Stance that the sanctity of the sumo ring is tarnished by female presence extends all the way down to elementary school-age kids.
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Samurai-style swordsmithing techniques can be used to create a professional knife from just about anything.
Twitter user makes mind-blowing discovery playing around with puzzle pieces of Japan’s 47 prefectures.
Once again, our pseudo-interviewer Seiji harnesses the rising force of a guitar god to confront the premier party-rocker.
Itasha brings the pain to plushie from rival of owner’s favorite anime series.
Four little, and polite, words are all you need to instantly convince a pushy salesman to move along and leave you alone.
Nothing makes for a cosier interior than a lizard spitting out radioactive heat rays over you and your house guests.
Out of 852 examined buildings in the city, researchers say the Shibuya fashion mecca is the least prepared for a major trembler.
The future is here, but some residents aren’t prepared to accept an artificially intelligent mayor so soon.
But there’s a comical silver lining that has heartbroken fans drying their eyes.
Female employee finds two different men camped out in the ladies’ restroom in roughly an hour.
What makes a fried nugget so good that it causes a songstress to cram her mouth full with them and create international headlines?
Numbers for high school teachers aren’t much rosier in recent study by education ministry.
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