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Adaptation of Studio Ghibli classic is coming to London, keeping its Japanese stars and Japanese-language dialogue.
Amazon’s innovative ‘no checkout required’ supermarket leaves our reporter feeling uneasy.
Pikachu shows up in a special outfit and London gets its own Pokémon species representative too.
Intense heavy metal gig leaves our Maximum the Hormone newbie wanting to live life to the fullest.
After riding on the Tube in London, our Japanese reporter is thankful for crowded Tokyo trains.
In preparation for his music festival debut, our reporter once again summons the spirit of a Swedish guitar hero.
Famous British botanical gardens include a clever use of origami art in a holiday display.
Now’s your change to look just like John, Paul, George, and Ringo did when they first touched down in Tokyo in 1966.
Sounds like the U.K. is getting its second Studio Ghibli anime-based stage production, and very soon.
Japanese band World Order robot-dances their way around London in their latest music video while locals look on amused and confused. Check out the full video plus screenshots after the jump!
We’ve previously witnessed the gender-bending, face-changing prowess of makeup on several occasions. With some technique, even a man can transform into a glamorous chick. Taking makeup to a whole new transformation level, London-based makeup artist Laura Jenkinson takes on a slightly different approach with her technique, using her skills not to cover imperfections, nor to turn monolids into double eyelids. With vivid colors and artistic flicks of her makeup brush, she transforms her lips into lively, adorable characters! How many of these can you recognize?
In my career as a journalist, never have I seen such a debacle. The match in question was a bantamweight match, between Azerbaijan’s Magomed Abdulhamidovand Japan’s Satoshi Shimizu. On five occasions in one round, Shimizu knocked down Abdulhamidov, who also received a two-point penalty. The judges ended up awarding victory by judgment to his opponent, who was the one who spent more time on the canvas, and the referee didn’t stop the match as he would reasonably expected to during one of these downs, nor did he even start counting down a single knockdown. What exactly is going on with refereeing in the London Olympics? Read More
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