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· Jin Hyun
Ariana Grande Tried to Fix Her Japanese Tattoo And it’s Even Worse Than Before
Yesterday, Ariana Grande made headlines with her tragic tattoo blunder which consequently became a viral joke on twitter. The singer’s new palm tattoo was meant to read “7 Rings” to commemorate the success of her single; however, the Kanji symbols “七輪” actually means “sichirin”…
· Ryan General
‘Game of Thrones’ Star Maisie Williams Shows Off Her New Japanese Tattoo
“Game Of Thrones” star Maisie Williams recently unveiled a new tattoo featuring Kanji characters via her Instagram stories on Monday. Raising her shirt up, the 21-year-old actress showed off the Japanese inscription 生き甲斐 on her ribcage, revealing the story behind it in the…
· Ryan General
150-Year-Old Japanese Book Shows U.S. History as an Epic Mythology
A Japanese book from the 1800s features an alternate depiction of United States history in which historical American figures are capable of superhuman feats. Written by Kanagaki Robun and illustrated by Utagawa Yoshitora near the end of The Edo Period in 1861, Osanaetoki…
· Eddie Lin
Fans Have a Dark Theory Behind the Story of Totoro
Does your Totoro plushy look a bit shabby as of late? Maybe the reason is because it’s been 30 years since the lovable forest spirit hit the anime scene thanks to Hayao Miyazaki and the Studio Ghibli team. Released in 1988, “My Neighbor Totoro,” the film about an enigmatic yet…
· Carl Samson
High School Teacher in China Fired After Viciously Slapping Student’s Face
A male teacher in Jiangsu, China is now out of work for leaving a male student with a concussion, tissue injuries, burst vessels and partial hearing loss after slapping his face multiple times. The incident reportedly occurred as a punishment on Tuesday when the teacher stormed…
· Ryan General
Japanese Lawmaker Says Not Having Children is ‘Selfish’
Politicians from Japan’s ruling party are placing the blame of the country’s population crisis on people who preferred not to have children, with one official calling them “selfish.” Japan’s population decline, which sees a trend decreasing the number of Japanese by one third in…
· Ryan General
Nicki Minaj’s ‘Chun Li Challenge’ Accused of Perpetuating Asian Stereotypes
Nicki Minaj’s newest single “Chun-Li” may have meant to deliver an entirely different message, but it still birthed a meme that many have criticized for promoting a stereotypical image of Asian culture. The popular track, which is named after a popular female character from the…
· Bryan Ke
Japanese Wife Asks Husband to Help Fix Her Bad Temper, He Delivers
A “stamp chart” made by a wife in Japan to promote anger management is now going viral for the incredibly adorable notes that her husband left for her. Twitter user c__i__y__o admitted in her post, which has since been taken down, that she is short-tempered, and in order to fix…
· Ryan General
His Fiancée Forgot Who He Was, So He Waited 8 Years For Her to Remember
Japanese couple Hisashi Nishizawa and Mai Nakahara planned to wed in 2007 but a cruel twist of fate forced them to endure a very long engagement before they were able to finally tie the knot in 2014. They initially scheduled their wedding to be in early 2007, but a tragedy…
· Carl Samson
Why Asian Parents Force Their Kids to Be Right-Handed
I started doodling at the age of 3. I can vividly remember the euphoria that came with gripping a fresh set of crayons, each color filling the void of blank papers with strokes I thought were genius. The world was at my fingertips, and with school starting the following year, I…
· Ryan General
Japanese Priestess Killed With Samurai Sword During Fight at Shrine
A man wielding an 80-centimeter (31-inch) samurai sword reportedly stabbed his sister, a Shinto priestess, to death, before killing his wife and then finally committing suicide at a popular Japanese shrine. The attacker, identified as 56-year-old Shigenaga Tomioka, allegedly…
· Bryan Ke
Japan’s Most Popular Professor is a Piece of Poop That Teaches Children Using ‘Toilet Humor’
A popular children’s book in Japan is making the rounds online for teaching children kanji, logographic Chinese characters adopted for Japanese writing, with the help of poop and toilet humor. “Unko Kanji Doriru”, the book series roughly translated to “Poop Kanji Drills”, is…
· Ryan General
Meet The Filipino American Who’s Keeping An Ancient Filipino Script Alive
Kristian Kabuay is a Filipino-American artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area who has taken it upon himself to push for the continued resurrection of Baybayin, a little-known indigenous script writing system from the Philippines that pre-dates Ferdinand Magellan’s…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Meet The Badass Martial Artist Making Authentic Asian Clothes For UFC Fighters
Dynasty Clothing has been making waves in the martial arts community — just ask fighters like Ben Nguyen, Albert Cheng, Kieran Kichuk, Lavell Marshall, and Steven Nguyen, who all proudly wear the brand wherever they can. I’ve been friends with Dynasty Clothing‘s founder, Hoi Wah…
· Ryan General
Japanese Company Plans to Dump Fukushima Toxic Waste into the Pacific Ocean
To the disgust of local residents, the firm assigned to clean up the waste from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has decided that the radioactive waste it collected could be dumped into the Pacific Ocean. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) chairman Takashi Kawamura…
· Khier Casino
Scarlett Johannson and Tilda Swinton Are Embroiled in Yet Another ‘Whitewashing’ Controversy
Wes Anderson’s next film, “Isle of Dogs”, is set for release in April 2018, but it’s already catching flak for some of its casting choices within the seemingly Asian-themed plot after the first movie poster was released on Tuesday. Big names are attached to the project,…
· Ryan General
Local Japanese Election Confuses Voters When Candidates Have Exactly The Same Name
A recent local election in the Japanese city of Karatsu in Saga Prefecture was temporarily bogged down with a minor state of confusion. The dilemma? Voters did not know how to properly vote for either of their city council candidates who were both named Shigeru Aoki.
· Khier Casino
You Can Now Instantly Translate Japanese Words By Pointing Your Phone At It
Google now offers Japanese translation on the Word Lens app giving users the ability to point their smartphone at thousands of kanji text and see what they mean in real-time on the display screen. Google’s Word Lens app, available as a free download for both iOS and Android…
· Max Chang
Health Blogger Thinks Adding Chopsticks to Sliced Banana Makes it Sushi
As a sushi lover myself, I was excited when I heard there was a new type of sushi in town. Then, suddenly, I was so very disappointed. Fit Foodie Finds, a blog site that focuses on healthy eating recently put out a video teaching it’s viewers how to make “banana sushi.”
· Khier Casino
‘Ghost in the Shell’ Trailer is Full of White People Pretending to Be Asian
The full trailer for the highly-anticipated yet controversial live-action adaptation of “Ghost in the Shell” has finally arrived, but some still can’t get over the sheer “whiteness” of the trailer. Fans of the popular manga can finally watch actress Scarlett Johansson as she…