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Today in Japan’s Master Criminals, a Gunma dude tried to pour a medium combini latte (180 yen) into a small coffee cup (110 yen). When confronted, he said he had to go to the toilet but fled in his car. The owner jumped on the windshield and clung on to the wiper some distance. twitter.com/ntvnewszero/st…
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It’s college entrance exam time in Japan again which means disgusting men are flocking online - again - to declare it “Groping Day” bc students will be too distracted to file police complaints. Activists and authorities are gearing up to raise awareness and protect young women.
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Right-wing weebs who've never lived in Japan: Japan is totally safe and there's zero sexual assault, also the trains ALWAYS RUN ON TIME
Japanese news: A man accused of groping fled on the tracks and stopped four major Tokyo train lines
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TSUKURITAI ONNA TO TABETAI ONNA (She Loves to Cook & She Loves to Eat), a popular manga about two women who fall in love via their complimentary relationship to food, will be made into a drama. The series will air on NHK starting on November 29th, 2022. twitter.com/Tsuku_Tabe/sta…
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PM Kishida doubled down on his opposition to Japan federally recognizing same sex marriage, saying that it would “change family values, our values system, and society”.
Reminder that the majority of people in Japan consistently approve of marriage equality by a sizable margin.
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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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McDonald’s Japan is raising prices on 80% of its items, prompting one “fan” to proclaim their disapproval: “Oh my God. The worst. This sucks.”
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Composer Tanaka Hidekazu (35), who’s done music for IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS and other game & anime titles, was arrested for making lewd remarks at an underage girl in Meguro & grabbing her hand. A camera also showed him chasing after her.
www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2022…
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It was perhaps Japan's most horrific murder. So why were all the offenders given such light sentences - and why do they walk free today? A look into the case of Furuta Junko and how it shocked Japan - and the world.
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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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Read more about harassment against voice actors in the anime industry in our latest article:
unseenjapan.com/hirano-aya-ani…
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A reason for the continued imagined association in Japan between tattooing culture and criminality are the long centuries of tattoos being used as brands for criminals. Below are tattoos used during the Edo-era to mark lawbreakers in various locales.
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A most important secret hidden within the famed pirate symbol of mega-popular weekly manga magazine Shonen Jump: turn the pirate on his side, and he morphs into a young girl.
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Someone was appalled that their boyfriend uses the lid of takeout sushi as a soy sauce tray and she wants to break up with him, prompting JP Twitter to wonder why you WOULDN'T use a sushi tray lid like this. Others point out some lids contain an indent for just this purpose! twitter.com/sakamobi/statu…
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HuffPo JP covers the new web manga HANBUN KYOUDAI (Half-Siblings) by @fujimiyoico, which chronicles the life of two ordinary mixed race Japanese - including the micro-aggressions and racism they encounter on a regular basis.
huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp…
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A mixed Brazilian-Japanese woman was told (very wrongly) by a city official in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, that “public assistance isn’t available for foreigners”, she should “go back to her country “.
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Reminder that homelessness (and alcoholism, and littering, and noise pollution) are in fact issues that exist in Japan in their own unique and all-too-real forms, as in most societies. twitter.com/HayekAndKeynes…
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Discount retailer Don Quixote says they’re changing their beloved character Donpen out for “Dohou-chan,” a faceless, soulless katakana “do” that has arms and legs for some reason. General reaction from users is, “why?” twitter.com/donki_donki/st…
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“← Society before same sex marriage is legalized
Society after same sex marriage is legalized →”
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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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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day - and a fine time to commemorate the story of Sugihara Chiune, the Japanese diplomat went against the dictates of his own government in order to issue Jewish refugees with visas to Japan - helping to save 6000 lives in the process.
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"Pretty darn cute seeing this manga-esque batting scene play out in real life"
twitter.com/tyomateee/stat…
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People in Japan are expressing disgust over a video (we won’t share, it’s cruel and sick) of a woman who took an unhoused woman to a combini promising to buy her food - only to leave her stranded at the register at the last minute. One unhoused advocate called the vid “violent”.
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AKB48 member Okada Nana has "graduated" from the group for the crime of falling in love. This after group General manager Mukaichi Mion said "the time's come to rethink" the rule against members having relationships.
AKB48's parent company denies any such rule exists.
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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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