Visitors to Fukuoka, Japan can get a hotel room at the bargain price of $1 — but there's a catch.
To take advantage of the deal, visitors must agree to live-stream almost everything.
The hotel does w…

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We spend a day straining our necks and filling our anime-loving hearts to bursting staring up at the brand-new, full-size Unicorn Gundam statue.
Actually, they’re better than OK, because on Sunday, T…

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Itomori may not be an actual city, but here’s where the hometown of Your Name’s female lead would be in real-life Japan.
Hit anime movie Your Name splits its scenes between Tokyo, home of male lead T…

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After years of trial and error, the creators of Hibi arrived at the optimal mixture of paper fibres, incense and charcoal to create the perfect strike-on-box incense match.
Japanese matches became po…

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A teacher at a prestigious Tokyo junior high school kicked a student as corporal punishment in mid-September and left him with a broken rib, investigative and other sources with the knowledge of the …

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AdvertisementIn the past in Japan, Sony diehards were called "GK", which was short for "Gate Keeper" (ゲートキーパー・ジーケー).
Prior to this, Sony fans were called "Degawa" (出川) after an annoying comedian, Tet…

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Online in Japan, mean nicknames aren't unique to Nintendo fans!
Previously, Kotaku covered the mocking monikers given to Sony and Xbox fans on Japanese gaming forums and in blog comment sections.
Ori…

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East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond.
"Chikan" is certainly not something anyone wants to be called, but online in …

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In my case, the extreme rarity of root beer has been a source of sadness.
What is it that makes root beer so overwhelmingly disgusting to Japanese people?
Okinawa was the one enclave of Japan where r…

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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 20:38 | Arts, All, JapanA possible artwork by mysterious street artist Banksy discovered last year in Tokyo will be exhibited from next week at a pier close to where it was …

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