Japan police to immediately revoke driver's licenses for road rage
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's National Police Agency unveiled Friday planned changes to the nation's traffic laws that define road rage and impose harsher penalties for dangerous drivi…
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Slot Machine Logo Sure Looks Familiar
East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. This is the logo for an upcoming slot machine called Wheel of Fortune.…
The Straw Hat Students are back with a new One Piece Japanese high school anime short【Video】
If you were going to classify anime/manga mega-hit One Piece, you could call it a pirate story, and it’s also clearly an action/adventure treasure-hunting tale. Heck, friendship is suc…
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind kabuki play’s rehearsal video is incredible【Video】
Just last week we attended the first-ever Star Wars kabuki play, in which famed actor Ichikawa Ebizo portrayed the internal strife of fallen Force-user Kylo Ren. But there’s now a new …
Studio Ghibli letter sheds new light on Spirited Away mysteries
Many of us thought some mysteries in Spirited Away would never be solved. But now a letter from Studio Ghibli has surfaced giving us some incredibly detailed explanations! Japanese Twitter …
Rare Fish Festival in Tokyo serves up dishes so good that oil may leak from your anus!
In this way the Rare Fish Festival (Mezurashi Sakana Fest) is like the Rams Head Live stage of the Maryland Deathfest. Taking baby steps into this underground world of fish, we selected our repo…
Experience afternoon tea with a Japanese twist in Harajuku!【Photos】
On first impression, though, Togo Kinenkan’s complex is unassuming—we wouldn’t have been able to guess from first glance that there’s a posh tea salon inside! The afternoon tea course has a 90…
The differences between French and Japanese love hotels can be downright frightening
The building’s exterior was already markedly different from Japanese love hotels. It was much less discrete with “Love Hotel” prominently written in large letters above the entrance. Upon e…
Hachiko, Japan’s most loyal dog, finally reunited with owner in heartwarming new statue in Tokyo
Today, a statue of Hachiko stands in Shibuya, showing the dog patiently waiting. Now, it’s that moment’s turn to be immortalized, with a new statue showing Hachiko as he’s rarely been depicted b…
Recreating Memories of Tsukiji Through Photogrammetry
It’s been a little over a year now since the Tsukiji Fish Market relocated to Toyosu and officially closed their doors forever. The site has since been demolished and the only thing that now rem…