The Mummy at Saisho-ji Temple
Hidden within the mountaintop Saisho-ji Temple in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture sits the mummified corpse of Kochi Hoin. Further inside is what looks like a mummified cat, but the temple insi…
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Anime featuring yakuza thugs getting gender reassignment surgeries to become idols begins in July
Then again maybe it’s just my line of work, where miner mannequin idol groups and people licking cops are everyday occurrences, that has made me jaded. Given the nature of the story, however, it…
Coronavirus is revealing uncomfortable truths about Japan
The object, they say, is to prevent a surge in the numbers of ‘Corona rikon’ (Corona divorce) the new trending phenomenon here in Japan. The concept of a woman’s realm is still very much alive i…
Japan firm offers couples unused hotel rooms amid Covid-19 lockdown
Tokyo (CNN) — When Keisuke Arai switched to working from home during the coronavirus pandemic , he began bickering more with his long-term girlfriend. wondered how couples across Japan were…
2020 Honda CBR1000RR Review: An Elegant Weapon With a Racing Spirit
But when you swing a leg over the 2020 Honda CBR1000RR, you go all-in on that history. Rather, Honda’s motorcycle department swiped the blueprints, locked a handful of bike engineers away i…
And Now, Some Excellent Cardboard Gundam Heads
Kotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Gundam designs are iconic and wonderful, especially the mech…
The 13-year-old video game contest winner who became one of Japan’s greatest manga artists
Once he was just a junior high kid who drew a Mega Man robot, but now he’s one of the most beloved comic artists in the world. Capcom’s Mega Man came out for the Famicom/NES in 1987 and quickly …
Thousands made homeless in Tokyo amid pandemic
Tokyo has estimated 4,000 Internet cafe refugees who sleep and eat in the cafe's small cubicles. However, they are losing the last accommodation as the government has requested to close the…
Massive Nintendo Leak Reportedly Includes Wii Source Code, Developer Materials, And N64 Test ROMs
Image : NintendoWhat appears to be an unprecedented trove of information related to several past Nintendo consoles was leaked to the internet starting last Friday. Many of the thousands of leake…
Japan's child population falls for 39th straight year to record low
The estimated child population in Japan has dropped for the 39th consecutive year to a record low, government data showed Monday, despite efforts to tackle the long-standing issue of a declining…