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Times are tight here at RocketNews24, so our 10,000 yen (US$85) fashion challenge has been downsized to one yen ($0.0085).
It’s exhilarating to see a kid hit a fast-moving baseball, but this probably wasn’t the result this dad wanted.
Lotte’s gum brands become samurai warriors from the Shinsengumi and fight to protect a tooth that claims to be a high school girl.
It’s still in the middle of winter in Japan, but beer bottles and cans from Asahi are already dressing up for sakura-filled spring!
It’s quite normal to hear news of someone graffiting pieces of world heritage and feel a sense of outrage, but Kyoto’s Tandenan Temple actually encourages such scrawl. Our writer Masami grabbed a sharpie and went to check it out.
Japan’s most famous urban ruins weren’t always deserted, as shown in this video from the 1960s when Gunkanjima’s ghost town was still alive and well.
Many Japanese venues allow concertgoers to wave glow sticks, but waving your junk? That’s a no-no.
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The family that games together on a giant controller…probably gets in lots of fights when someone is late to press jump.
One of these puppies isn’t interested in fitting in, and Japan is more than OK with that.
The spin-off building-cum-adventuring game debuted just over a week ago, but Japanese gamers are already showing off their most brilliant and wacky creations.
February is a hard month to face, so why not put on a mask and greet it looking like something else?
He’s handsome, talented and an Olympic gold medalist. And now, Yuzuru Hanyu will be making his screen debut as a samurai lord in the Edo period!
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