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Ex-Hotel Boss Dies by Suicide After Admitting to Changing Communal Bathwater Only Twice a Year

03.14.23

By Hanako Montgomery
News

Japan’s Cherry Blossoms Are Blooming Earlier and Earlier. Blame Climate Change.

03.14.23

By Hanako Montgomery
News

A Studio Ghibli Theme Park Opened and Men Are Filming Themselves Groping the Characters

03.13.23

By Hanako Montgomery
News

Mutilated Cats Are Being Found Across a Japanese City and Schools Are Terrified

02.28.23

By Hanako Montgomery
Tech

Japanese Officials Investigate Mysterious Sphere That Washed Up on Beach

02.21.23

By Jordan Pearson
News

Japan Will No Longer Have the Developed World’s Lowest Age of Consent

02.20.23

By Hanako Montgomery
News

The World’s Dumping Ground for Nuclear Waste Doesn’t Want Fukushima’s Wastewater

02.17.23

By Hanako Montgomery
News

Scientists Finally Found Out What a ‘Monkey Mermaid’ Mummy Really Is

02.15.23

By Hanako Montgomery
Tech

Netflix Made an Anime Using AI Due to a ‘Labor Shortage,’ and Fans Are Pissed

02.01.23

By Samantha Cole
News

Zookeepers Say They’ve Solved the Mystery of How a Gibbon Got Pregnant by Herself

02.01.23

By Hanako Montgomery
News

For Rent: Tokyo Apartment for $300. The Catch? It Has No Shower.

01.27.23

By Hanako Montgomery
News

63-Year-Old Japanese Mom Took Photos of Women in Bathhouses to ‘Calm Down’ Her Son

01.25.23

By Hanako Montgomery

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Tech

AI Music Boss Says Musicians Don’t Actually Like Making Music

A tale as old as time: CEO invents a problem no one has in order to sell the solution.

01.14.25

By Luis Prada
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Gaming

PS5 Exclusive ‘Anime Life Sim’ Looks Like Shien Crossing: Temu Horizons, and Will Likely Not See It’s 2026 Release Date

Hmmm, this looks rather familiar, don’t you think? ‘Anime Life Sim’ is totally different than any games involve crossing animals, right?

01.14.25

By Shaun Cichacki
Samsung Trade-In Program. Phones Disassembled – Credit Samsung

Tech

Samsung is Offering Cash in Return for Your Old Phone

Samsung wants your old Galaxy phone, and it’ll give you cash for it without making you buy a new one.

01.14.25

By Matt Jancer
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News

Space Junk Crashed Into a Kenyan Village and Everyone Is Confused

The KSA says the object was “red-hot” when it crash-landed.

01.14.25

By Luis Prada
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Tech

Apple’s AirTag Is Finally Getting a Sequel

Tag, you’re it. Everybody’s favorite Apple-branded, white button is getting a follow-up.

01.14.25

By Matt Jancer