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The Japanese Princess Mako And Her Commoner Boyfriend Komuro Kei Are Finally Married

The Japanese Princess Mako has successfully married her college love Kei Komuro, thereby leaving behind her title as a princess. According to Japanese law, the female members of the imperial family will leave behind their titles after marrying “commoners”; however, male members do not. An official representative from the Imperial Household Agency filed the marriage […]

Yakuza Revolution: From Bruisers To Boy Scouts?

TOKYO—Japan’s yakuza may finally be changing. After years in the shadows, degenerating into purely criminal organizations, one yakuza group formed this April looks like it’s trying to go legitimate—and more. It wants to become a “humanitarian organization” that keeps the peace and at least limits its criminal activity to the traditional tacitly socially approved rackets. […]

Sea Bunnies: Japan Is Going Crazy About These Furry Sea Slugs

Sea slugs aren’t exactly creatures you’d consider to be adorable, but Japan’s Twittersphere has just rediscovered what is probably the cutest sea slug ever – Jorunna parva, a sea slug that looks like a fluffy bunny. This tiny sea slug’s bunny ears are actually rhinophores, or chemosensory scent/taste organs that help them detect chemicals in […]

Former Australia President Tony Abbott Honored With The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun

The former Australian prime minister was awarded the highest honor bestowed on foreigners by the Japanese government for his contributions to promoting friendly and bilateral relationships with Japan and Australia. Tony Abbott has been honored by the Japanese government with an important award for his work in improving friendly and bilateral relationships with Australia. Mr. […]

Japanese Love Liver and Engineer Creates Astonishingly Accurate Rina-chan Board

Hama-san (@ybybybmh) is an avid Love Liver with engineering skills, who’s searching forward to the anime adaptation of Nijigasaki High School Idol Club which was introduced on the cease of ultimate year. In particular, he seems to be partial to Rina Tennoji, a shy female who isn’t always suitable at expressiveness but skilled at drawing […]

Japan’s ‘agri-tech’ farming revolution

TOKYO — Japan’s high-tech agricultural businesses are to gather at the Agri World trade fair held in Tokyo this week (Oct 12-14) to showcase the industries next generation of technologies such as plant factories, robotic automation and IT systems, claimed as advancing the “fourth industrial revolution” into the sector. Image: Pixaby Business analysts forecast the “agri-tech” […]

13 Amazing things that Japan does better than any other country

Japan is a beautiful country that has a rich culture with a very ancient heritage. Its technological advancements are nothing to scoff at either. For this reason, Japanese life can be a little different and unusual than rest of the world. Many examples make it feel like Japan is on a whole new level of […]

The “ghost town problem” in Japan and how the Government is trying to resolve it.

Japan is trying to fix its ‘ghost town’ problem by attracting people to settle in the rural areas by offering them homes at $500! However, this is not enough to solve the problem. Look at the farmland in Wakayama, Japan. You will be shocked to know that more than 18% of homes are abandoned.In 2011, […]

Strange and Unique Pepsi Flavours Found Around The Globe

Pepsi offers unique and bizarre flavourings around the world. It’s hard to believe all of these flavours actually do exist. Pepsi is known as being at the top of the game, even with the unique flavours you may have yet to think of. These tastes will likely surprise you with their distinctive taste and their […]

Real-Life Samurai Chops Baseball Going 100MPH

TRISTAN COOPER @TristanACooper October 14, 2015 Machii – Real-Life Samurai, chopped a baseball going 100 miles per hour. Footage of the stunt, posted on YouTube, shows the speed gun clocked the pitch at 161kmh (100mph). It then closes in on the remains of the ball, which appears to been sliced almost exactly in half. […]