Minister for Foreign Affairs’ tweet descends into emoji madness before ending on a porky cliffhanger.
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Jumpei Yasuda also explains why he said he was a South Korean man named Umaru in a video filmed by is captors.
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Shinzo Abe might have just pulled a total David Copperfield during an appearance in Akihabara.
Japanese netizen’s responses were fairly mixed, but most were pretty casual about Trump’s allegedly incendiary statement.
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.
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