Japanese netizen’s responses were fairly mixed, but most were pretty casual about Trump’s allegedly incendiary statement.
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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.
Journalist Jumpei Yasuda, missing for three years, was seen in a terrorist hostage video pleading for help, but under a different name and nationality.
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Japan and Prime Minister Abe make it to the list as the second most trustworthy country and leader in the world in Australians’ minds.
Japanese Twitter gets a good laugh out of these great examples of a common elementary school exercise. Happy Father’s Day!
If you wanna know, if he loves you so, it’s in his… political engagement, that’s where it is.
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Japanese citizens alternatively relived and disappointed to learn their government isn’t spending time planning how to fight aliens.
Japan Ninja Council sending delegation to speak, show their shinobi skills at National Diet House of Representatives session.
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