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· Heather Johnson Yu
Japan Calls For a World Without Nuclear Weapons on 72nd Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing
August 6th, 1945; a day that will forever live in infamy. The day that the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, obliterating approximately 146,000 people, destroying a once bustling metropolis, and changing the way warfare was waged. Seventy-two years…
· Kyle Encina
Japan is Going to Have the Best Parade For the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympics Organizing Committee chairman Yoshiro Mori favors anime pop culture over traditional Japanese culture when it comes to the 2020 Summer Olympics’ opening ceremony. The Olympic games so far had its share of memorable moments such as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s iconic…
· Ryan General
Japan’s First Lady Avoids Talking to Trump By Pretending Not to Know English For 2 Hours
Japan’s First Lady won major internet points after finding a way to avoid talking to Donald Trump at the recent G20 summit — by pretending not to speak any English. Akie Abe, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo, was seated next to the controversial POTUS at a dinner on…
· Carl Samson
Winnie the Pooh Is Now ILLEGAL in China
Winnie the Pooh, the tubby bear from A.A. Milne’s children’s books, has become the latest target of China’s Great Firewall. Censors started deleting online content mentioning Winnie the Pooh over the weekend. Attempts to post the character’s name in Chinese returned the message…
· Editorial Staff
Trump’s Administration Is Having Trouble Telling Asians Apart
On July 7th and 8th, 2017, the G20 Summit took place in Hamburg, Germany. The G20 Summit, or Group of Twenty, is composed of 19 countries, including the U.S., plus the entire European Union. It is a time for leaders of key countries to come together and discuss important topics…
· Carl Samson
Japan Has an Insanely Low Jobless Rate, But the Country is Still Doomed
Japan has been making great strides in decreasing unemployment rates recently, but experts are warning of something terrible happening on the flip side. According to government data released this week, the country’s jobless rate was at 2.8% in April for the third consecutive…
· Ryan General
Expert Claims North Korea May Use Submarines For Attacks
As North Korea marks the 105th anniversary of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung on Saturday, fears of an impending military attack from Kim Jong Un’s regime during the “Day of the Sun” have begun to emerge. One particular cause for concern, a security expert has revealed,…
· Ryan General
Donald Trump Was on His Absolute Best Behavior During the Chinese President’s Visit
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States on Thursday seemed to have gone smoothly after all, with a well-behaved Donald Trump acting cordial throughout the landmark meeting between the two heads of state. Xi also visited the U.S. two years ago, and Barack…
· Carl Samson
Donald Trump Was Reportedly Obsessed With A Japanese Translator’s Breasts
U.S. President Donald Trump was reportedly “obsessed” with the breasts of a Japanese translator who came along with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a White House visit last month. The claim was published by Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair’s editor-in-chief, on Wednesday:
· Ryan General
North Korea Launches Four Ballistic Missiles into the Ocean
North Korea has once again earned the ire of both South Korea and Japan after firing what has been reported as four ballistic missiles into the ocean off Japan’s northwest coast on Monday. The missile tests coincided with the joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises on the…
· Ryan General
Martial Arts Experts Show How to Defeat Donald Trump’s Awkward Handshake
Trump has shown his menacing power-move handshake to the world via the tight 19-second grip he recently gave Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Upon the POTUS’ release of his hand, the visiting leader was seen with a noticeable wince (or eye-roll? We can’t be sure).
· Max Chang
Trump Gives the Most Cringeworthy Handshake of All Time to Japan’s Prime Minister
Donald Trump had an awkward moment with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inside the White House after the Japanese leader offered to shake hands in front of the press. There was also a brief confusion at one point when the POTUS was left lost in translation, trying to decipher…
· Ryan General
Watch The Hilarious Moment Donald Trump Pretends To Know Japanese
US President Donald Trump looked very attentive while Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe delivered his opening remarks during a press conference at the “very famous” White House. The POTUS can be seen constantly nodding in agreement and even laughing at the jokes as Shinzo Abe…
· Carl Samson
Japan Announces It Will Take In 300 Syrian Refugees Over the Next 5 Years
The Japanese government has announced a new decision to welcome more Syrian refugees beginning this year. The Japanese government will be accepting Syrian refugees who are international students with the added bonus that they can bring their spouse and children with them. Over…
· Ryan General
Japan Chooses The Most Badass Ambassadors of All Time For the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
A ninja, a pirate, a robot, and an extraterrestrial super-warrior lead the star-studded team of brand ambassadors for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The games may be three years away but it has already drummed up immense anticipation following the announcement of the Tokyo Olympics…
· King Malleta
Japan’s High-Tech Toilets Just Got Cooler
Japan’s high-tech toilets are about to get better with this new idea imposed by the sanitation industry. Many foreigners have had their minds blown by how impressive Japan’s toilets are. These futuristic and high-tech toilets have lid and seat controls, front and back bidets,…
· Ryan General
Japanese Hotel Chain CEO Under Fire For Saying the Nanking Massacre was ‘Imaginary’
Did the Nanking Massacre happen? For one Japanese hotel chain CEO, the killing of thousands of Chinese civilians by the Japanese troops in 1937 is just “imaginary.” APA Group president Toshio Motoya wrote a book about it, which he placed in his hotel’s guestrooms. The land…
· Khier Casino
Japanese Company will Have 3-Day Weekends for Workers by 2020
Internet company Yahoo Japan Corp. is considering introducing a three-day weekend for all of its employees by 2020 in a push to abandon overworking in the country while also boosting productivity. “We don’t see the three-day weekend system as the end goal but an option,” company…
· Carl Samson
Japan Has a Tasty New Way to Keep Old Drivers From Getting Into Accidents
In an effort to decrease road accidents involving elderly drivers, the government of Japan’s Aichi prefecture has come up with a bizarre yet effective solution that might just inspire the rest of the country. Partnering with Sugakico Systems Co., the Aichi Prefectural Police…
· Carl Samson
Japan’s Prime Minister Has a Bold Plan to Get More Women Working
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed his intent to control the country’s obsession with long work hours so that more women can return to the workforce. PM Abe hosted a dinner banquet for invited speakers from the World Assembly for Women in Tokyo (WAW! Tokyo 2016)…