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Fukushima 10 Years On: Radioactive Pigs, and a Father’s Heartbreaking Search

03.10.21

By Hanako Montgomery
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A Sex Work Researcher Tells Us All About Japan’s ‘Prostitution Island’

02.24.21

By Hanako Montgomery
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What It’s Like Being Black, Japanese, and Constantly Stopped By Police For No Reason

02.15.21

By Hanako Montgomery
Food

What’s Really in Japanese Seaweed Salad?

02.11.21

By Giorgia Cannarella
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134 Vehicles Just Crashed in a Deadly Pile-up in Japan

01.19.21

By Hanako Montgomery
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Why Single-Serving Rice Cookers Are Selling Like Hotcakes in Japan

01.18.21

By Hanako Montgomery
In Japan, You Can Rent a Person To Do Nothing

01.15.21

By Frankie Lantican
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Click to Bow: How Japan’s Work Etiquette is Adapting to the Age of Zoom

01.12.21

By Hanako Montgomery
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In a First, South Korea Court Orders Japan To Compensate Wartime Sex Slaves

01.08.21

By Junhyup Kwon
This T-Shirt Has Embarked on a World Tour Because You Can’t

01.08.21

By Snigdha Bansal
Japan Plans to Invest in AI Matchmaking to Boost Its Declining Birth Rate

12.11.20

By Frankie Lantican
This Man is ‘Buying’ Faces to Make Creepily Realistic Masks, and People Want In

12.01.20

By Snigdha Bansal

The Latest

Gaming

Xbox Game Pass Surprises Users With a New 2025 Game Today

Xbox Game Pass adds a 2025 title today and gives players a chance to catch up on the latest installment in the franchise.

04.03.26

By Denny Connolly
Screenshot: The Pokémon Company

Gaming

Pokémon Champions Mega Abilities Leak Reveals Overpowered New Forms

A new leak might have just revealed most of the new Mega Abilities in Pokémon Champions. If true, it makes some Pokémon overpowered.

04.02.26

By Brent Koepp
PlayStation 5s – Credit: Sony

Tech via

Amazon Is Still Selling the PlayStation 5 at Its Old, Lower Price

I don’t often urge people to run, run, run and buy a deal, but if you want a PS5 before the price hike kicks in, I wouldn’t wait long past lunch.

04.02.26

By Matt Jancer | Reviewed by Ysolt Usigan
Tunvarat Pruksachat/Getty Images

Life

This ‘Healthy’ Ingredient You’re Probably Eating Might Give You a Stroke

If you’ve had a protein bar that wasn’t inedible, it’s probably because of erythritol. It’s just too bad that it might give you a stroke.

04.02.26

By Luis Prada
Sugar, The Surfing Dog

Life

Remembering Sugar the Surfing Dog, World Champion Dog Surfer

RIP Sugar.

04.02.26

By Luis Prada