Mr. Sato eats the pancakes that won the heart of one of the most powerful politicians in Japan, but were they worth it?
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Propaganda trucks in Tokyo pause their racist hate speeches to play the American national anthem.
Minister for Foreign Affairs’ tweet descends into emoji madness before ending on a porky cliffhanger.
Female candidate and male opponent denounce classless political message.
It took about a decade, but the Abe administration is finally figuring out how to use Twitter.
The new era name doesn’t have any of the kanji characters for “Shinzo Abe,” but some people saw the politician’s name all the same.
With midwinter-level cold and rain at the outdoor Tokyo Marathon awards ceremony, Yuriko Koike wanted to warm her hands, but started a firestorm.
Move to allow private companies to handle public water supply has politicians fired up, supporters unwilling to communicate as dissenter shouts “No! No! No! No! No!”
61-year governmental partnership brought to a close as Osaka mayor cites lack of necessary “deep trust.”
Suspiciously, councilwoman was removed from meeting just before introducing governmental reform proposal.
Other members call for immediate suspension of meeting due to breech of etiquette, take eight hours to decide on her increasingly stupid punishments.
Japanese netizens react to the PR photo with a variety of “helpful” advice hashtags, as well as some hashtags that aren’t very helpful at all.
Otaku assemblyman’s latest project stars a 1,300-year-old girl from a popular video game franchise.