Two-million person protests quickly and compassionately give up their position in the streets for the sake of the injured.
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Propaganda trucks in Tokyo pause their racist hate speeches to play the American national anthem.
But even though it looks like the laziest translation job ever, it might be justified.
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.
Koichi Sugiyama’s political beliefs keep some gamers from enjoying the video game series, so this famous Japanese psychiatry expert has her own special cheat code.
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!”
In other words, now’s probably a good time to get all that valuable data onto removable physical media.
Jumpei Yasuda also explains why he said he was a South Korean man named Umaru in a video filmed by is captors.
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.
Shinzo Abe might have just pulled a total David Copperfield during an appearance in Akihabara.
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