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Spaghetti & Buttered Toast
Every week, NTV’s “Kenmin Show” presents viewers with segments that teach viewers that every prefecture in Japan has weird cultural p....
10 Sep 8:03 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Gundam Phone
Softbank is releasing a special Gundam 30th anniversary version of its 945SH mobile phone. Here are a couple videos of a press conference a....
10 Sep 8:43 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo Time-lapse Video: Inter // States
A very cool time-lapse video of Tokyo by photographer Samuel Cockedey: [via Pink Tentacle] — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Su....
10 Sep 8:25 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Chinese Trawler Rams Japanese Patrol Boats
Japan has seized a Chinese trawler after it rammed two Japanese coast guard vessels in the waters around the Senkaku Islands. The Chinese ....
10 Sep 8:00 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
American Sitcom / Japanese Commercial
A commercial for Meiji’s Galpo Chips parodies American sitcoms: The style of filming, the super-lame canned laughter, and the bad Japan....
9 Sep 10:33 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Rifle Girl vs. Carnival Game
Ever wonder how much it would cost to win every prize at a pop gun carnival game? Fuji TV summoned Mamika Tsuruoka of the Japan National R....
9 Sep 10:26 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Not Paying Rent in Japan
NTV news follows around a man who works as a problem-solver for landlords that have tenants who don’t pay rent and don’t answer phone c....
9 Sep 10:04 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Boar-riding Rodeo Monkey Triggers Cuteness Overload in Japan
A few days ago, I posted about a baby monkey that had taken to riding a young boar at a Fukuchiyama Zoo in Kyoto prefecture. Since then, ....
8 Sep 4:00 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan’s Oldest People
NTV’s “Bankisha” news program sent inquiries local offices across Japan so viewers could enjoy a laugh about Japan’s oldest “livi....
8 Sep 9:26 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Aliens Invade Sushi Restaurant
A while back, I posted about a Kappa Sushi commercial in which a customer is so excited about 90-yen sushi dishes that he completely ignore....
8 Sep 8:35 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Frenchman Denied Entry to U.S. Base Festival
The Japan Times is running an article about a Frenchman who is angry that he was denied entry to the Open Base Bon Odori Festival at the U.....
8 Sep 8:29 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Girl + Dangerous Job
A Japanese “Danger Hunter” visits the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas and finds out what it’s like to perform maintenance on its thri....
7 Sep 9:42 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kamikatsu: Japan’s First Zero-waste Town?
The small town of Kamikatsu in Tokushima prefecture is aiming to become a “zero-waste” area that recycles trash and uses renewable ener....
7 Sep 8:45 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
George Shima: The Potato King
Do you know the story of the Japanese man who became the “Potato King” of California? Here’s a short clip about him from a TV Tokyo ....
7 Sep 7:30 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Greenpeace Activists Found Guilty of Theft
In 2008, two members of Greenpeace stole a package from a shipping company’ warehouse in Aomori. Their organization subsequently held a ....
6 Sep 2:38 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Diaper-headed Man Robs Convenience Store
A man has been arrested in Tokyo for robbing a convenience store. At the time of the robbery, he was armed with a knife and wearing an adu....
6 Sep 9:55 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Dolphin Blooper Video
Remember that video of a dolphin jumping out of its tank at an aquarium in Okinawa? In the English-speaking media, the video was presented....
6 Sep 9:30 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Baby Monkey Rides Wild Boar
A cute sight from Kyoto’s Fukuchiyama Zoo (Sandanike-Koen Zoo): 「ウリ坊に乗るニホンザルの赤ちゃんが人気 」 — A....
5 Sep 9:26 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Is That Castle Burning?
Is that castle on fire? Nope! It’s just the hideous air pollution from a nearby smokestack: An unsightly smokestack ruins one’s vie....
5 Sep 9:16 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Wild Boar Attacks Buddhist Temple
The monks at Mii-dera in Shiga prefecture have often seen wild boars in the forests near their temple, but they were shocked when one desce....
5 Sep 9:07 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Golgo 13 Monkey Dies
Golgo, the elderly boss monkey of a group of macques on Takasaki Mountain in Oita prefecture has officially been declared dead: The monkey....
4 Sep 3:51 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
China Favors Knock-off Arita-yaki Porcelain Over Authentic Arita-yaki
Producers of Japan’s famous Arita-yaki porcelain recently discovered that a display of their products in Shanghai cannot use the Chinese ....
4 Sep 3:06 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Man Rollerblades Across America
The Barnstable Patriot reports on 62-year-old Kenichi Yamashita, a Japanese man who has rollerbladed across America: Connie Von Maur was dr....
4 Sep 8:28 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to Feature Takashi Murakami Balloons
This year’s Thanksgiving parade in New York will feature two balloons designed by Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami: Kaikai, a childli....
4 Sep 8:19 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Weird English Conversation
Francol86 has turned some elementary school English teaching audio into a lesson for adults: I manipulated the audio tracks from the Eigo ....
4 Sep 8:11 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Online Coupon Sharing For Tech-savvy Japanese
A short news report about the growing popularity of a new coupon sharing site in Japan: In the first part, they check out a site called Q:....
3 Sep 10:18 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Girls Generation in Japan
The Korean pop group Girls Generation came to Tokyo last week to give their first Japan concert. Thousands of fans attended their performa....
3 Sep 8:38 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Police Shut Down Chinese Brothel Near Yokosuka Base
Japanese police have raided a Chinese massage parlor in Yokosuka and arrested 24 people: The parlor, which was located near an American na....
2 Sep 8:03 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
African/Japanese Group Arrested For Money-laundering
A group of 3 Nigerians, 2 Japanese and one Ghanaian have been arrested for international money-laundering: The six are suspected of having....
2 Sep 7:47 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Smile Measurement Technology
A Japanese company called Omron recently developed something it calls “Smile Measurement Software.” The software analyzes an image of ....
2 Sep 2:13 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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