Japanese company brings back "cotton wife" body pillow to enhance the realism of VR games soranews24.com

Now you can explore the world of virtual reality while stroking the soft body of your favourite character at the same time.
It’s been two years since whacky goods manufacturer Bibi Lab shocked us all…

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New PlayStation Commercial Rips Off Loads Of Artists kotaku.com

A big new commercial for PlayStation Japan, pitched as a music video featuring all the platform’s big holiday games, has a lot of cool animation throughout.
Pity, then, that loads of it is copied—dow…

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'Evangelion' anime studio chief arrested for taking photos of nude teen japantoday.com

Police arrested the president of anime studio Gainax Co on Thursday for allegedly taking nude images of a teenage girl and touching her on the pretext that he was training her for photo shoots as an …

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Comic about international travel hits the nail on the head about the most bizarre spa behaviors soranews24.com

Onsen or hot springs are such a popular destination in Japan that many communities depend on their famous onsen to spur tourism.
But it’s not just in Japan where natural springs and spas attract visi…

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"Evangelion" anime studio chief arrested for taking photos of nude teen english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 16:30 | All, JapanPolice arrested the president of anime studio Gainax Co. on Thursday for allegedly taking nude images of a teenage woman and touching her on the pretext t…

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1st Ebola vaccine clinical study in Japan to begin this month english.kyodonews.net

The researchers said they aim to develop the Ebola vaccine to prevent further outbreaks of the deadly hemorrhagic fever in Africa.
Kawaoka developed the new vaccine using an inactivated Ebola virus t…

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Top Jobs in Japan with No Japanese Required – Week 49, 2019 blog.gaijinpot.com

On Dec 5, 2019Don’t speak Japanese but want to work in Japan?
Each week we’re looking through our database of jobs in Japan to showcase the top positions that don’t require any Japanese language abil…

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Ultimate Guide to Winter Illuminations in Japan’s 47 Prefectures 2019-20 blog.gaijinpot.com

Iwate Prefecture: Koiwai Winter Illumination, KoiwaiThe largest display of winter lights in the Tohoku region takes place on Koiwai Farm, a 3,000-hectare property famed for its dairy products.
845 La…

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A man called a telecom company 24,000 times to complain. Now he's been arrested cnn.com

Tokyo (CNN) A 71-year-old man who allegedly made 24,000 toll-free calls to a telecoms provider to complain that the company had violated his contract has been arrested by police in Japan.
The man, id…

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Why do Pokémon Trainers “black out” when they lose a battle? This could be the real reason soranews24.com

Fan has a theory as to why everything goes dark for losing Trainers even though they never get hurt, and it’s pretty convincing.
As fun and charming as the Pokémon video games are, there are some ser…

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