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The Brave Football Player vs. The Cowardly University

The tackle that stunned a nation - and the brave apology.

福田和子 (Fukuda Kazuko): The Hostess Who Nearly Outran Murder

How a former hostess kept one step ahead of the police - and nearly ran out the statute of limitations on her…

Logan Paul and the “Casual Racism” of Weird Japan

After Logan Paul's infamous Aokigahara video, the English-language internet woke up to something Japan watchers had long called 'weird Japan': a brand…