Japanese students test their TV trivia knowledge and their ability to keep up with the beat in this new rhythm game that’s gone viral.
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Participants from the recent Miss Universe pageant tweeted photos of themselves au naturale to encourage women everywhere to love the skin they’re in.
A Japanese Twitter user has been wearing some of the same socks for over 20 years, opting to fix them up with cute, economical patches rather than throwing them out!
Returning home for the holidays after being away for months at school or work, Twitterers all over Japan are finding their pets’ love is rather short-lived. Or at least their memories are!
Notices and warnings are everywhere, so it’s easy to simply look past them. But these ones spotted in Japan are a little harder to ignore.
Hayao Miyazaki is responsible for one of the biggest social media trends in the world, but one of his closest associates says the legendary anime director doesn’t know about it.
Learn about this sad sumo jargon while enjoying a few photos of sumo wrestlers petting cats!
How do you reply to a friend’s wedding invitation: with a simple check mark in a box, or a thoughtful work of art?
Moe-style anime NEW GAME! gets new official website with TV broadcast and cast reveal info.
This pigeon got on the wrong train. What happens next is probably exactly would happen to any of us!
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