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Japan (Page 910)
Monkeys with typewriters can write Shakespeare but can machines create anime as well as humans?
It’s so massive that from certain angles it looks like Japan is under attack by a giant alien life-form.
One of Japan’s most famous children’s mascots has vanished from Twitter, and we only have his final words as a clue.
When Mom is a professional-level illustrator, mother/daughter art projects can be truly incredible.
Citizens filled with pride in their country, anger at Mercator projection as distance from Hokkaido to Okinawa is shown to equal Denmark to Spain.
If you wanna know, if he loves you so, it’s in his… political engagement, that’s where it is.
A tiny cyborg model at the moment, this contraption marks the beginning of robots taking over humanity.
Researcher says more than half of central Tokyo convenience stores have foreigners working the graveyard shift.
In the name of the moon, pledge your eternal love to someone special with Usagi’s very own engagement ring from Mamoru!
Reynolds surprised us all on his Japanese press tour, inviting us to chat with him as he visited temples, shrines and busy streets in Tokyo.
Real-life town where anime’s second arc takes place experiences hateful vandalism.
Gudetama, the lovable lazy egg from Sanrio, is again “busy” at work, this time as a limited edition McDonald’s dessert!
Tokyo’s Yamanote loop line is getting its first new station in nearly half a century, and Japan Railways wants you to give it a name.
This week, fans in Japan can once again read the adventures of the famous anime/manga swordsman, but things are different across the Pacific.
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