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Japanese tombs now come with barcodes

Japanese tombs now come with barcodes

Want to reach out to the dead? In Japan, it's now possible. Japanese are now able to keep in touch with their loved ones by using mobile phones to scan bar-coded tombstones and view photos and other information ... continue
Obama, Japan Celebrates Obama, President With Traditional Dance of the Power Ranger

Obama, Japan Celebrates Obama, President With Traditional Dance of the Power Ranger

Residents of the Japanese town of Obama have celebrated the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States the best way they know how: with a traditional dance of the power ranger. The following ... continue
Japanese Father Caught Impersonating Son in School Exam

Japanese Father Caught Impersonating Son in School Exam

Parents go to long lengths to make sure their kids go well at school, but impersonating them takes it to another level. A 54 year old Japanese man has been arrested after he impersonated his son at a ... continue
Big in Japan: Bikini Jeans

Big in Japan: Bikini Jeans

Japan as known as being the international powerhouse of weird stuff, but this one takes the cake: Bikini Jeans.  These ultra low rise jeans combine a low cut for more flesh, and underwear to cover up your private ... continue
Fresh from Japan: Eggloaf

Fresh from Japan: Eggloaf

Fresh from Japan comes an invention sure to save time: Eggloaf. One thing's for sure though, it won't be very fresh...or possibly even from a chicken :-) (via) continue
Best Accidental Fail Advice Ever Given

Best Accidental Fail Advice Ever Given

From Japan, this sign has the best fail advice ever given: Go to the refuge under the platform in the event of an accidental fail. continue
Toilet time is fun time in Japan

Toilet time is fun time in Japan

This is just hilarious, with a serious dose of WTF. Japanese how to poo video aimed at kiddies. Completely SFW, but don't have food in your mouth while viewing. continue
Big in Japan: Panda Dogs

Big in Japan: Panda Dogs

Ever wanted to own a Panda Bear, but was worried about being attacked while you are sleeping? Introducing the Panda Dog, a dog that looks like a Panda Bear. The Panda Dog hails from Asia and is available ... continue
Excuse me – there’s a freeway in my building

Excuse me – there’s a freeway in my building

So this is what happens when you have two stubborn parties come together. The Hanshin Expressway takes a shortcut through the 5th and 7th floors of the Fukushima Gate Tower; also known as the Bee Hive. Apparently ... continue
Japanese Game Show Stacks Food on Animals

Japanese Game Show Stacks Food on Animals

You've got to give it to the Japanese: the weirdest things become shows. This particular show involves stacking food onto animals. We're not quite sure how it works, but there's a tally that counts how much food ... continue
Can you peel a banana with your bum?

Can you peel a banana with your bum?

Check out this video of a Japanese guy auditioning for some sort of talent show with his special "talent". That talent is the ability to peel a banana with his butt cheeks. You have to wonder how he ... continue
Britney Spears Wishes Japanese Audience a “Wonderful Christmas”

Britney Spears Wishes Japanese Audience a “Wonderful Christmas”

Maybe a blanket "Happy Holidays" would've sufficed as Britney made her promotional rounds in Japan, but she won points with me after barely looking like the overwhelming crowd/simultaneous translation/general awkwardness got to her. Brit's totally back in ... continue
Japanese Government recalls radioctive glow in the dark cell phone straps

Japanese Government recalls radioctive glow in the dark cell phone straps

The Japanese Education, Science and Technology Ministry have issued a recall notice for 5,500 cell phone straps that contain the radioactive substance tritium. The straps, not surprisingly marketed as "glow in the dark cell phone straps" had ... continue
Lesbian sex might be kinky, but it doesn’t create baby polar bears

Lesbian sex might be kinky, but it doesn’t create baby polar bears

Attempts to bread a baby polar bear in Japan were thrown into chaos after it was discovered that the "male polar bear" brought to mate with a female polar bear was not all the he, or as ... continue
Manbras on the move – I think I’m gonna puke

Manbras on the move – I think I’m gonna puke

Yes folks manbras are on the move if Wishroom Executive Director Akiko Okunomiya is correct in her surprise about the number of men looking for their inner woman. Then we have a Wishroom representative Masayuki Tsuchuya who ... continue
Japanese man wants to marry Anime character

Japanese man wants to marry Anime character

A Japanese man has posted an online petition, arguing that Japan should change its laws to allow people to marry comic book characters. Japan, currently, like most countries legally only allows humans to marry. What's ... continue

Green Polar Bears? I blame Global Warming!

Green-colored polar bears are drawing questions from puzzled visitors at a Japanese zoo. The polar beers turned green in July after swimming in a pond with an overgrowth of algae, undoubtedly caused by global warming, and not ... continue

Monkey escapes Japanese authorities

Tokyo commuters had an interesting visitor Wednesday morning: a monkey. The Japanese monkey was spotted in Shibuya Station, where as the raw AP footage above shows, it was surrounded by policeman with nets. The 27 inch long monkey ... continue
Japanese man discovers woman living in closet for almost one year

Japanese man discovers woman living in closet for almost one year

Here is another one of those "only in Japan" stories.  A man living in Fukuoka discovered a woman living in a closet of his house.  Apparently he had noticed food going missing and set up surveillance cameras ... continue
Kerosene Soaked Man Dies after Police give him Cigarette, Lighter

Kerosene Soaked Man Dies after Police give him Cigarette, Lighter

A Japanese man soaked in kerosene has died after police handed him a cigarette and a lighter. Hifumi Kubota had been arrested by Japanese police for "acting violently," and had poured Kerosene over himself in front of police ... continue