The Senkaku Island dispute has been blowing up again lately and the media is all ablaze with anti-Japanese protests in China. Japanese businesses are being vandalized, Japanese cars destroyed, and all sorts of crazy … [Read more...]
For years, I've thought that most American foods had more or less caught on across the world; after all, if McDonald's and KFC are in nearly every country in the world, what else could there be? Turns out that there's a … [Read more...]
Hurry! Before you burn your eyes out on this image! This is just a quick Public Tofugu Service Announcement letting you know that yes, we care about you students, and that yes, you should be studying Japanese during … [Read more...]
There are dragons of all different shapes and sizes. There’s the big, European dragons with their hulking bodies, expansive wing span, and fire breath, and then there are the Asian style dragons which are a good bit … [Read more...]
Every Sunday we gather the week's weird and interesting Japanese news and present it to you in our Sunday News column. It might not always be hard-hitting news, but we hope that it still informs and entertains you. … [Read more...]
A while ago, Hashi wrote a post about Utsuro Bune: Japan’s First Modern UFO Encounter. Since then, there have been many UFO sightings in Japan, with most of them having a lot in common and appearing in the same areas. So … [Read more...]