For seven years Koichi Kuwabara has been creating ‘free hug’ YouTube videos, travelling to various Asian countries, spreading a message of peace. The reason behind…
Japanese self-proclaimed bald and disorderly middle-aged man Shirapyon (@lonestarsde66) recently took to Twitter to let others known of a transformation in his life and share…
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Summer is finally here. Soon it will be time for going to firework festivals, wearing light kimono, eating shaved ice, and trying to beat the…
You don’t have to peruse Japanese online retailer Felissimo’s YOU+MORE! series (a play on the pronunciation of “humor” in Japanese) that long to find out…
When Japanese university student and papercraft artist @02ESyRaez4VhR2l (Haruki) sees a box of sweets or snacks, he sees just the beginnings of his next artistic…
Pokemon is probably one of Japan’s most successful exports ever, and many fan artists have unleashed their creativity on the phenomenon. Some re-imagine the creatures…
The Nishi-Funabashi branch of Waseda Yobikō 早稲田予備校 (Waseda Prep School), a major Tokyo cram school with a 60 year history, has a very large clock…
Japanese Twitter user and floral artist inori（@kusabanaasobi）has a hobby of crafting decorations and animal figures out of plants. While she has quite a few fascinating…
We often see just how stubborn shiba inu can be when it comes to getting what they want. We humans are merely slaves to their…
Written by Toru Matsugaki for JAPAN Forward Tozaburo Yanagiya, 42, is a storyteller with a drive to spread the word on rakugo, a traditional form…
Japanese Schools Forcing Teens To Dye Hair Black As we reported before, in October 2017, news of an Osakan teen who was forced by her…
Ever since it opened for business at the dawn of the Meiji Era, Fundodai Goyo, Inc. has been making high quality soy sauce and miso…
Starting as a small company in the UK, Lush has become a firm favourite of beauty and skincare enthusiasts due to their ethical sourcing and…
Many people in their childhood years went through a phase of making stick man animations by flipping notebook pages. The stick man would be made…