The meat in the 4.9-million Tokyo Roast Beef Burgers and Muffins McDonald’s sold wasn’t quite what people were expecting from their commercials.
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Following accusations of “betrayal” from angry fans, couple starts a new, happy chapter in their lives.
Creator of hit anime/manga franchise keeps himself out of jail and his comic in monthly magazine.
Nagoya man arrested after crossing prefectural lines to perform illicit act with elementary school student.
Tokyo court orders manga artist to pay startlingly small fine for possession of nude depictions of girls no older than 15.
18-year-old’s two-year relationship has angry fans calling the development a “betrayal.”
Coach retains job, school says it does not think attacks by other students constituted bullying.
It’s story may be one of redemption, but the film adaptations of the hit anime/manga aren’t being cut any slack.
Nobuhiro Watsuki tells police “I liked girls between the ages of upper elementary school students to about the second year of junior high.”
Warnings about “the dangers of social media” have critics saying his statement appallingly misses the point.
Japan usually has no complaints about swimsuit modeling, but this time is a little different.
Apparently it’s not just Japanese idol singers themselves who can cause a scandal by being chummy with the group’s fans.
Six-year-old Ai-chan is getting the full idol experience at a young age: the singing, dancing, meeting fans, and even the occasional hatchet-job by the media.
Some of the more civilized comments against the tabloid Friday include “Die” and “Do you feed your families with the money you squeeze out of people’s souls?”
Yes, Japan’s Shinkansen is an amazingly stress-free way to get around the country, but that doesn’t mean the driver should be this relaxed.
Following his tear-drenched press conference and constant ear cupping, disgraced assemblyman Ryutaro Nonomura finally gets his day in court—and shocks the public yet again with a new trademark move.
When a fight broke out between the students of an Aichi elementary school class, their homeroom teacher tried to defuse the situation by imparting some wisdom. You see, kids, “naked men don’t make money, but naked women do…”
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