He’s handsome, talented and an Olympic gold medalist. And now, Yuzuru Hanyu will be making his screen debut as a samurai lord in the Edo period!
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RocketNews24’s mightiest eaters assemble to take on competitive eater and devourer of all things delicious (and possibly the occasional soul too) Sachiyo Masubuchi.
The helpful pooch in this commercial from Thailand proves that dogs really are man’s best friend.
Get out the tissues because this short ad will make you appreciate family bonds all over again.
There are no reference photos and no sketches; just an artist, a pen and his beautiful mind.
The 40 anthropomorphized parts of the Prius hybrid are back in a virtual idol-backed video with a unique method of writing lyrics.
This video might not help you ace a final, but it will definitely help you get motivated to study Japanese history.
Anyone who’s been to Japan knows that the convenience store is the prefect place to get snacks, pay your bills, buy adult material, and get into a fight. Wait, what?
There’s nothing that says you can’t have professional-grade musical skills and model-level looks.
Eating a ginormous lunch and taking afternoon naps? Pff, no sweat! Doing 100 reps of a brutal weight training regimen? No thanks…
Singaporeans remember David Bowie fondly, as well as his 1980s documentary in which the Southeast Asian city-state appeared.
This customer experience is blowing up all over social media, or it would be if anyone could get to their cell phones.


















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Pokémon and Ikea Japan cross over into each other’s worlds with collaboration events
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