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Watch Erykah Badu Perform "On & On" in Japan
Our Japanese counterparts caught the MC performing her hit from 'Baduizm.'
Whose World Is This? Watch Nas Perform "The World Is Yours" A Cappella
20 years later, we're all still looking for dead presidents.
The King of Hosts
The philosophy behind Japan's Host club, Club Fantasy is that customers are offered the opportunity to spend time with "pop idols that you can actually meet." VICE Japan visits the alleged "King of Hosts" and gets a look behind the scenes.
The Battle for Medical Marijuana in Japan
While the West carries on its steady course toward legalization, piggybacking on the ever-increasing awareness of marijuana's medicinal properties, Japan's cannabis laws remain steadfastly harsh.
Street Racers in Okinawa
Recently, most of Okinawa's racetracks have been shut down, which leaves drag racers just one option—to compete on the streets of Okinawa.
Japan Won't Let Filmmakers Use the Yakuza for Movie Plots Anymore
Media Works, a Japanese film production company, specializes in producing Yakuza movies, almost all of which are based on true events. Unfortunately for them, gang expulsion laws were passed two years ago in an effort to prevent Japanese entities from...
Uyoku Dantai: Japan's Growing Far-Right Movement
There are over 1,000 right-wing nationalist groups in Japan now, with over 100,000 total members. We caught up with Masaya Kudo, a right-wing activist and leader of his own group, Nihon-no-Kai.
Ant and Rat Tribes in Beijing
An estimated hundreds of thousands of people in Beijing live in dark and unsafe underground dwellings. VICE Japan took an investigative look into the subterranean living conditions of a new type of entrenched social class existing in China's capital.
Underground Fighters of Japan
A Japanese movie producer wasn't satisfied with the professional fighting tournaments out there, so he made his own—one that has as few rules as possible in an attempt to replicate street fighting.
DIY Inventors: The Real Iron Man
Nearly a decade ago, Sun Jifa lost his hands in a fishing-related explosion. Sun couldn't afford prosthetic arms, but he didn't let this stop him from obtaining bionic hands—using his inventive imagination, Sun built his own metal hands.
MEGWIN Vs. VICE
Japanese comedian MEGWIN is an online superstar in Japan. Recently, VICE Japan caught up with MEGWIN and treated him to a plate full of salamanders, fermented herring, and a pile of chili peppers from Mexico. We're proud to say he completed his...