This week’s news out of Japan ranges from mundane to bizarre, covering Japanese linguistic quirks to bird dating sims. Let’s dive in, shall we? That wraps it up for this week’s news. Did I miss some crucial news this week? What was your favorite story? Let me know in the comments! [Header image source.] Every [...]
That covers all the news for this week. Did I miss anything? What did you think of the new format? Please let me know in the comments! Every week we gather up all the Japanese news that other people have written about and put it here, in our “Sunday News” column. Although this news may [...]
This week’s Sunday News runs the gamut of odd topics and news, everything from theme parks to a citizenship scandal to some pretty sad news. Let’s dive right in: Gundam park to open in Odaiba: Japan is finally getting its own Gundam theme park, fulfilling otaku dreams everywhere. While that’s great and all, I’m still [...]
A mixed bag this week for news, with stories about fast food, the emperor, and strange CMs. Let’s dive in, shall we? The KFC Double Down Invades Japan!: In case you’re unfamiliar with the infamous KFC Double Down, it’s the culinary equivalent of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It’s as if a KFC executive [...]
*If you just want the invite to get into Pixiv.com’s alpha testing group, skip down to the bottom of the article. Maybe you’ve heard of DeviantArt. It’s a big art website that people like everywhere except Japan. Even though DeviantArt has some great artists (no denying that!), DeviantArt also feels so amateur. Pixiv is also [...]
Man Force Trio: Ya, Ku, and Za Everyone’s most loved group, the Yakuza, is once again being brought down by “The Man.” The Japanese organized crime syndicates, known for their strict code of conduct and crimes such as extortion, prostitution, blackmail, protection money and fraud, are now in danger of losing a significant part of [...]
Retro style video game bars have popped up all over Japan this past decade. The main draw is that you can play home game consoles while getting tanked on sake. In public. It’s pretty much every little boy’s dream come true. There are places where you can game with maids who are paid to pretend [...]
Do you live in an area where it barely snows, or doesn’t snow at all? Have you always mourned the fact that you’ll never have a snowman to call your own? Well, no longer! Hayakita, Japan has branded itself as the best snowman town in the land, and for the last 25 years, its local [...]
Poor Ryohei Yamanaka. I don’t know a thing about rugby, but I still feel for the guy. Yamanaka is pretty hot stuff in the Japanese rugby circle, but he won’t be very hot stuff for the next two years because he’s been suspended for using banned substances. According to him, it was from some moustache [...]
A new bullet train line opened up in Japan recently that connects the whole island of Kyushu. When the line opened, there were huge celebrations all over the island, and there was even an award-winning commercial for the bullet train line. So if this was such a big deal, why have we not heard of [...]
