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"A miraculous chimera of a photograph in which Kirby and Gengar have fused inside of the arcade crane game"
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"They happily viewed both rain and hydrangeas together."
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“Watching [Gundam] Iron-Blooded Orphans on the plane but so is the infant off to the right in front of me so I’m seeing all the spoilers and know exactly what’s coming next” twitter.com/eeeeee74132460…
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Asahi’s latest polling shows support for Kishida’s gov plummeting in the wake of Abe’s state funeral: a full 50% disapprove of his leadership and only 40% approve. It’s the 2nd straight month that disapproval has climbed.
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"Bought this speaker at Daiso, and since it's supposed to be able to play songs off of SD cards, I tried playing one of K.K. Slider's songs on it. It looks all retro and cute, just like something out of a house in Animal Crossing."
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Japan is reopening for visa-free tourist travel on October 11th. Here's what we know so far and a backgrounder on the long wait. We'll update this as more information comes in.
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There's an issue with growing YouTuber aspirations in Japan - many job contracts forbid secondary revenue streams. This month, a Wakayama fireman was docked 10% of his pay when it was discovered he had a modest-sized, monetized gaming channel.
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"This is an announcement of the results of my PCR test."
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....("Yo! Say!" sounds exactly like 「陽性」: "Positive.")
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"As a Black female resident of Japan, it’s not lost on me that even within the monolith of gaikokujin, there is still a hierarchy of treatment based on nationality, skin color, and yes, race." (@ladyscribe21)
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Former Prime Minister Abe has passed away.
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Today is Tanabata here in Japan - an annual holiday celebrating the reunion of the star-crossed lovers Orihime and Hikoboshi. This user created a beautiful onigiri to celebrate, showing the tradition of hanging tanzaku wish cards from stalks of bamboo.🎋twitter.com/mZHtgivNQr33RC…
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The average voice actor in Japan only makes around 2 million yen (USD $13,850) a year off their work. Many work part-time jobs to make ends meet and spend a significant chunk of their income on expenses such as voice training.
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Worth noting that the Unification Church has been successfully sued in Japan for coercive recruitment and donation-sourcing. Members have been told their deceased loved ones are on a lower strata of the afterlife, and can only be saved by donations...
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Beautiful modern yokai by the artist さきゅう/ Sakyu. A cigarette dragon; demonic bug zapper; humidifier and dehumidifier oni locked in titanic battle; the reverse sides of USBs - interesting representations of modern objects of consumption in yokai form.
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Fuemi's illustrated "farewell to Abe" - which includes English translations - is a must read. twitter.com/fuemiad/status…
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Super Typhoon Nanmadol - known as Typhoon no. 14 in Japan - is projected to make landfall in Kyushu in the coming day. The typhoon has the possibility of being one of the strongest recorded storms to ever reach mainland Japan. Be careful out there!
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"Looking at Maruyama Ōkyo (1733-1795)'s paintings of dogs can really make you feel happy.
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Maruyama painted images of over 30 cute dogs during his lifetime - guess he was a dog lover?"
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Protesters opposed to the invasion of Ukraine gathered in front of the Genbaku Dome - the enduring symbol of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
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"This ain't the expression to give towards a cake a person fought so ardently to bake for you"
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A former apprentice geisha who spent six years in a Kyoto geisha house has created a flurry of online activity after describing abuses in the traditional industry. unseenjapan.com/abuse-in-the-g…
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"A manner of sitting learned at the feet of our resident Professor Cat…🐈"
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"What's with this freakin' cute signage?"
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Very strong earthquake off the coast of Fukushima and Miyagi, magnitude currently listed as 7.3. Extended shaking felt throughout Tohoku and Kanto regions. Tsunami advisory in effect for Fukushima, Miyagi, and southern Iwate coasts.
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"Today is the 49th day after Internet Explorer's demise"
The 49th day follow a death, known as the shijūkunichi, is often the day on which an urn is interred during the extended period of mourning.
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