Master Blaster

Writer / Translator

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:

“One isn't always in the mood for bold tastes. But when I'm in the mood for bold flavor I turn to you.”
“Stupid article. Who cares what the Japanese think it's cool. You don't call a monkey, "gorilla".”
“You know, this is about the most cogent explanation of how a turbocharger works that I have ever seen in the non-motorsports world.”
“Thanks for the article peter!”
“It's people like you who make exploitation possible.”
“It looks yummy and the story was great. Thank you for the smile.”

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Lawson Store 100 releases retro line of Japanese convenience store foods

Let’s take it back to ’79, give or take a decade.

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Kintetsu Curry boasts “ordinary deliciousness” but can it really deliver an average taste?

Abnormally normal.

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Luxury hotel chain offering karaoke in a large tub floating on the ocean

It’s perfect for butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers.

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Soirée is a classy hidden gem of a cafe in Kyoto

It’s like slipping into a whole other world.

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At Kichi Kichi in Kyoto the rice omelets are both dinner and a show【Video】

Kichi Kichi ya ya da da…

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Spend some time off the grid at the self-sufficient hotel Corrugated House

A one-of-a-kind stay at a one-of-a-kind house.

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Mr. Sato has a life-changing experience at this revolving sushi restaurant in Tokyo

Like sushi on a conveyor belt, the hands of time continue to turn.

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A visit to the first revolving sushi restaurant ever: Genroku Sushi in Higashiosaka

Conveyor belt sushi comes full-circle.

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Human hair from India helps make Japanese buses more efficient

Better living through hair.

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Prototype snacks One Hand On available in beef bowl and soba restaurant curry flavor【Taste Test】

We get one hand on each One Hand On.

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Osaka Expo 1,000-yen coins go on sale for the low price of 13,800 yen

It’s a steal any way you look at it.

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Maybe Japanese pilgrims were right about beating the heat all along

Mr. Sato scores a nice hat trick.

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Mountain Dew opening the Mountain De Yu public bath house in Tokyo for Mountain Day

Do the De Yu!

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Are Glowing Box Monster Mummy fireworks a curse or a pharaoh-nomenon?

The mummy awakens!

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What ever happened to Premium Friday? Japanese government looks set to pull the plug

Not so premium now, are you, Friday?

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2025 Osaka World Expo aims to be first in the world to allow dogs, possibly cats too

These expos are going to the dogs.

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Daihatsu dealership takes down controversial tweet boasting that they like trees

I think that I shall never see a tweet as backhanded about a tree.

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Convenience store clerk arrested for punching customer over receipt in Hyogo Prefecture

Receipt reception is a recipe for retail retaliation.

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Japan considering restricting senior citizens’ access to ATMs

National Police Agency believe it’s for their own good.

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One Piece Day 2023 brings more surprises than you can shake a rubbery long arm at

Let’s pick up all the one pieces together.

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