Japan legendary monster goes viral on hopes for end to epidemic
The story of the half-human, half-fish "amabie" monster was first featured in a 19th century woodblock-printed news sheet from the Edo Period (1603-1868). Quickly d…
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SoftBank Group withdraws $3 bil. tender offer plan for WeWork
The Japanese investment giant said it had scrapped part of the rescue scheme as "certain conditions to the tender offer were not satisfied," citing the New York based-company's fa…
Top Jobs in Japan with No Japanese Required – Week 13, 2020
On Apr 2, 2020Don’t speak Japanese but want to work in Japan? Each week we look through our database of jobs in Japan to showcase the top positions that don’t require any Japanese language abili…
Rick and Morty star in epic Samurai & Shogun short for Adult Swim【Video】
Sword fight between Samurai Rick and Ninja Rick results in one of them losing a head. Now, the creative team behind animated science fiction sitcom Rick and Morty have released their own short i…
Persona 5 Royal is the definitive version of an already brilliant RPG
Atlus released Persona 5 — a JRPG about teenage vigilantes with supernatural powers living in Japan — in 2017. Now, it’s created an enhanced version: Persona 5 Royal, a version that addresses th…
The io9 Guide To Gundam
AdvertisementWhen Mobile Suit Gundam first aired in Japan, the only toys available featuring the robots from the show were “Chokogin” die-cast models made by Clover. Chokogin were extremely…
To –san or not to –san? Should you use the Japanese honorific suffix when speaking English?
And yet, often when I hear someone use the Japanese honorific “-san” when speaking English, it feels awkward and superfluous to me. Okay, so we’ve seen there are a couple of legitimate argu…
“Papakatsu”: More and more girls in Japan are turning to sugar daddies to wine and dine them
These girls claim having a middle-aged man pay for their lifestyle is different from compensated dating, but is it really? But those who currently have a sugar daddy say the concept is comp…
Your cat or dog can be King of the Pirates with One Piece anime cosplay outfits for pets【Photos】
Doesn’t matter how bad things get, Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates are always there for one another. Both use your pet’s front legs as the character’s legs, so it’ll look like the an…
Yuri Suzuki's Easy Record Maker lets you engrave your own records
Created with Japanese publishing and toy company Gakken, the Easy Record Maker has a recording stylus that engraves sounds onto five-inch plastic disks. "You simply plug in your iPhone…