Free “Language Learning with Netflix” extension soranews24.com

Language Learning with Netflix is a free, simple Chrome extension that automatically works when you log into Netflix. It displays the subtitles of whatever you’re watching in both your native languag…

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Jenya: A Russian Voice Actor in Japan www.nippon.com

Jenya was born in Novosibirsk, Russia, but lives and works in Japan as a voice actor. How did she get into this field when Japanese is not her native language? What has she focused on in developing t…

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Salaries for international developers working in Japan www.tokyodev.com

An interesting survey that allows you to get insights into international salaries of developers working in Japan. This information is rearly available elsewhere as the surveys conducted by the Japane…

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Day in the Life of a Typical Japanese University Student

A day in Japanese college student life in the greater Tokyo area. Follow a Keio University student from morning until evening. This is a day in the life of University student in Japan attending Kei…

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Twin-tailed flasher in Japan’s coldest prefecture may not understand how flashing works soranews24.com

While flashers’ motivation is beyond the personal understanding of mentally balanced individuals, their objective is pretty simple.
They want people to see their junk, and specifically they want peop…

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‘The world is very messed up’: Why ‘Katamari’ and ‘Wattam’ creator believes in the power of play www.latimes.com

“Wattam,” Takahashi says, was inspired by watching his two younger children play.
Grown-ups lose that innocence.”In “Wattam,” as in “Katamari Damacy,” there’s an underlying sense of rebuilding the wo…

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Forbidden snack? Japanese "sponge cake" looks way too much like the real thing soranews24.com

We’ve seen before how artists can craft wood into delicious-looking food, but what about the other way around?
What if a food artist crafts actually-tasty food into something that is edible, but look…

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AV actresses turn up their cuteness factor cosplaying as virtual YouTubers in video shoot soranews24.com

Japanese fans go crazy as their favorite anime girl YouTubers become come to sexy life.
The reigning queen of virtual YouTubers, Kizuna Ai, has continued to entertain her massive following ever since…

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Anime One Piece to become live-action TV series...produced in the U.S.?!? soranews24.com

But hot on the heels of that declaration of an eventual ending comes news of a brand-new beginning for One Piece.
He also predicted that the live-action One Piece will be the most-expensive TV series…

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Japan’s number-one cosplayer skips the Santa outfits, dresses up as a succubus【Photos】 soranews24.com

Enako shares a preview of her two-months-late/right-on-time Halloween cosplay photo collection.
Sometimes there’s a bit of angel cosplay too, tapping into the “holy night” aspect of Christmas Eve.
Th…

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