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Kan Wants to Alter 2006 Futenma Agreement
It’s only been a short time since the Hatoyama government toppled over its failure to get changes made to the 2006 U.S. base relocation a....
20 Jul 7:03 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Arab TV Report About Japanese Toilets
YouTuber wisemanleo has made some English language captions for this YouTube video of an Arab TV report about the wackiness of Japanese toi....
20 Jul 5:33 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ken Watanabe to Direct “Go For Broke” Movie?
A check of Japanese actor Ken Watanabe’s imdb page this morning has revealed that it is rumored he will be the director of a new film abo....
19 Jul 8:30 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Baseball Chimpanzee
Genius chimpanzee Pan-kun plays some baseball with Ken Shimura (from Saturday night’s episode of “Shimura Zoo”): — Akihabara News....
19 Jul 7:24 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Lucky Star Town Plagued by Otaku Gets Its Own Movie
The anime Lucky Star, with it’s catchy opening credits set in the town of Washinomiya, has had quite an effect on the area. Otaku fans of ....
18 Jul 11:13 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
International Tokyo Toy Show 2010
The International Tokyo Toy Show is being held this weekend at the Big Sight. Here are a few video clips showing some of the neat new toys....
18 Jul 8:02 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Giant Hornets Nest Attached to Window
Asahi TV visits a restaurant with a window that has a splendid and terrifying view of the inside of a nest of giant hornets: — Akihabar....
18 Jul 7:51 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Narita Sky Access
Narita Sky Access, a new high speed train that can travel between Nippori (in Tokyo) to Narita Airport in just 36 minutes, has gone into se....
18 Jul 7:43 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Dolphin Jumps Out of Aquarium Tank
For the past week or so, animal rights activists have been doing their best to spread this video of a dolphin jumping out of its tank in th....
17 Jul 11:45 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Gopan Rice Bread Cooker
A video from Diginfo shows off the Gopan Rice Bread Cooker, a machine that transforms rice in to bread: The GOPAN is basically used in the....
17 Jul 11:09 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
South Korea Punishes People For Ancestors’ Crimes
Most countries in the world do not punish people for crimes committed by their parents or grandparents. However, things are apparently dif....
16 Jul 10:11 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Haunted House (No Shoes Allowed)
A timid TV announcer takes a tour of a new haunted house at the Tokyo Dome City amusement park: This haunted house has a somewhat unique p....
16 Jul 6:55 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Flooding and Landslides in Japan
Heavy rain in Northern Kyushu and parts of Western Honshu have caused some pretty scary floods and landslides, as these video clips show: ....
16 Jul 6:51 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Watch Sumo Live on the Internet
If you’re frustrated about the fact that the ongoing sumo tournament is not being televised in Japan because of a gambling scandal, you c....
16 Jul 6:25 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Introducing Drinks in Wacky English
Masahiro Nakai of SMAP shows off his English proficiency in this commercial for anti-hangover drink Ukon no Chikara: — Akihabara News ....
15 Jul 6:09 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Minmi in America
Japanese musician Minmi is living in New York now, and as this news video shows, she is preparing to give birth to a baby while readying he....
15 Jul 6:05 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Fan Tribute to Weird-faced Buddhist Statue
Remember that weird-faced Buddhist statue what was posted a few days ago? Aaron of Nurses has written in to inform us that he was inspired....
15 Jul 5:09 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shinjiro Koizumi’s Star Power
Fuji TV news reports on how Shinjiro Koizumi, son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, contributed to the Liberal Democratic Party....
14 Jul 1:27 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Renho Fever
As many other DPJ candidates failed miserably on Sunday, Government revitalization minister Renho won with 1.71 million constituency votes,....
14 Jul 1:20 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Attempted Robbery of Police Station Ends in Failure
This man was either really stupid, or wanted to go to jail: A knife-wielding man entered a police station in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture,....
14 Jul 10:30 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
‘Obscene’ Photograph Gets Anime Voice Actor Arrested
A man who does voice acting for the anime “One Piece” has been arrested for uploading naked photos of himself to the internet: Imamura....
14 Jul 10:03 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Soka Gakkai’s Support of Komeito
Several of the most viewed videos on YouTube Japan today are clips from Asahi TV’s election night coverage. Among them is a clip of jour....
13 Jul 8:53 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
NZ Prime Minister: Peter Bethune is ‘downright ungrateful’
Anti-whaling campaigner Peter Bethune was recently given a suspended prison sentence by a Japanese court after pleading guilty to several cr....
13 Jul 9:39 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hayao Miyazaki Doesn’t Like Gadgets
Acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki is not a fan of gadgets, and an article up on IT Media contains some statements he made about Apple....
13 Jul 8:55 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Toilet Paper vs. Chinese Toilet Paper
An NTV program explains the difference between Japanese toilet paper and Chinese toilet paper: As you can see, the Japanese toilet paper d....
12 Jul 1:15 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A Sumo Tournament Without Fancy Prizes
The Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament is underway, but scandals over illegal gambling and ties to yakuza gangs have caused organizers to cut dow....
12 Jul 1:10 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
OMG It’s Ichiro!!!
Jay Onrait of Sportscenter provides some amusing narration for video of a short encounter between a Ichiro Suzuki and a baseball fan: — ....
11 Jul 12:43 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
2010 Upper House Election
It’s election day for the 2010 Upper House Election. For some information on what’s at stake in this election, check out this article ....
11 Jul 9:51 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Somersault Cats
It’s Saturday, so here are a few videos of somersaulting cats in Japan (the first cat was featured on Asahi TV’s “Nani Kore” progra....
10 Jul 9:06 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Korean Ultra-nationalist Attacks Japanese Ambassador
A Korean ultra-nationalist has attacked the Japanese ambassador in Seoul: Japanese Ambassador Toshinori Shigeie managed to avoid a piece....
10 Jul 7:49 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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