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“Was eating at a small Chinese restaurant when two young elementary boys came in, pooled their change & ordered one fried rice.
‘Got it!’ the owner said & began clearly cooking for two. He then said:
‘Sorry! I made too much on accident - enjoy!’
That was a cool move.” twitter.com/kurouuronchaaa…
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Two years after quitting acting after it came out that he got a minor pregnant, beat her & pressed her to get an abortion, actor Ozawa Ren “apologizes” for his “weakness” and says he wants to restart his career.
He is, as you might imagine, getting his virtual ass beat. twitter.com/occult_box/sta…
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Snow has come early to parts of Hokkaido, resulting in a beautiful “collaboration” of fall and winter.
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Daiso is selling a new product that lets you showcase your manga with a little holder that attaches to the end of a bookshelf ledge, so now you can pretend you run a bookstore at home. twitter.com/XIxGXhF7teakyA…
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“The scariest English expression isn’t ‘fuck’ or ‘shit’ but ‘we need to talk’.” twitter.com/AgingAnarchist…
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A high school in Hyogo Prefecture has apologized after a softball coach hit a student so hard he dislocated her jaw. Her crime? Forgetting her uniform. The teacher is on home suspension; the school is “considering” further disciplinary action. twitter.com/ntvnewszero/st…
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Video has the word “osampo” (a walk) in the background. Pouring the water reverses the さ (sa) to a ち (chi), making this “ochimpo” or “p*nis”.
May everyone who is still 7yo at heart get a giggle from that. twitter.com/huniki_kanetin…
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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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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.
unseenjapan.com/voice-actors-j…
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"Must've been pretty comfy, he hung out in the apple all day.
"Morning Night" twitter.com/akai_suisei_z/…
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Japan Twitter users are trending a hashtag calling for former politician Hashimoto Kotoe’s account to be frozen after she tweeted that protests over Abe’s state funeral were a “mobilization of homeless people” who “stank horribly”.
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“Why I can’t get anything done” twitter.com/cutest_animal1…
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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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Some especially impressive engineering by a high school class for their bunka-sai (school festival). Who knows - they may have a career ahead of them as imagineers at Tokyo Disney.
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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.
unseenjapan.com/japan-tourism-…
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チンチン can mean “penis”, but can also mean “extremely hot” in Aichi Prefecture. The unfortunate example sentence at the end can be read as “When Dodekabashi fights an enemy, its beak gets hot/becomes a d*ck”. twitter.com/akki_stsa/stat…
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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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OP says his parents told him to “settle down and start a family” (身を固める; mi o katameru) so “in accordance with their wishes” he bought a suit of armor to “protect his body” (身を固める).
10/10 wordplay, no notes twitter.com/sakone_shogen/…
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Man is shocked to learn that mixed race people in Japan have the audacity to *checks notes* exist.
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"1970 - the Tokyo Design College, specializing in manga, was unilaterally shut down. We see students protesting by barricading themselves in the school, also having taken in a stray cat from outside and allowing him to sleep on a cute futon."
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“Unbelievable when cut in half, just genius level stuff” twitter.com/tyomateee/stat…
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The latest ep of anime Lycoris Recoil shows images of characters smoking red spider lilies (彼岸花) in the interstitials. Small catch: the flower is poisonous - leading fans online & even the lead illustrator to warn others "don't try this at home, kids."
huffingtonpost.jp/entry/lycoris-…
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“Hit-by-a-car-yesterday deer sashimi, 900 yen” twitter.com/ami105610/stat…
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New Post: How an outdated Japanese law and no same-sex marriage rights denied one transgender parent legal guardianship of her own biological child.
unseenjapan.com/transgender-pa…
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A Tokyo judge has ordered Tokyo Medical University to pay 27 women a total of 18.26 million yen after lowering their entrance exam test scores as a deliberate way of decreasing women’s admissions and attendance.
digital.asahi.com/sp/articles/AS…
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