asahi You are so worth an Asahi synthetic rubber cutting board Andrew Yi

Japan Mysterious metal sphere washes up on Japanese beach, baffles authorities Mark Frauenfelder

Funny Japan zoo employs person in silly black bear costume for escaped animal emergency drill (video) David Pescovitz

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Japan Ashamed aide to Japan's PM apologizes after putting hands in his pockets while in U.S. (video) Carla Sinclair

Japan Japanese convenience stores introduce hot bottled water Mark Frauenfelder

baseball Japanese high schooler dubbed "the most annoying batter of all time" Andrew Yi

volcanoes A volcanic eruption unearthed a pair of sunken ships on Iwo Jima Thom Dunn

COVID-19 C02 monitors are selling like hotcakes, thanks to COVID-19 Clive Thompson

Game over for Japanese arcades Rob Beschizza

tokyo olympics The Olympics are so unpopular in Japan that Toyota is pulling all its advertising Mark Frauenfelder

television Popular Japanese TV show about women sprinting up hills and panting will now include men Mark Frauenfelder

nonagenarians Watch an amazing 90-year-old weight trainer as she works out Carla Sinclair

Japan QAnon flopped in Japan because it's a piece-of-junk conspiracy theory Mark Frauenfelder

Science Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled moon, dies at 88 Xeni Jardin

health On-nomi (オン飲み) is the new Japanese term for drinking online Rob Beschizza

surveillance You can stay in this Japanese hotel for $1 if you agree to be livestreamed on YouTube Mark Frauenfelder

Science Nobel Prize in Chemistry split 3 ways for lithium-ion battery research Xeni Jardin

street uses People in Japan are renting cars, but not to drive them anywhere Mark Frauenfelder

robots Watch Toyota's robot basketball player hit three-pointers David Pescovitz