In a Nutshell: A civil servant in Osaka, Japan, was fined $11,000 for smoking during work hours over 4,500 times in 14 years. Osaka has strict...
WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: Miho Katsumi created a backpack that looked like a real cat, and it is making waves on Twitter in Japan. These are handcrafted...
WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: A Japanese cafe came up with a solution to help those with a deadline to meet. There are “mild,” “regular,” or “hard” modes...
WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: Japanese schools implement strict policies to control what children can wear to school. One rule that stands out is the one where female...
HERE’S THE SCOOP: The Japanese start-up XTURISMO unveiled its new hoverbike in a YouTube video. The bike took a spin at the Fuji Speedway Racing Course....
HERE’S THE SCOOP: Japanese sisters Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama received the award for oldest living identical twins. The pair of sisters are 107. Due to...
WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: A 56-year-old man stands accused by Japanese police of stealing 730 pairs of women’s underwear. Authorites searched Tetsuo Urata’s home after a 21-year-old...
WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: Pedestrians on downtown Tokyo on Saturday were captivated by a giant cat that had been napping and peering down over one of the...
WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: Emergency officials rescued a “drowning” nude woman in Hachinohe, Japan, and discovered it was a sex mannequin. A YouTuber who witnessed the incident...
WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: A Japanese Olympic Committee official committed suicide by jumping in front of a train on Monday in Tokyo. Yasushi Moriya, whose body was...