East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond.
Melochin has been uploading his dances to YouTube for years.
Recently, he not…

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East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond.
Hayao Miyazaki turned down Hollywood, but okayed an official kabuki adaptatio…

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A s NHK reports, Hayao Miyazaki has turned down that offer.
Announced last year, the kabuki version will star Onoe Kikunosuke as Nausicaä and Nakamura Shichinosuke as Princess Kushana.
Talks about a …

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Nintendo Tokyo, the first official Nintendo shop opening in Japan, will of have a slew of exclusive merch.
Of course, it will!
Above is a first look—t he t-shirts and the tote bag are quite nice!
The…

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This fall, Japan is getting its first Nintendo Store.
Called Nintendo Tokyo, the official shop will be located in the brand new Shibuya Parco building.
Like the Nintendo New York, Nintendo Tokyo will…

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Kenrokuen Garden.
Kanazawa, Japan.
By Suman Kugadasan .
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Japanese-owned brand Uniqlo has been forced to pull an advert from airing in South Korea after a mistranslation appeared to mock women forced into sex work during the Second World War.
UK news in pic…

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Lexus considered the relationship between a horse and its rider when designing the LF-30 Electrified concept car, which represents the Japanese brand's vision for a future generation of electric vehi…

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Robot hotel operator announces modification to prevent hacks by guestsTOKYO (TR) – The operator of the robot-staffed Henn na Hotel chain announced last week that a modification has been made to preve…

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For two decades, it was the lament of inexperienced visitors to Japan: Where are all the trash cans?
Public waste bins and garbage cans were largely removed from Japanese cities following the 1995 sa…

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