Eye-catching, face-obscuring fashion from China protects your skin from harsh UV rays, makes you look like a crazed criminal.
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The country was proud when “emoji” and “anime” became part of English-speakers’ vocabulary. But when the British government uses the Japanese word for “train gropers?” Not so much.
Approached Japanese man she met at cosplay event and offered to pay him to be her husband for visa purposes.
After suspect steals police officer’s weapon and turns it against him, employee of company with cute cat mascot joins fight on streets of Tokyo.
Officers establish connection with one other vandal, show there’s nowhere for law-breaking otaku to hide.
The meat in the 4.9-million Tokyo Roast Beef Burgers and Muffins McDonald’s sold wasn’t quite what people were expecting from their commercials.
All-nude shopping and dining excursion was planned for his comfort, not so much other people’s.
Aum Shinrikyo founder, three other members hanged 23 years after deadly subway attack, more executions likely to follow.
Former internet meme returns to the spotlight and appears as fond of his own areolae as ever.
There’re dumb otaku, and then there are dumb otaku who need to make a 300-kilometer (186-mile) trip just to get arrested.
Who needs drugs, gambling, and prostitution when there’s an ocean full of slimy black gold for the taking?
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