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· Bryan Ke
Japanese Manga Artist’s Shiba Inu Money Design Sparks Adorable Merchandise
A Japanese illustrator and manga artist has gone viral after posting his illustrations of banknotes featuring the Shiba Inu. Ponkichi first shared his creation of a Shiba Inu banknote back in April 2019 with a 1,000 yen bill showing a Shiba Inu, which is considered Japan’s icon…
· Bryan Ke
Japan is Releasing an Official Pokédex iPhone Case in 2020
Premium Bandai has announced the creation of the official Pokédex smartphone case which is set to be released in Japan sometime in March 2020. The smartphone case is designed to look and feel like the actual Pokédex that Ash Ketchum uses in the long-running anime series…
· Bryan Ke
Japan is Giving Out Free ‘Sailor Moon’ Condoms for STI Awareness
The Japanese government and its partners have started giving away free Sailor Moon-themed condoms. Japan’s Ministry of Health — in partnership with Labour and Welfare, HIV-awareness organization Act Against AIDS and Okamoto Loverslab, a division of Japanese condom maker Okamoto…
· Carl Samson
Japan and Singapore Now Have the World’s Most Powerful Passports
Japanese and Singaporean citizens hold the world’s most powerful passports in the final quarter of the year, being able to visit a respective total of 190 destinations without a visa. The ranking comes from the Henley Passport Index, which collects data from the International…
· Ryan General
Starbucks Japan Now Has a Pen That Gets You Coffee
Starbucks Japan is now selling pens. It is no ordinary pen, however, as it has the built-in ability to pay for your lattes and other items at Starbucks. The pen, which is designed like a drip coffee machine, can write like an actual pen with its “coffee brown” gel ink, reports…
· Carl Samson
Restaurant in Rome Charges 2 Japanese Tourists $470 for Spaghetti and Fish
A restaurant in Rome is being lambasted on the internet after slapping a pair of Japanese diners with a 430-euro ($471) bill for a relatively simple meal they had early last month. A now-viral photo of the bill from Antico Caffè di Marti shows that the tourists had been charged…
· Ryan General
Japan Airlines Now Helps Passengers Avoid Babies By Showing Where They Sit
Japan Airlines has found a solution for travelers who aren’t too fond of crying babies aboard a plane. On its website, Japan Airlines recently announced that they have devised a way to let passengers know where pre-booked parents with infants are seated when choosing a seat.
· Carl Samson
Japanese Comedians Won’t Apologize to Naomi Osaka For Saying She ‘Needs Bleach’
A Japanese comedy duo apologized after reportedly saying that tennis star Naomi Osaka “needed some bleach.” The pair, known as “A Masso,” reportedly made the comment during a live event on Sunday, the same day Osaka won the Pan Pacific Open — her first trophy since the…
· Bryan Ke
Japanese American Model Sparks Controversy With Photoshoot, But Not For Her Outfit
Japanese American actress, singer, and model Kiko Mizuhara posted photos that stirred controversy among social media users in Japan. Mizuhara, whose real name is Audrie Kiko Daniel, 28, is being criticized for posting a picture from her recent photoshoot for the Autumn/Winter…
· Bryan Ke
Figure Skater Unfurling Flag for Japanese Olympic Champ is the Most Canadian Thing Ever
Internet users are applauding Canadian figure skater Keegan Messing after he unfurled the Japanese flag during a medal award ceremony at the 2019 Autumn Classic International on Saturday. During the ceremony, where Messing won Bronze, the 27-year-old figure skater realized that…
· Jin Hyun
Dolphin Family Huddles Together One Last Time Before Being Slaughtered By Fishermen in Japan
A video filmed in Taiji, Japan released by non-profit organization Dolphin Project has captured the heartbreaking and barbaric kick-off to the small Japanese village’s dolphin hunting season. Taiji’s large-scale dolphin hunting was made famous by the Academy Award-winning…
· Carl Samson
American Man Sues Japan For Not Letting Him Live With His Japanese Husband
An American man who married a Japanese man in the U.S. sued the Japanese government this week, demanding long-term resident status foreigners in heterosexual marriages typically get rights to. Andrew High and his Japanese husband, identified only as Kohei, have been together for…
· Carl Samson
South Korea Wants Japan’s ‘Rising Sun’ Flag Banned from the Olympics, Comparing it to the Nazi Flag
South Korea formally asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the authority responsible for organizing the Olympics, to ban any use of Japan’s “Rising Sun” flag at the Tokyo Olympics in Summer 2020. The flag in question, distinct from Nisshōki — the Japanese national…
· Ryan General
Japan May Have to Dump Radioactive Fukushima Water Into the Pacific Ocean
A Japanese official has just publicly announced that they might end up dumping radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. The disturbing pronouncement came from the environment minister of Japan himself, Yoshiaki Harada. According…
· Ryan General
‘Queer Eye’ is Going to Japan For a Special 4-Episode Season
Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown and Tan France of the famed “Queer Eye” quintet are going international and their first stop is Tokyo! On Friday, Netflix dropped the first teasers for the special four-episode series called “Queer Eye: We’re in…
· Editorial Staff
White Professor Allegedly Calls Student a ‘F***ing Korean Gook’ at Japanese University
An American professor at a leading university in Japan has drawn calls for his immediate dismissal for allegedly propagating racist hate speech in his classes under the pretext of advocacy for freedom of speech. John F. Mancuso, an associate professor at Tokyo’s Hitotsubashi…
· Ryan General
Award-Winning Japanese Composer Exposed as a White Man Pretending to Be Japanese
Larry Clark, a world-renowned composer in New York, was forced to apologize on social media after he was called out for using a fake Japanese name to profit off the demand for diversity in music several years ago. Over the weekend, music teacher Owen Davis wrote about Clark’s…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Stamp That Supposedly Protects Women from Sexual Harassment Sells Out in 1 Hour
A stamp designed to deter anyone from groping or committing other indecent actions went on sale in Japan last week. Shachihata, a stationery company based in Nagoya, released 500 sets of the “anti-nuisance stamp” from 1 p.m. on Aug. 27 and sold them out before the next hour.
· Bryan Ke
Man Gets Insane Abs in 5 Months Doing a Japanese Exercise Called Tabata
A Japanese Twitter user stunned the internet after showing the results of his Tabata workout training.
· Bryan Ke
Jay Chou Scares People Out of Cafe in Japan After He’s Mistaken for a Yakuza Boss
Jay Chou was recently mistaken for a gangster boss by customers when he entered a cafe while on vacation in Japan. The 43-year-old artist, known as the King of Mandopop, is currently relaxing on vacation in Japan before he kicks off his concert tour in October.
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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.