This list features manga, anime, video games, and anime/game merchandise that would make any weeaboo smile!
There are multiple Japanese bilingual manga available from Japan, with English-Japanese bei…

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While all I have covered of ‘Produce 101 Japan’ so far is the comical solo fancams, I feel obligated to let you know that they have decided on a final group.
It will be called JO1, with the Japan rep…

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ÉCAL graduate Anna Piasek has created modular takeaway food packaging that can be divided like a bento box and composted after use.
"An East Asian meal often consists of a variety of dishes in smalle…

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Prev Next View AllAfter three and a half years in production, Hayao Miyazaki’s upcoming feature film Kimi-tachi wa Dou Ikiru ka (How Do You Live?)
That’s as of this past October, according to Studio …

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The Tokyo court ordered television journalist Noriyuki Yamaguchi to pay 3.3m yen (£21,000) in damages to Shiori Ito, a freelance journalist who has become a well-known face of Japan’s #MeToo movement…

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VideoJapanese journalist Shiori Ito has successfully claimed damages from a TV reporter she has accused of raping her while unconscious in 2015.
She brought a civil case after prosecutors dropped a c…

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Tokyo, Japan (CNN Business) A freelance journalist who became a symbol of Japan's #MeToo movement has won a civil case against the high-profile journalist she accused of raping her.
Ito became a symb…

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One thing that struck me while reporting this was realizing courts consider statements by brands in things like sustainability reports, supplier codes of conduct, or even on their websites to be basi…

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While Japanese teens are on the train headed to the once-a-year Center Test, some predators see a rare opportunity.
Adding another layer of anxiety is the fact that examinees don’t take the Center Te…

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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taiwanese national has enraged the Japanese by posting photos of naked women soaking in a hot spring on Instagram, according to a Taiwanese netizen who broke the story on Mon…

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