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Parents In Japan Place A Peach Over Their Baby’s Bum

April 19, 2020 by Japan Informer

This aww-inspiring story comes to us from our friends at AOL.com. If you have a little baby that’s just cute as a little peach, this might just be the perfect trend for you to get in on. Parents in Japan seem to have started a new craze that’s too cute to ignore. They’re taking photos of their adorable little infants and then placing a peach over their little bums. It … [Read more...] about Parents In Japan Place A Peach Over Their Baby’s Bum

Is Gwen Stefani Japanese? Exploring The Singer’s Ethnicity

Gwen Stefani has been making headlines once again. Recently, The Voice coach revealed her love for Japanese culture, prompting fans to wonder about her ethnicity and her parents. In a recent interview with Allure magazine, the Hollaback Girl singer discussed her 2008 Harajuku fragrance collection and what the publication referred to as her “Harajuku era.” […]

Japan’s top 7 best selling beers that you should try

You will find a lot of beers in Japan with fancy marketing. Some of the Japanese beer brands are consequently world renowned. Japan’s beer industry started in the 19th Century. The brands like Asahi,Kirin, Sapporo and Suntory are known to dominate the Japanese market. Here we present our pick for the top seven Japanese beer […]

Tokyo man arrested for forcibly tattooing his initials into the butt of a maid cafe employee

He wasn’t just some crazed fan either. Obsessing over the female employees at Japan’s numerous maid cafes is nothing new, but one man was recently arrested for taking that obsession far past any acceptable level. Naohiro Kobayashi, a 43-year-old resident of the Taito District in Tokyo, was taken into police custody after allegations surfaced of […]

8 Incredibly Useful Japanese Words That Have No English Equivalen

Recently, we talked about how Japanese, while a tough language to learn, isn’t quite as difficult as some horror stories make it out to be. Still, if English is your native language, certain Japanese grammar rules, like saying “wa” and “o” to mark the subject and object of your sentences, can seem like a major […]

Why Scientists Are Stabbing Pig Carcasses with Samurai Swords

By Charles Q. Choi, Live Science Contributor Pay no attention to the person wielding a samurai sword and hacking away at a pig carcass — he’s doing it for science. The bloody exercise was done to analyze wounds from both machetes and Japanese samurai swords in order to better identify murder weapons from the […]

Japan’s Emperor and Empress Celebrate 30 Years Into Marriage

Japan’s Emperor and Empress celebrated 30 years into marriage on Friday. They said they felt “deeply emotional” as they thought about their marriage and thanked the people for their love and support. “We are deeply grateful for having been able to experience many things together and come this far by helping each other and sharing […]

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen singer marries beautiful swimsuit model 15 years his junior【Photos】

Piko Taro shows that making a girl laugh apparently is the surest way to win her heart. It’s been a very, very eventful 12 months for Japanese comedian Daimaou Kosaka, better known as his alter ego Piko Taro. A year ago, he was only a minor celebrity in Japan, and completely unknown overseas, but all that changed with […]

American Who Decapitated Tinder Date in Japan Was a ‘Spoiled Child’ Whose ‘Dream Was to Marry a Japanese Woman’

An American tourist suspected of murdering and chopping the head off of his Japanese “Tinder date” last month has been revealed to be a “mama’s boy” who once served in the United States Air Force. Yevgeniy Vasilievich Bayraktar, 26, is accused of killing 27-year-old office worker Saki Kondo before putting her severed head in […]

Japanese University Announces Development of A Nasal Spray Vaccine

Which would you prefer, a needle vaccine in arm or a spray in your nose? While every one should get vaccines, not everyone likes sharp needles. There’s something called trypanophobia, a.k.a. a fear of needles, and it can become quite troubling to get a shot. As seen at vaccination centers worldwide, a lot of people […]

Two rare white orcas are spotted off the coast of Japan

A whale touring group from GojiraiwaKanko was presented with a pleasant surprise as they saw two white Orcas swimming together for the first time in many years! These two whales were spotted during a tour on July 24th in the Kunashirskiy Strait. Among the two, the older orca was seen for the first time a […]