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5:10 PM on 04.30.2013

Insert coin to play: 100 Yen film is out on DVD

I am feel ashamed that I've never gotten the chance to go to the arcades like most people in my age group. Instead of hearing me whine about a great era that I missed out upon, let's rejoice over the idea that 100 Yen: The Ja...

Salvador G-Rodiles

4:00 PM on 04.17.2012

Learn how samurai did seppuku with this handy diagram

Have you messed up so bad that only in death can you reclaim your honor? Ever wonder just how to commit seppuku or harakiri? Thanks to an infographic from Tumblr user error88, now you too can engage in ritualistic suicide![Ed...

Bob Muir

12:00 PM on 03.21.2012

A documentary that's worth way more then '100 Yen'

If I had make a top 10 of the things I miss most about my childhood, this would so be in the top 2. Arcades are something I believe most of us that read this site miss terribly. The memories of begging your parents for quarte...

Josh Totman

8:00 PM on 02.01.2012

Mie University hires "Last Ninja" as a professor

Everyone thinks that ninjas have more or less vanished in the modern age, replaced by plucky little kids with powers out of Dragon Ball Z. But if you happen to attend Mie University in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, you might come...

Bob Muir



JapanaTour: Hiroshima photo
JapanaTour: Hiroshima
by Chris Walden




What is Japanator? -- A History Lesson photo
What is Japanator? -- A History Lesson
by Marcus Speer


11:00 PM on 03.09.2011

News flash: A-bomb jokes still not funny

A show on the BBC by the name of QI committed quite the social faux pas last December, and is still causing worldwide debate today. What could possibly be so offensive? A few panelists on the show joked about about Tsuto...

Crystal White

7:00 PM on 11.30.2010

Press misses Japanese Foreign Minister's war apologies

The Japanese press is not the best at covering its own history-making events, it seems. Our Man in Abiko caught wind of this, and brought to light the news that the ultra-conservative Foreign Minister of Japan, Seiji Maehara,...

Brad Rice



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by Karen Leslie




Yotsuba & Explaining photo
Yotsuba & Explaining
by Ben Huber


4:00 PM on 09.14.2010

Ukiyo-e prints show doctors and drugs fighting diseases

Though normally thought of purely for use as artistic canvases, ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) have at times served a more informative role. The University of California San Francisco owns a collection of 400 health-themed pieces...

Bob Muir

6:02 PM on 08.06.2010

Never Forget: 8/6/1945

Skin hung from their faces and handsSome were vomiting as they walkedOn some naked bodies the burns had made patternsOf the shapes of flowers transferredFrom their kimonos to human skin.- "Hiroshima" by Sherwood Ross

Mike LeChevallier