Japanese man accidentally creates ‘educational art’ with speakers and mahjong tiles

Something so simple turned into something so beautiful and yet educational!

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20-year-old anime cakes sell online for an eye-popping price

These Azumanga Daioh sweets are older than many anime fans, and they’re not the only uneaten collectors’ food otaku have hung on to.

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Japanese 7-11 puts up congratulation decoration for employee who graduated amid self-quarantine

Part-time worker, full-time friendship.

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Man orders nothing but a free smile from McDonald’s Japan using Uber Eats

Delivery charges applied, of course.

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Two Tokyoites take top titles in annual contest.

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Japanese driver in traffic jam gets the worst possible vehicle stuck behind him【Video】

How long could you listen to the same lines in a song over and over again before you completely lose it?

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Japanese mayor asks sister city in China to return donated masks as COVID-19 cases surge

“No takebacks,” says literally everyone else but the mayor himself, but luckily for him, this story ends well.

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Comiket cancelled as coronavirus knocks off Tokyo’s biggest otaku celebration

Continuing outbreak causes organizers to call off dojinshi event for the first time in its 45-year-history.

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Osaka club offers up great heavy metal hand washing song selections

Help seek and destroy germs with these 20-second segments of metal classics.

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Free wagyu beef is Japanese politicians’ latest coronavirus response plan

A helping hand to Japan’s hurting ranchers that would also be great reason to social distance at home.

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Gross out your natto-hating friends with this incredibly realistic, sticky-looking train pass case

Or you’ll just make yourself hungry for natto and rice.

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Term “military comfort women” returns to Japanese government-approved junior high textbooks

”Military” designation has been absent from certified teaching materials for more than a decade.

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20th Century Boys star Toshiaki Karasawa named Japanese Jack Bauer in 24 reboot

That could work.

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Tokyo’s iconic Shibuya 109 building closes temporarily to prevent spread of coronavirus

First signs of central Tokyo shutting down with the unprecedented closure of a youth hotspot. 

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Japan’s most popular domestic burger chain adds 100-percent vegan burgers to menu

Mos Burger’s burgers are still moss-free, but this new one doesn’t use any animal products either.

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All of Tokyo’s neighbors are telling people to stay out of the city this weekend

Japan’s second largest city also tells people to stay in their homes during the period.

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Tokyo Governor holds press conference on coronavirus, sparks immediate panic-buying

People now fear a lockdown is on the horizon in Tokyo.

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Japanese government places entire world on “Please don’t travel to” list for citizens

Ministry of Foreign Affairs raises all countries’ travel danger levels in historic first.

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We try a traditional Tokyo dish of stewed loaches, encounter something we’ve never seen before

A taste of the Edo-period past, and a new encounter

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Where are all the beautiful women in Japan? Survey investigates

Top 10 results suggest you’ll have to travel outside of Tokyo to find the most beauties. 

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