politics (Page 9)
Her grandfather may have just become America’s president-elect, but it looks like it’s Japan’s Piko Taro who’s in her thoughts.
Liberal translation of statement at protest against conservative politician has fans wondering what happened to the love.
Hillary Clinton shows off 3-D maneuver gear prowess.
Cute like a kitty, and also maybe crazy like a fox?
Because if you’re old enough to cast a vote, you’re old enough to bust a nut.
As 18 and 19 year olds are now allowed to vote in Japan for the first time this year, a surprising campaign is being advertised to encourage them to take to the polls.
And Japanese Twitter users are quick to provide us with some hilarious political commentary.
Two months into his job, the feline Palmerston is already looking to expand his outreach to a global scale.
RocketNews24’s Director of Craziness gains even more international fame as the award-winning American news organization showcases his Donald Trump makeover.
Celebrity inventor and “Greatest Scientist in History” Dr. NakaMats throws his support behind the Republican front-runner in the form of the mightiest weapon known to man: Guard Wig.
Since the establishment of modern China following World War II, both China and Taiwan have claimed nearly the entirety of the South China Sea as their own.
Maybe the U.S. presidential candidate doesn’t have as much otaku cred as some people think he does.
With mixed messages in Japanese and moves stirring up hard feelings in mainland China, Madonna’s Taiwan leg of her Rebel Heart Tour left people with lots to talk about.
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