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:
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After its crowdfunding target is smashed, writing begins on the story of how Japan stifled its own IT development in the name of combating file-sharing.
You might have to stare at it a while to see why, but the signature ought to be a big give-away.
Twitter user finds way to make winter more enjoyable… or possibly less enjoyable depending on who you are.
In the relatively new market of video services in Japan, one clearly stands above the rest. But you might be surprised what it is.
Our reporter decides to answer one of those “Earn money from your photos!” comments on his Instagram page.
The curious case of the Kakamigahara Lawson has caused the company to take a second look at how they operate.
Whity wants you dead and you must escape Osaka’s most complex shopping area after-hours to survive.
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