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Osaka has just one word to say in response to all those annoying questions about her ethnicity and her love of katsudon.
The one-night special will be screened on Japanese television tonight, on the last day of the Heisei period.
The crazy big-budget commercial stars some of Japan’s most well-known musicians on flame-spewing monster floats.
These girls literally drive away ogres during Japan’s annual Setsubun bean-throwing festival.
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