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A Brief History of Meth
How an experimental asthma remedy became one of the world's most feared drugs.
This Japanese Tea Is Supposed to Taste Like Anime Girl Sweat
The tea that combines the nation's insatiable appetites for both tea and sexy anime.
Mr Cherry: The Buttcracker
Mr Cherry is Japan's leading world record holder, his feats including everything from the quickest crab walk to crushing walnuts with his bum. We followed him in the run up to his biggest record breaking challenge yet.
The Hangover News
This weekend, at least 12,000 asylum seekers crossed into Austria and Germany after Austria opened its border with Hungary.
Today in North Korea: Kim Jong-un Is Planning to Establish His Own Timezone
North Korea is often seen as being backwards, but now Kim Jong-Un is literally turning the clocks back.
What Black Anime Fans Can Teach Us About Race in America
We caught up with some of the black attendees at Otakon, Baltimore's anime convention, to learn about why anime resonated with them and why there aren't more black characters.
Why We Were Addicted to Our Tamagotchis
They didn't do anything but poop, walk around, age, and die, but we treated those little pixelated pets like family.
America Just Challenged Japan to a Giant Robot Fight
"We have a giant robot, you have a giant robot—you know what needs to happen."
A Volkswagen Factory Worker Has Been Killed by a Robot
Are giant robotic arms coming to wipe out humanity?
Meet the Hijabi Lolita
Alyssa Salazar is negotiating the intricate rules of Lolita dress-up alongside the guidelines for being a hijabi Muslim woman.
Meet Monika Mogi, Tokyo's Photography Prodigy
At just 22, she has an impressive list of credits and the photo skills to back them up.