Life, as they say, is not fair. Sometimes it rains on your birthday. Sometimes your boss yells at your for jamming the printer when you haven’t used it in weeks. Sometimes your boyfriend/girlfriend decides your clothes would look better strewn across the front lawn. And, sometimes, you just have a sad face.
We’re not sure which of these problems is afflicting this poor emo kitty from Japan, but he clearly needs a hug.





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Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
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No more using real katana for tourism activities, Japan’s National Police Agency says
These are Tokyo train lines people most want to live along【Survey】
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Godzilla hammer from Japan lets you smash nails like a kaiju
Studio Ghibli releases Catbus pullback keychain that runs like the anime character
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New Jimmy Choo x Sailor Moon collaboration brings anime magic to bags, shoes and accessories
Man fights giant crab statue on streets of Osaka, becomes city’s most hated criminal【Video】
Japan’s new “painful sadness” snacks are a deliciously mysterious linguistics lesson【Taste test】
Petition to allow students to choose what they wear to school gathers almost 19,000 signatures
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