When you gotta go, you gotta go. Charges have been filed against a city council member in Kagoshima prefecture who is saying his reason …

What do you do after you get off your job at the pachinko parlor? A man claiming that he has spent the past month …

This is why you don’t mess with wild boars. Ferocious and fairly common, wild boar are a major problem across Japan. Run into one …

For otaku. By otaku. There’s good reason why Tokyo’s Akihabara district is known as a mecca for anime, manga, and video game fans. There …

Because your cat deserves the finest furniture money can buy. When it comes to furniture there are few places in Japan that can compete …

Way better than watching a bunch of human children run around. Every year in October schools across Japan hold what in English tends to …

Is that a lizard in your pocket? A man in Tokyo suspected of stealing close to $2,000 worth of lizards from a Tokyo shop …

No free grapes here. Taking a single grape from the grocery store’s produce aisle without paying is one of those things many people do …

Definitely not the way to a woman’s heart. Smartphones are an indispensable part of modern life. However, use one the wrong way and, as …

Never take a nap in front of a parked car. It’s only natural to expect the worst when you hear about a passed out …

It pays to be old. It’s no secret that Japan’s population is steadily decreasing due to a combination of a low birth rate and …

It’s time for your daily dose of cute. In June of 2017 Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo welcomed into the a world an adorable little panda. …