Ever wonder what it looks like when you scare a raccoon? You’re about to find out. Despite their cute appearance, raccoons can be a real nuisance. Trapping them isn’t easy either. For one, they are fairly clever creatures, so not just any trap is enough to outsmart them. And then there’s the fact that anything big enough to capture a …

Japan just can’t get enough of those cat ears. The Japanese retailer Village Vanguard is known for their vast assortment of attention-getting products and the latest of these appears to be a new line of cat-themed lingerie that comes complete with, you guessed it, cat ears. This line of two cat girl lingerie sets comes in a black and a …

Leave it to Japan to turn something absolutely impersonal into something kawaii. Around much of the world, the steady beep of people scanning barcodes at checkout stations has become one of those inescapable sounds of modern life. It doesn’t matter which supermarket you go to, that beep beep beep is always there to put a high-pitched period on your shopping …

It’s that time of the year again. Despite April Fools’ not being from Japan, Japanese companies have fully embraced it. Every April 1 brings with it a whole new batch of silly jokes. Some are hilarious, some are genuinely interesting, and some are a little lackluster. This year was no different and so here’s a quick roundup (in no particular …

Here’s some advice. Don’t do this to your cat, or it will hate you for life. A company in Japan has created what may be one of the most redundant ways to make your cat cuter: cat ear hoods for cats. Created by Necos, a company specializing in costume apparel for cats, this line of feline headwear is guaranteed to …

Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow. Japan has a whole lot of pun based “holidays.” And perhaps one of the most well known is Cat Day. Called Neko no Hi in Japanese, this celebration of all-things-cat takes place every year on February 22nd. The reason for this is that the date’s numerical representation, 2/22, contains nothing but twos …

Only Bulma is powerful enough to make the prince of the Saiyans clean toilets. A Japanese cleaning supplies and cosmetics company has released a new video which proves that the amazing strength of Dragon Ball‘s characters can also be harnessed for common everyday chores. Released on Monday (Feb. 19) by Koa, one of the largest makers of cleaning supplies and …

You know spring is almost here when you see a man in an animal costume being chased down by zookeepers. Last week st Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo one of the facility’s employees dressed in what was supposed to be a Malayan sun bear costume got chased down by emergency responders as part of one of the most amusing earthquake drills in …

The term “copycat” seems pretty appropriate here. A Japanese comedian is getting quite a bit of attention online for his impression of what may be one of the most famous cats in the world. Made to promote the NHK sketch comedy show LIFE!, the video below shows the Japanese comedian Murotsuyoshi sliding head first into an open box just like …

Don’t worry, Ueno Zoo isn’t getting their animals drunk. Even though Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo is famous for its pandas, the zoo has plenty of other very interesting animals. Take for example the naked mole rat in the photo below. If he doesn’t qualify as interesting, then nothing does. おはようございます。上野動物園開園です。 みなさんお正月はお休みできましたか？ サツマイモを枕にして寝ていますが酔っ払ってはおりません。#ハダカデバネズミ pic.twitter.com/qaQYDfVTOx — 上野動物園［公式］ (@UenoZooGardens) January 5, 2018 You have …

Dogs can sense true evil. Thanks in part to the internet and social media, dogs of the Shiba Inu breed have managed to develop a reputation of being absolutely adorable. And it’s true. These little doggies are pretty darn cute (although they can be pretty sexy too). However, given the right set of circumstances they can also be absolutely ferocious. …

Where’s Yajirobe? A cat in Japan with an uncanny resemblance to a character from the popular manga/anime series Dragon Ball has gotten the attention of a whole lot of Japanese Twitter users. The character in question is Korin the cat, a.k.a. Karin-sama in the original Japanese, a.k.a. Whisters the Wonder Cat in the infamous Harmony Gold dub. In case you …