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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Japanese politician tries to teach teenage girl a valuable lesson by giving her a dying pigeon

Others saw a grievously injured pigeon. He saw the most insane way possible to impart wisdom to Japan’s young people.

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Cancellation of yuri event comes mere days before scheduled opening in one of Tokyo’s major anime fan neighborhoods.

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Turning Tokyo techno-cool with a quick and awesome smartphone camera trick【Videos, photos】

Even SoraNews24 headquarters looks amazing when it’s recast as a virtual computer realm.

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The gorgeous portraits of these Japanese women aren’t photos or CG, so what are they?

Artist Yasutomo Oka’s mind-blowing work needs no computer trickery.

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Seven years after earthquake, Fukushima teen says March 11 is an “ordinary day” in the prefecture

High schooler hopes the prefecture will shed its disaster zone image, and that the rest of Japan will start to see Fukushima as normal again.

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Hundreds of junior high boys swarm Japanese swimsuit model after first pitch at baseball ceremony

Startling video has commenters terrified and outraged, but the star herself has a different response.

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Creator of Rurouni Kenshin manga/anime avoids jail time in child pornography possession case

Tokyo court orders manga artist to pay startlingly small fine for possession of nude depictions of girls no older than 15.

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Amazing ad from Japan stars 72 actresses each showing one year of a woman’s life in one second

Maker of Pocky reminds us that life moves fast, but it’s the slow moments that make it beautiful.

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Spanish Prime Minister’s “Japanese-style strike” remark shows a warped view of working in Japan

Japan’s legendary work ethic has resulted in a very strange part of the Spanish language.

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Contest aims to find the most beautifully muscled member of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces【Video】

Entrants to show their toned bodies and deliver snappy salutes to the audience.

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6.6-foot-wide rideable Lapras sofa: The plushie Pokémon furniture adult fans have been hoping for

Recreate Ash’s voyage around the Orange Archipelago without ever leaving your living room.

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Female convenience store clerk accidentally fends off robber in Tokyo with two simple words

24-year-old cashier literally wasn’t in the mood for any antics.

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This detailed Gundam “sketch” is actually an unbelievably colored 3-D model kit!【Photos】

One of Japan’s most talented anime modelers continues to create works of art that look more 2-D than most actual drawings.

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How to enjoy Japanese idol music if you hate its sweetness: Pretend they’re not singing about YOU

There’s black comedy gold waiting in the titles of AKB48 idol hits, and our one tiny trick reveals it.

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Alcoholic Coca-Cola set to go on sale in Japan as company enters the canned cocktail market

Japan likes its carbonated drinks with a kick, so here comes the Coca-Cola chu-hi.

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Japanese father celebrates son’s new job with awesome cake that’s an edible dad joke

Also serves as a reminder to his son to be careful what he wishes for, because he just might get it.

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Japanese company’s fashion hoods let you add cute cat ears…to your cat

Putting a cat hat on a cat.

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Mr. Sato gets invited out to dinner by seven beautiful models, struggles to speak intelligibly

Our crack reporter finds himself the guest of honor at a party with models from the Tokyo Auto Salon.

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“Nasty” photo of convenience store clerk at work highlights Japan’s strict cleanliness standards

Shelf-stocking technique has some saying they’ll never shop at the branch, or even the chain, again.

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Super Mario is officially a plumber again, Nintendo says

Those Super Mario Odyssey royalty checks aren’t going to last forever, so it’s really about time the video game star rejoined the workforce.

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