Fish illegally caught by yakuza sold at Nagasaki sashimi eatery
KYODO NEWS - 10 hours ago - 18:05 | All, JapanA restaurant in southwestern Japan sold discount sashimi rice bowls using fish caught in an organized crime group's illegal poaching opera…
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Sumo: Yokozuna Hakuho acquires Japanese citizenship
KYODO NEWS - 13 hours ago - 15:30 | Sports, AllTOKYO - Yokozuna Hakuho, a record 42-time sumo grand champion, has acquired Japanese citizenship after relinquishing his Mongolian n…
Tokyo Night Market: Farmers Market × RAW TOKYO + Juniper Tokyo, 7th Sep, 2019
With over 600,000 readers each month, Tokyo Cheapo is the site of choice for value hunters who want their yen to go further in Tokyo. To find why we started this site, check out the Tokyo Cheapo…
Dolphins trapped in nets and slaughtered with knives as Japan starts controversial annual hunt
Japan’s controversial annual dolphin hunt is underway in waters close to the coastal village of Taiji. During the hunt, which has been carried out for decades, the animals are rounded up and dri…
Japan begins slaughtering dolphins as cruel six-month hunting season opens
This weekend the yearly event kicked off in Taiji, a town in the south of the country. The hunt started rather unsuccessfully on Sunday when, Japanese media reported, boats returned with no dolp…
Taiji cove hunt: Japan starts controversial dolphin hunt
Image copyright AFP Image caption The Taiji hunt, seen here during the 2014 season, has received widespread criticismJapan has started its controversial annual dolphin hunt in the coastal town of Tai…
Where whales are back on the menu
VideoAfter 33 years, Japanese fishermen have once again started hunting whales commercially. For some in the country, this is a tradition that goes back centuries, but there's a growing num…
The Uneven Historical Horror of The Terror: Infamy
The supernatural horror of Infamy comes mostly from an otherworldly antagonist named Yuko (played by Kiki Sukezane), who is introduced in the first episode. This isn’t to say that Infamy must de…
You Can Watch the First Episode of the New Kamen Rider Online, But There's a Catch
But one of Japan’s most enduring hero series, Kamen Rider, hasn’t been afforded the same chance... but that could be about to change. This past weekend saw the launch of Kamen Rider Zero-On…
The io9 Guide to Super Sentai
The current team, Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger, is the 40th Super Sentai incarnation, and began airing in Japan in February of this year. Dengekitai, the term “Super Sentai” didn’t exist—they were j…