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A History Of Japanese Baseball Future

April 16, 2013 by Koichi 22 Comments

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Note: Tofugu and its staff are not responsible for any changes to the fabric of time that may directly or indirectly negatively affect you or someone you know. All time travel was done without malice and for research … [Read more...]

Horrifying Robots, a Volcanic Eruption, and a TV Battle Royale [Sunday News]

July 29, 2012 by Hashi 5 Comments

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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...]

Iced Undies, Robotic Farmers, Giant Fugu, And More [Sunday News]

May 13, 2012 by Hashi 6 Comments

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Every Sunday we gather the week's weird Japanese news and present it to you in our Sunday News column. It might not always be hard-hitting, but we hope that it still informs and entertains you. … [Read more...]

The First Japanese Robots: Karakuri Ningyo

November 30, 2011 by Hashi 11 Comments

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Probably more than anywhere else, robots are a big part of Japanese culture, and it's no secret that we here at Tofugu think that these machines are evil, human-hating beings. But even with my open revulsion to these … [Read more...]

12 Secretly Evil Japanese Robots Programmed To Haunt Your Nightmares

October 28, 2011 by Koichi 29 Comments

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Powered by lithium pure evil ion batteries Japan is known for a few things, I think. Sushi, temples, karate, video games, and INCREDIBLY EVIL ROBOTS. If you thought dead babies from hell staring soullessly into your … [Read more...]

Sex Doll / Robot Hybrid Helps Japanese Dentists Hone Their Craft

September 1, 2011 by Hashi 21 Comments

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Japan has never failed to bring the world terrifyingly lifelike humanoid robots. Sometimes I feel like Japan is situated right in the middle of the Uncanny Valley. But sometimes these freakish inventions can actually do … [Read more...]

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