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Face off with two of the horror world’s most terrifying characters as they make you look both shocking and beautiful at the very same time.
Our reporter P.K. Sanjun can drive them off in droves!
Here’s your chance to breathe the rarefied air of AKB48, Japan’s highest-flying idol mega group.
Show off your voluptuous side that’s been waiting to burst out.
It’s never too early to start planning for Halloween, especially since you may want to squeeze in a few extra leg days…
When we forced one of our male reporters into a pair of stockings to celebrate National Stockings Day, we had no idea how much he’d enjoy it…
Put a shirt on, you crazy kids!
We can only hope it’s filled with classic games and AA batteries.
Kayako and Toshio are a lot more laid back when they’re not committing supernatural murder.
What’s brown, lumpy, and can now be purchased via capsule toy machines in Japan? If you guessed “a turd,” then you have a gross mind, but are also entirely correct!
For some reason, when it’s raining cats and dogs, McDonald’s customers in Japan seem to start craving fish.
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