A hilarious archive of American celebrities hocking products in Japanese commercials( Inspired to post by deepcleanfun.) picked by beckinacea 1 year ago

The reasoning behind this strange creation is that cone pizza eliminates the mess and need for silverware that traditional pizza slices require. Cone Pizza can be eaten on the run. picked by drnothing 1 year ago

Yamaha boasts a long and proud tradition in the motorcycle world, and the company aims to continue setting the pace with models like the glow in the dark, iPod dock equipped EC-02 electric bike. picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

An animatronic Rocky Mountain goat installed at a Japanese boat-racing enterprise eats 500 losing tickets a day on average, preventing customers from throwing tickets on the floor and creating less of a mess to clean up. picked by mitzuzake 11 months ago

Would you pay the equivalent of $28 for a 2-pack of premium tissue paper? Enough Japanese did - the limited edition sold out in days. Best of all, they're called "Ultra Nose Celebrity". picked by mitzuzake 8 months ago

Mimicking his master, a 1 1/2-year-old black-and-white Chihuahua named Conan joins in the daily prayers at Naha's Shuri Kannondo temple, sitting up on his hind legs and putting his front paws together before the altar. picked by Mitzuzake 7 months ago

Pictures taken after the dropping of the atomic bomb.
The pictures remained classified ‘top secret’ for many years. Some of the images have been published later by different means, but it’s not usual to see them all together.
NSFW for graphicness picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Plans to urge Japanese mothers to breastfeed and sing lullabies to their babies and for families to turn off the TV during meals have been scrapped, Kyodo news agency reported. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

But residents became "spooked" rather than pleased with the anonymous gifts and were too upright to pocket the money secretly. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

A Japanese police station Wednesday paid tribute to an anonymous donor who has handed in envelopes full of cash to give to the needy every month for more than 33 years. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

The research, parts of which are already being used in Japan to generate electricity from ocean waves, could be used to make walking robots, develop better prosthetics, or even charge your iPod. picked by MandolinOrange 7 months ago

The Peace Memorial Park gathered tens of thousands of children, elderly survivors, as well as dignitaries. The anniversary took place near ground zero, the place where the atomic bomb was dropped. People still die, while the US continues its nuclear programs. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

These koans, or parables, were translated into English from a book called the Shaseki-shu (Collection of Stone and Sand), written late in the thirteenth century by the Japanese Zen teacher Muju (the "non-dweller"), and from anecdotes of Zen monks taken from various books published in Japan around the turn of the 20th century. picked by wags273 9 months ago

Time and time again, Japan has been handed a ball someone else made and scored a touchdown with it. Forget about "made in Japan", more like "made BETTER in Japan!" picked by WordsnCollision 1 year ago

Remember the astronaut who recently tested whether boomerangs return to their throwers in the absence of gravity? Well, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has released video of astronaut Takao Doi showing that the objects do, in fact, come back - even in the microgravity environment of the space station. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A pregnant woman in Japan miscarried after nine hospitals refused to admit her. And on the way to the tenth hospital the ambulance carrying her crashed. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

Scientists in New Zealand and Japan have created a "tear-free" onion using biotechnology to switch off the gene behind the enzyme that makes us cry. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Japan's abhorrent practice of enslaving women to provide sex for its troops in World War II has a little-known sequel: After its surrender -- with tacit approval from the U.S. occupation authorities -- Japan set up a similar "comfort women" system for American GIs. picked by johnnytitan 1 year ago

"Iran asked Japanese refiners to switch to the yen to pay for all crude oil purchases, after Iran's central bank said it's cutting holdings of the U.S. dollar."

Goes hand in hand with plummeting dollar value. picked by deepchill 1 year ago

Each of these three different USB flash memory wristbands sports bright colors and Disney© characters while concealing a 256MB USB thumb drive. Link provided to product page from Japan. Functional fashion for the computer education generation! picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago