Exercise your English and your toilet humor with Benza English

Even if you speak just English or Japanese, you just have to laugh. You might remember The Benza, a toilet-seat themed comedy that launched the careers of a cast of foreign talent living in Japan. The series, produced on a shoestring budget, features main characters Chris and Kyle as they go through rites of passage that […]

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Minnesota riots prompt people in Japan to protest against racial profiling by police【Videos】

Shibuya protest comes eight days after a foreigner was filmed being detained by police on the road in Tokyo. As people around the U.S. come out in protest against the death of George Floyd on 25 May by a police officer in Minneapolis, here in Japan tensions are rising following an incident many are condemning […]

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Japanese politicians want to make walking while looking at your smartphone illegal

New law would require that you be immobile when looking at your mobile phone. Back in January, researchers working for the city of Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, went out to two stations in town, Yamato Station and Chuo-Rinkan Station, to do some people watching. At each station, they waited for 6,000 people to pass by, then […]

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Japanese pro wrestler wows the Internet with her powerful, muscular… cooking videos!

Body-slam your way to better, cuter baking with Yoshiko’s kawaii home-cooked dishes. Yoshiko is a professional female wrestler. With her shock of bright blonde hair, characteristic sneer, and booming voice, she cuts an imposing figure whenever she enters the ring and has an aggressive repertoire of taunts and jeers to psyche out her opponents. ▼ […]

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Dating simulator lets players know exact moment virtual girlfriends will disappear this summer

Enjoy your summer of love, LovePlus Every fans, because it’ll be your last. Dating simulators are a dime a dozen in the Japanese video game industry, and in almost all of them, the story comes to a close once the player and his chosen object of affection confess their feelings to one another. “I…I think […]

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Ibaraki Airport mulls name change to “Tokyo Ibaraki Airport” despite not being in Tokyo

What could possibly go wrong? A common situation when visiting or living in other countries is having to talk about where you come from. Unless you happen to be from one of the handful of major metropolises in the world, chances are people abroad will never have heard of your particular hometown. One way around […]

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Japanese teen boy picks worst woman to randomly ask if she wants to make an adult video

”I thought I’d do her a favor,” he says after approaching a woman who’s skilled with handcuffs, but not because she likes to get kinky. Last Monday afternoon, a 17-year-old Japanese boy, who we’ll call “Taro,” was on the streets of Fukuoka’s downtown Batamachi neighborhood. Not unusually for a guy his age, he was scanning […]

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We buy a Japanese robo girl to pour drinks for us to enjoy while taking a bath【Video】

Replica of popular swimsuit model/actress means we never have to bathe or drink alone. Our Japanese-language reporter Masanuki Sunakoma has been spending a lot of time in the bath recently. Cleanliness is important, after all, and it’s not like he’s had a whole lot else to do while staying at home during the coronavirus outbreak. […]

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Japanese worker gets asked by boss to stay after tele-meeting for surprisingly cute reason

Yet another benefit of working from home. Social distancing has caused many to perform activities over the Internet that used to be face-to-face. Everything from graduation ceremonies to flower-viewing parties to everyday meetings at work. And while having virtual meetings has brought with it some difficulties, it has also brought plenty of unexpected benefits as […]

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Rejoice, EarthBound fans! New official tribute comic “Pollyanna” set to debut in mid-June

I believe a dream can still come true. Why shouldn’t I believe the same in you? The Mother franchise, more well-known as EarthBound for fans in the West, has long remained a cult classic. With its goofy undertones, semi-satirical takes on the JRPG genre, and its distinctive style which tests the boundaries of imagination and […]

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