We all expected Snoopy-themed rooms to be cute, but we never imagined they’d be this stylish, and even romantic.
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Cuddle up in a cozy room full of beloved Peanuts characters and the world’s most adorable beagle.
The Zettai Zetsumei Toshi disaster survival video game series has been revived, and will be more realistic than ever before.
It’s soon to be official, Kobe will win Christmas this year, and with it, all of Santa’s gold.
Kobe-based yakuza group beckons trick-or-treating kids with cotton candy in Frozen bags at its criminal headquarters.
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Police are advising not to approach the suspect who may also be capable of hurling complements or playing “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel from a distance.
One man is arrested in relation to the incident that injured a number of pedestrians during one of Japan’s busiest holidays.
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Japan is already one of the safest countries in the world for humans, and now it seems it’s about to get a lot safer for turtles too…
Most of the events and promotions organized by energy drink maker Red Bull are thoroughly in the “XTREME” category. As a matter of fact, sometimes the names of the events are so intense that we have only the vaguest idea of what happens in them, such as the Red Bull Rampage, Red Bull King of the Rock Tournament, and Red Bull Cape Fear.
However, Red Bull has a bit of a playful, silly side to it too, as shown in a contest it sponsors in which entrants launch their home-made flying machines from a pier and see who can travel the farthest distance before hitting the water. But even then, Red Bull can’t help but do things in the most XTREME way possible, and in the competition’s latest iteration, held in Japan, they killed giant anime robot Gundam.
Ah Halloween. After Christmas, it’s easily the best time of the year to be a kid. You get to dress up, scare people with your friends, and then best of all… go to your local organized crime branch to get a giant bag of candy.
Such has been the annual tradition on Halloween for children who visit the headquarters of the Japanese yakuza group Yamaguchi-gumi in Kobe. But this year, Halloween has had an “unfortunate accident” and been cancelled, meaning the mob will be handing out no candy.
Wait… what? Japanese mafia? Halloween candy? What do these things have in common? Read on to find out!
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