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Australian on trial in Tokyo, case hinges on if he said “This is a robbery” or “Go to a door”

Possibly the first time a trial in Japan is decided by English grammar and pronunciation.

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192-year-old Kyoto tea company now makes matcha Margherita pizzas

Itohkyuemon continues to innovate as it approaches its 200th birthday.

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Tokyo Space-out tournament draws nearly 100 competitors, finds who’s the best at doing nothing【Video】

Competitors judged on technical and artistic quality of their spacing out.

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Yakuza member arrested on charges of using insurance to pay for severed finger treatment

Don’t chop off your own finger if you’re not prepared to pay out of pocket to get sewn up afterwards.

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Announcing the Find Girlfriends for Takamichi and Takuya Project — Applications open!

Our two most eligible bachelors, one a dog-loving trained actor and the other a former pharmaceutical researcher turned rapper, are looking for that special someone. Could it be you?

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Pizza Hut Japan creates Landmine-type Pizza to celebrate Japan’s dark jirai-kei fashion

“You’re not gonna eat me because I’m not cute, right?”

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Osaka zookeeper caught stealing chimpanzees’ food

Victims claim to have seen no evil, heard no evil, nor spoken no evil.

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Iisjhaisha? Japan’s biggest English test sends out a baffling message

Be honest, TOEIC. Have you been drinking?

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Japanese woman subdues convenience store thief with headlock, credits anime for technique

Shopping trip turns into unexpected grappling session that ends with bite marks, letter of commendation.

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Abuse Cafe Japan: We get abused by waitresses in maids’ uniforms at Tokyo’s viral pop-up diner

Like the worst maid cafe you’ve ever been to, where diners are told to eat their food like pigs.

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Japanese pizza chain starts nationwide delivery of for-dogs pizzas

Pizza-La is going to the dogs…the dogs’ homes, that is.

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Penguin escapes from wildlife exhibit in Japan, found at beach 45 kilometers away【Video】

Penguin survives two weeks in the wild despite being raised in captivity.

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Japanese convenience store issues rice ball recall, foodies would’ve loved to eat them anyway

Family Mart makes a mistake that still sounds so right (and delicious).

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Japan’s cat testicle calendar is here for nyantama fans to go nuts with

“Please feel soothed by the powered-up cat testicles.”

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Site of Japan’s most famous samurai murder is now a Kyoto karaoke joint

Belt one out for Ryoma.

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Experience feel of animal boobs, sip penguin-humping cocoa to your heart’s content at Tokyo aquarium

Full of Sex Exhibition opens at Sunshine Aquarium after sundown.

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“I will continuously compliment you” – Buying praise from Tokyo’s street complimenter【Video】

Can a person we’ve just met really make us feel better about ourselves?

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Ice cream in fried tofu? Taste-testing ice cream inari, a substitute for ice cream cones【Taste test】

Applying the inari sushi concept to frozen desserts.

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Japanese man arrested for phone-stalking his own wife, calling and saying nothing up to 100 times a day

The stalking was coming from inside the marriage.

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Toothpaste commercial pulled for sounding like the Japanese missile alert system

It’s the end of gingivitis as we know it, and I feel fine.

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