Another Monkey in Tokyo?
A couple weeks back, a wild monkey was caught in Tokyo and returned to the mountains. However, a couple days ago, a resident of Tokyo’s ....
2 Sep 9:09 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Gunman Attacks Discovery Channel
A gunman has been shot and killed by police after taking hostages at the American headquarters of the Discovery Channel: A website register....
2 Sep 8:07 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Daytime Drinking Parties: Bring Your Kids!
Asahi TV news reports on an interesting new development: drinking establishments that are holding daytime drinking parties. Their reporter....
1 Sep 8:20 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Monkey Attacks in Japan
Wild monkeys in Japan usually avoid human beings, but it looks like a group of them in Shizuoka Prefecture have started attacking people: ....
29 Aug 7:37 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cute Japanese Kids Make Doughnuts
A Japanese news show visits the Krispy Kreme Doughnuts shop in Kawaguchi, where kids can do a special “Let’s Decorate Your Doughnuts!....
28 Aug 6:00 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Police Dog Disarms Terrorists
Haneda Airport is going to open its new international terminal in October, so Japanese police put on a show for the press to let everyone k....
26 Aug 8:48 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Homeopathic Treatment Leads to Infant’s Death
Homeopathy, a laughably stupid Western pseudoscience, seems to have caught on with a few people in Japan: “Homeopathy’s therapeutic val....
26 Aug 9:37 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
River Surfing in Japan
A few residents of Minokamo city( in landlocked Gifu prefecture) have come up with a fun way to enjoy summer: river surfing! Here’s a v....
26 Aug 9:12 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
HMV Closes Flagship Store in Shibuya
Crowds of people gathered outside the HMV store in Shibuya the other night to watch it close its doors for the last time: The store was a ....
23 Aug 8:23 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Autopsies for Only 10% of Suspicious Deaths
The Yomiuri reports that a mere 10% of suspicious deaths in Japan are followed-up with autopsies: Japan’s autopsy rate is the lowest amo....
20 Aug 9:59 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Al Jazeera: Japan Rice Cultivation ‘in Danger’
Al Jazeera English reports on the state of rice farming in Japan: The dramatic rice fields of Japan are a powerful feature of its landscap....
19 Aug 10:47 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Say Goodbye to the Business Japanese Proficiency Test (BJT)
The Business Japanese Proficiency Test (BJT) will be discontinued at the end of this fiscal year: We regret to announce the discontinuance ....
19 Aug 9:11 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Contest: Win Tickets to Greater Tuna
The Tokyo International Players are putting on another performance, and like some of their previous shows, they are offering a pair of free....
19 Aug 8:52 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
McDonald’s Cuts Menu Prices
McDonald’s Japan has temporarily cut the price of a Big Mac from 320 yen to 200 yen (until August 26th): This Fuji TV news report notes ....
18 Aug 11:15 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Police Mascots
On Sunday evening, NTV’s Bankisha aired this hard-hitting investigative report about Japan’s various police mascots: Their research te....
17 Aug 1:52 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Rising Yen Hurts Tourism / Makes Imported Food Cheaper
The recent surge in the value of the yen has given Japanese more buying power abroad, but has also weakened the buying power of foreign tou....
17 Aug 1:23 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
65 Years Since the Nagasaki Bombing
Today was the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. As it was not the first city hit by nuclear weapons and its death toll was no....
9 Aug 7:37 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hiroshima : What Lessons Have We Learnt ?
A France 24 news program discusses the lessons of Hiroshima with military historian Laurent Henninger: — While we’re on the topic of H....
7 Aug 7:29 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese “Spiderman-style” Baseball Catch
This blog rarely posts about sports, but I think just about anybody can appreciate the coolness of this catch by the Hiroshima Toyo Carp’....
6 Aug 7:36 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
65 Years Since Hiroshima
Tomorrow morning will be the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Here is a news report about it from Al Jazeera English: ....
5 Aug 8:52 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
99-Year-Old Bowler
Amid all the media coverage of Tokyo’s oldest man being a mummy that had been collecting pension payments for 30 years and the subsequent....
5 Aug 4:57 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shibuya Nightlife: Drunks & Delinquents
A news program visits the area around Shibuya station late at night to observe drunks and delinquents: There seem to be a lot of teenagers....
5 Aug 11:33 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
How to Train Your Dragon in Japan
Toshiaki Kasuga of the Japanese comedic duo Audrey dresses up like a dragon is acts stupid in a promotional event for the Japan release of ....
4 Aug 7:04 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Haneda Airport’s Fancy New Terminal
Fuji TV news and the Yomiuri give us a sneak peak at Haneda Airport’s new international terminal: The media on Monday got its first gli....
3 Aug 11:54 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Oil Tanker Damaged: Attack or Accident?
A lot of people are speculating about what caused a Japanese supertanker to receive heavy damage while traveling through the Strait of Horm....
2 Aug 10:28 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A Chinese Family That Loves Japanese Stuff
An NTV reporter visits an apartment in Shanghai where every appliance to have been made in Japan: The family that lives there says they bu....
1 Aug 9:41 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo Sky Tree Beer
As the construction of the Tokyo Sky Tree progresses, Asahi Beer has decided to change to design of some of its bottles to celebrate the ne....
31 Jul 10:44 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ueno Zoo Will Get New Pandas (And Pay China Millions)
Ueno Zoo will finally get some Pandas again: The Associated Press has uncritically parroted Chinese state media reports about this being a....
29 Jul 9:52 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nagasaki Archive: Google Earth + A-bomb Information
A new site has been launched that combines Google Earth satellite images with information about the atomic bombing of Nagasaki: The site, d....
27 Jul 5:27 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shimbashi Station Gets Whisky Highball Melody
If you’ve passed through Shimbashi Station recently on a JR train, you may have noticed that it’s got a new arrival melody: According ....
27 Jul 12:49 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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