Tag: comedy
With heatstroke season upon us, Japan abounds with reminders to stay hydrated. However, kids here these days are refusing to do the one thing that could most help: drink water.
A teenage girl in Hokkaido is dead because she took someone's picture. And now it's emerging that local cops knew the suspect a little too well.
Looking for a new, unique travel destination in Japan? The Sado Mines in Niigata Prefecture are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Brazil's government formally apologized for the deportation and imprisonment Japanese and Japanese-Brazilians suffered during World War II.
Some citizens in Fukuoka are complaining that garbage collectors, who work at night in the city, are having the audacity to - gasp! - take breaks. It's part of a trend of customer complaints in Japan about "lazy workers" - and it's making it harder for the city to fill positions.
A groping incident on a Tokyo train involved an escape attempt, as a man scaled a two meter fence to evade authorities. Fortunately, police caught him a month later. Sadly, too many other molestation cases in Japan end in silence.