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"Ordered an ice coffee in Kobe, and what I got was the coffee inside of ice..."
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If you've ever wanted to see a close-up shot of a tanuki - this does a good job of showing how much so-called "raccoon dogs" actually differ from raccoons.
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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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"My boss (50s) was late to a big meeting & said 'A grade school kid found a damn pretty rock & wanted to show me so I was late watching their lecture. They gave me the rock. I present it as proof' & showed a pretty rock. Everyone was like 'seems legit' & the meeting started." twitter.com/NamidaAfredel/…
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An important video to watch regarding perceptions of biracial people (ハフ) in Japan. Increasingly visible in both daily life and in media, and yet still occupying an ambiguous space as Japanese citizens and residents. twitter.com/annaPHd9pj/sta…
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The hashtag "So the LDP was just the Unification Church after all" (#自民党って統一教会だったんだな) trends on Japanese Twitter as users contend with discussion regarding the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party's connections to the "new religion" founded by Sun Myung Moon.
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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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"I'm certain there's YouTubers already planning on filming themselves venturing into cults. And they're going to be like 'they were friendlier than I expected.' Cause everyone loves a 'they look scary but they're actually nice~'-type story." 1/2
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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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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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"The realization that this country is blanketed in vastly more religious atmosphere than foreign individuals are aware of will now likely spread overseas. All it takes is looking at the ties political leaders share with all sorts of religious groups."
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As many predict the assassination of former Prime Minister Abe to have major effects on tomorrow's elections, #投票は香典じゃない ("a vote is not a funeral offering") is now trending on JPN Twitter.
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Former Prime Minister Abe has passed away.
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Asahi with an incredible picture of the suspect being apprehended as he attempts to flee.
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The suspect in the shooting of former Japan PM Abe Shinzo has been identified as Yamagami Tetsuya, a man in his 40s. Asahi and others reporting the weapon was a sawed-off shotgun - i.e., a weapon that a civilian could secure under Japanese law.
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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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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 maiko (apprentice geisha) wrote a long thread about her victimization at the hands of customers. The user below has translated the thread into English. An important read. twitter.com/glsfrg/status/…
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Reporter goes to a Yamagata Prefecture legislative meeting where only 2 reps out of 39 are women. One of them gets up to talk and the men start talking amongst themselves, ignoring her.
The topic at hand was the gender gap 💀 twitter.com/ogawat0802/sta…
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“Everyone asks ‘why didn’t you go w/ your husband on his overseas work posting?’ but not one person asks ‘Why did he accept it & leave his family behind?’ or ‘why did the company ask this of someone w/ a wife and kid?’” twitter.com/mou72468300/st…
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"They happily viewed both rain and hydrangeas together."
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“My kid suddenly said ‘I wanna eat a dinosaur cake!’ so I threw something together with a roll cake, cheesecake, and soufflé from the supermarket. It’s rough but they loved it.” twitter.com/OOYA3/status/1…
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“The difference between Tokyo Metro Police and Osaka Police posters”
Left (Tokyo): “Tokyo’s here to protect you”
Right (Osaka): “Let’s GO! Time to show ‘em what we’re made of!” twitter.com/etoriasan/stat…
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“Our cat, who arrives in song when they’re in a good mood” t.co/KtmfwTSSnd
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"The Japan Railways employee coat seems like something an evil organization would wear"
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The Japan you don’t learn about in anime. Staff account.