Contents are actually an ironic jab at Japan’s holier-than-though critics of digital media consumption.
Casey Baseel
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Casey Baseel spent his formative years staring in frustration at un-subtitled Japanese TV programming shown on Southern California’s international channel. Taking matters into his own hands, he moved to Tokyo to study the language, then found work in Yokohama a decade ago teaching, translating, and marketing hotels he can’t afford to stay in. When not participating in the eternal cycle of exercising to burn the calories form his love of Japanese food, Casey scours used comic and game shops for forgotten classics, drags his wife around the country in a quest to visit all its castles, sings karaoke not nearly as well as he thinks he does, and counts the days until the summertime bars open on Enoshima Beach.
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Months-long investigation ends with police officers taking Shogun Kigawa into custody after he fails to resist his fetish for peeing women.
Nagoya man arrested after crossing prefectural lines to perform illicit act with elementary school student.
Slip on a headset and let one of three handsome dating simulator stars slip a ring on your finger.
Totoro, Jiji, and No Face are here to provide a cool breeze as you set out on warm-weather adventures of your own.
“Old enough to know better” loses out to “old enough to just not care” as two seniors slice each other with same weapon.
Japanese idol singers usually have a no-romance clause in their contracts, so fans hoping for a dinner date have to get creative.
An amazingly simply but cool idea to really help your itasha anime characters’ eyes “pop.”
Possibly the world’s first knife where the soft grip wrapping and slicing edge are made of the same thing.
African-born president of Kyoto Seika University was told his parties sounded fun, but there was a hidden meaning.
When you stop and think about it, putting pictures of cockroaches on a product for people who hate them is kind of a weird strategy.
Japanese fans sound off on things that used to be a normal part of the otaku life, but aren’t anymore.
Stance that the sanctity of the sumo ring is tarnished by female presence extends all the way down to elementary school-age kids.
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McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
Starbucks reopens at Shibuya Scramble Crossing with new look and design concept
Is the new Shinkansen Train Desk ticket worth it?
Tokyo’s most famous arcade announces price increase, fans don’t seem to mind at all
Our reporter takes her 71-year-old mother to a visual kei concert for the first time
Dogs now allowed on Catbus! Ghibli Park vehicles revise service animal policy
Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo
Hey, Thai tuk-tuk driver! Take us to the best Thai restaurant in this part of Bangkok!
Gacha capsule toy paradise for adults appears at Akihabara Station
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- Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo
We try out “Chan Ramen”, an underground type of ramen popular in the ramen community
Foreign English teachers in Japan pick their favorite Japanese-language phrases【Survey】
Beautiful new Final Fantasy T-shirt collection on the way from Uniqlo【Photos】
There’s a park inside Japan where you can also see Japan inside the park
New Studio Ghibli bedding sets are cool in all senses of the word
Japanese convenience store packs a whole bento into an onigiri rice ball
Hanton rice — a delicious regional food even most Japanese people don’t know about, but more should
New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
Hamburg and Hamburg Shibuya: A Japanese restaurant you need to put on your Tokyo itinerary
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Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
Japan’s bone-breaking and record-breaking roller coaster is permanently shutting down
New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers
Foreign passenger shoves conductor on one of the last full runs for Japan’s Thunderbird train
Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things
Kyoto bans tourists from geisha alleys in Gion, with fines for those who don’t follow rules
Studio Ghibli unveils Mother’s Day gift set that captures the love in My Neighbour Totoro
Domino’s Japan now sells…pizza ears?
New Japanese KitKat flavour stars Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty
Kyoto creates new for-tourist buses to address overtourism with higher prices, faster rides
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
Studio Ghibli’s new desktop Howl’s Moving Castle will take your stationery on an adventure
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Our reporter takes her 71-year-old mother to a visual kei concert for the first time
Dogs now allowed on Catbus! Ghibli Park vehicles revise service animal policy
Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo
Hey, Thai tuk-tuk driver! Take us to the best Thai restaurant in this part of Bangkok!
Gacha capsule toy paradise for adults appears at Akihabara Station
We try the new Starbucks Santa Boots Chocolate Frappuccino in Japan【Taste test】
Time to vote for your favourite in Japan’s Sanrio Character Curry Election
7-Eleven opens “next generation” SIP convenience store in Japan
Just how clean are Japan’s high-tech public restroom bidet-equipped toilets?
Crazy new Pokémon chair makes no secret of your pure love for Poison-Type Gengar【Photos】
Is Japan’s massive Shizuoka steak sandwich really as delicious as it looks in promo photos?
Japanese high school teacher in hot water after forcibly giving male student a buzz cut
Saitama officially forbids walking up and down escalators
Here it is: The finalized map for Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan (and its food)
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