We take a tour of the Zombie Museum and learn a little about life…and death. Well, pretty much only death actually.
Master Blaster
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Master Blaster is the two-man translating team of Canada’s Steven Le Blanc and Japan’s Masami M, a pair who in addition to writing work are in English education and created the StudyNow app for Japanese students of English.
Together they have written somewhere around 1,500 articles for RocketNews24 covering such diverse topics as Chinese men selling sanitary napkins to each other and a Japanese guy dragging an ear of corn around the Tokyo train system. A few of these were actually good, but don’t take our word for it! Here’s what our beloved readers had to say:
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The beloved Japanese food sushi is often thought to be dauntingly difficult to make, so can one of our reporters figure it out with a little help from the pros?
They say there’s a fine line between genius and madness. It’s a line that our Mr. Sato frequently walks.
NHK’s reign of terror on the Japanese public continues in an unprecedented court victory over a man who engineered his television to refuse their service.
The USB-powered device called Washable boasts the power to turn any bucket or sink into your own personal washing machine.
Police are advising not to approach the suspect who may also be capable of hurling complements or playing “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel from a distance.
While the concept of a wild pig going crazy in a restaurant sounds like a fun time, this video shows how harrowing it can actually be.
Gather around and listen to the tale of Discreet Relationship; the most gosh darn precious biker gang Japan has ever seen.
Ever wonder why cockroaches are so shiny? Well, let’s put our fears aside and learn a little more about one of the urban human’s greatest foes.
Need help penning that graphic novel of a cupid with a chip on its shoulder? Look no further.
You don’t get many chances to be a part of sports history, and judging by the standards for volunteers set by the The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, this isn’t one either.
The case of what was arguably Japan’s weirdest political scandal finally comes to a close.
Sometimes we get so attached to the voices on our electronic devices that we’d do anything to get them back.
Finally, a place where zombies can go and enjoy some culture… Oh, it’s a museum of zombies. That’s good too.
Our reporter Yuichiro Wasai visited a love hotel in Paris, France to see how they differed from Japanese ones, and left emotionally scarred.
A new 63-page encyclopedic picture book provides a great reference to the whimsical rides of Studio Ghibli films.
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