Friday had council members in Kumamoto, southern Japan deliberating over…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Male Geisha Called the ‘King of Hosts’ Reportedly Makes $370,000 a Month
A 26-year-old man has been called the “King of the Hosts” in Tokyo, Japan for a good reason. Roland started working at host clubs — where people meet modern geishas — at 18.
· Khier Casino
Lonely Dolphin Swimming in Abandoned Japanese Aquarium Will Break Your Heart
A bottlenose dolphin, nearly 50 penguins and hundreds of other marine animals have been abandoned at a defunct aquarium in Japan for months due to lack of visitors. Animal rights activists captured video footage showing a female dolphin named Hone floating in a small pool at the…
· Bryan Ke
Cat from Japan With Giant Eyes Looks Like It’s Straight Out of an Anime
All cats have big, cute round eyes, but this one in particular from Japan makes every other feline’s look like tiny marbles. 鼻ぺろ pic.twitter.com/w75nU8ieoC
· Ryan General
Vancouver Man Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ in Death of a Japanese Student in Canada
The Canadian suspect currently on trial in connection with the death of a Japanese student in Vancouver two years ago entered a not-guilty plea during his hearing on Monday. William Victor Schneider, who was arrested on Sept. 28, 2016, in Vernon, B.C., is facing…
· Carl Samson
Mesmerizing ‘Ice Hotel’ Opens in Japan for Winter
A hotel literally made of ice in northern Japan is now accepting reservations. Enter the “Ice Hotel,” a frozen complex of domes, relaxation space and outdoor bath in Shimukappu, Hokkaido prefecture.
· Bryan Ke
Mother in Japan Arrested After Leaving Her Stillborn Baby in Locker ‘For Years’
A 49-year-old mother from Tokyo was arrested after turning herself in and admitting that she left the body of her stillborn baby inside a coin locker in near Uguisudani Station in Taito Ward for several years. The decaying body of the infant wrapped in a plastic bag in a…
· Ryan General
Japanese Comedian Thrills Netizens Again With Epic Jenga Tablecloth Trick
An international entertainer from Japan is winning the internet with his most recent stunt that has gone viral on social media. Kazuhisa Uekusa, who introduced his unique brand of entertainment to the world in this year’s season of “Britain’s Got Talent,” amazed his Twitter…
· Carl Samson
‘Self-Pouring’ Beer Machine at All-You-Can-Drink Restaurant in Japan Wows the Internet
A video of a robotic beer dispenser that tilts one glass back before pouring the perfect pint is amusing netizens on social media. Reddit user Scramble187 shared his video of the “self-pouring beer” from a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan during a recent visit.
· Bryan Ke
Japan Successfully Lands 2 Rovers on Surface of Asteroid Ryugu
After a four-year journey, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa2 has successfully landed two rovers on the surface of carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu. The historic moment occurred on Friday when the MINERVA-II1 made a successful landing on the…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Police Refuse Kind Offer of Water From U.S. Airman to Stay ‘Professional’
Japanese netizens are feeling both love and hate after two local policemen refused a kind-hearted gesture from a U.S. airman in the name of law. In pictures from Twitter user @Type96aoino, the soldier can be seen offering the cops bottles of what looked like water and an orange…
· Bryan Ke
Japanese Teen Shows Off Crazy Unique Style in Tokyo’s Famous Fashion District
A 15-year-old teenager with a very odd and yet interesting, taste in fashion is now becoming famous online after being pictured by an online fashion magazine on Omotesando-dori in Harajuku, Tokyo’s iconic and central district for cosplay and fashion. Japanese high school student…
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