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SOCIAL MEDIA

Japanese Cosmetic Surgeon Under Fire for Posting Autopsy Photos

Cosmetic surgeon Kuroda Aimi treated a medical training trip to Guam as a fun holiday, posting pics of dead bodies and flashing…

POLITICS

Osaka City Mayor Dissolves Assembly Over Sexual Assault

Locals are demanding answers of Kishiwada City Mayor Nagano Kohei after he dissolved the Assembly, dismissing charges of sexual assault as a…

LAW & CRIME

Couple Finds Live Rocket Launcher in Grass in Japan’s Kitakyushu

You don't hear much about gun violence in Japan. You hear even less about rocket launcher violence. And yet...

TRAVEL

GACKT: Japan Should Return to Isolationism, Maybe

Singer-songwriter GACKT appears to have the solution for overtourism: return the country to isolationism.

ENTERTAINMENT

Popular Japanese Politician Tamaki Yuichirō Attends Porn Law Symposium

A number of political party representatives - including popular Democratic Party for the People (DPFP) leader Tamaki Yuichirō - attended a symposium…

ENTERTAINMENT

Japanese Influencer Gets Bigger Breasts, Owes Millions in Damages

Japanese YouTube entertainer Tenchim owes a sizable chunk of change to a bra manufacturer. The online star sold a successful line of…

NEWS

Japan Will Demand Parents Explain Kids’ “Kira Kira” Name Pronunciations

The days in Japan where you could casually name your kid "Nausicaä" or "Pickachu" are coming to an end: a new revision…

JAPANESE LANGUAGE

Can Japanese Stores Use Signs to Keep Tourists Out?

A store in Kyoto made headlines when it posted a sign in English and Chinese saying it was closed - but, in…