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“Lizard pencil sharpener. When you sharpen a pencil it becomes a frill-necked lizard.” twitter.com/mitiruxxx/stat…
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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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"Younger sister: He never opens his eyes all the way - could he have an eye disease?💦
Doctor: Nothing wrong with him. He just doesn't feel like opening them.
Sis: doesn't feel like opening them
Doc: He lacks motivation
Sis: Lacks motivation..."
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"The Japan Railways employee coat seems like something an evil organization would wear"
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A squid at the Muroto Schoolhouse Aquarium in Kochi Prefecture spat out a large quantity of ink (墨, sumi) into its tank, leading the aquarium to apologize by writing 「スミません」 and we endorse this dad joke 100%.
(Also that poor ray) twitter.com/murosui_kochi/…
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Hey, remember the subway groper who stopped four Tokyo lines fleeing police?
Turns out he WAS police. The 40s man was a sergeant in the organized crime unit.
When women in Japan tell you cops don't take sexual violence seriously...they mean it. www3.nhk.or.jp/shutoken-news/…
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Annual reminder for those perhaps looking for a movie to watch this night that Kon Satoshi's Tokyo Godfathers is one of the best Christmas movies of all time.
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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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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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In the end, his wife accepted his otaku-ness and he made up for it by picking up the detective agency fee and taking her on a Disneyland vacation. So all’s well that ends well ❤️
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In contrast to Western cyberpunk's fetishization of Japanese culture, Japanese cyberpunk covers topics such as the increasing influence of the military, income inequality and poverty, and government corruption - all without the fetishization of foreign cultures.
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BREAKING: People in Japan speak Japanese. More details on this fascinating story as it develops. twitter.com/Humble_Analysi…
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Japanese company Takiko is selling a “wearable beanbag cushion” that lets you plop down & rest anywhere. Touted as “the cushion that takes you out - anywhere, anytime”, it didn’t sell at all until going viral on social media recently. It can be yours for the low price of ¥17,800.
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Truly do not understand this obsession with promoting the idea that everyone in Japan is somehow cleaner than everyone else on Earth. Have these folks ever tried to find soap in a public restroom in Tokyo? twitter.com/JoePompliano/s…
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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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"Trans people, non-binary people, and same-sex couples (including those raising kids) already exist in this society. The legal system simply hasn't kept up. So rather than having this psychological debate about whether to 'accept' them or no..."1/2
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A bunch of people dressed up in dinosaur costumes in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, and raced 50m across the snow.
Don’t question it…just revel in the silly fun ❤️ twitter.com/nhk_news/statu…
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Women in Japan have battled sexist sentiments for years. In 2003, former Japan PM Mori Yoshiro stated that women who didn’t have children didn’t deserve pensions. In 2005, the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, Yanagisawa Hakuo, referred to women as “birth-giving machines.”
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“A corner where you can touch the otters, this is just too cute” twitter.com/tyomateee2/sta…
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"Today at the zoo I saw a tanuki who had collapsed in front of a pair of normie lovebirds. Live your best life, tanuki!"
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The mother of Kimura Hana, the wrestler and Terrace House star who committed suicide after online bullying, has sued Fuji Television for over USD $1M for failing to protect the show’s actors.
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A Tokyo court has ruled that the Japanese government violated the rights to equality and dignity of defendants by not allowing for same sex marriage. However it dismissed the defendant’s plea for damages. This makes the 2nd court ruling in favor of same sex marriage in Japan.
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As a rule of thumb, someone with a rising sun flag as their pfp is incorrect 100% of the time. (The people they tagged raises that to 200%.)
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“I’m here for Coming of Age Day!!!” twitter.com/Katorisenkou_k…
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Yeah, translucent-era tech was cool. What's even cooler is actually crediting @kazzykazycom for his highly-recognizable photography projects, especially when his profile literally says "▶︎Do not repost."
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