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Japanese women on social media are demanding the right to wear glasses to work, after reports that employers were imposing bans. One woman who works in restaurants tweeted that she was repeatedl…
But Naoko doesn’t turn to heavy metal to channel her feelings. io9's got an exclusive look at the first trailer for Dino Girl Gauko, a brand new short-form anime from Hitoshi Mogi.…
New addition to Extra Warm line gets very hot below the hips. With the weather getting colder, Uniqlo has rolled out a new addition to its Heattech line of warm undergarments, called the Heattec…
In junior high, she was forced to continuously dye her hair black and hated every moment of it. So, when it came time to enter high school, the plaintiff’s mother tried to make arrangements with…
Each year, folks in the town of Chikuzen, Japan create sculptures out of rice straw to mark the fall harvest. This year, they’ve brought Space Battleship Yamato to life. According to Nico N…
Two recent Nintendo Switch games I’ve been playing celebrate mascots from all angles: Mario and Sonic at the Olympics Games Tokyo 2020 and New Super Lucky’s Tale. Still, Mario and Sonic at the O…
East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Anime eyes might look OK in, well, anime, but on real-life humans, …
A new Nintendo published game, The Stretchers, is just came out on the Nintendo eShop in Europe and Japan. It’s a co-op game where you and a friend load people onto an ambulance and take th…
If you’ve ever been to Japan, maybe you’ve visited one of the country’s numerous gardens. What if you could make your own Japanese garden? As Netgeek reports, there are DIY candy kit versio…
