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health Japan's 4.5% obesity rate vs America's 40%: What's their secret? Ellsworth Toohey

music A new album of lost Erik Satie works, 100 years after his death Rob Beschizza

travel Guinness pro attempts 30-minute claw machine challenge in Japan Popkin

News Drunk American tourist damages 800-year-old Kyoto temple Ellsworth Toohey

cute Meet Mirumi: Japan's cutest interactive emotional support toy Popkin

cute Leaf sheep: the adorable sea slug that looks like a tiny succulent and can photosynthesize Popkin

art Explore the extraordinary legacy of Nazi-slugging comic book pioneer Jack Kirby Mark Frauenfelder

Science "My one great mistake": Einstein's atomic bomb letter comes to auction, expected to fetch $150,000 Ellsworth Toohey

cabinet jesters Trump kicks out Pete Hegseth from strategic Israel-Iran decisions Carla Sinclair

Games Thieves make off with $1.4M in Nintendo Switch 2 consoles from Colorado truck stop Grant St. Clair

Weird Japan's bizarre nurse recruitment strategy Grant St. Clair

japanese cuisine "Ramen Heads" documentary spotlights Japan's obsessive noodle masters Mark Frauenfelder

sports Competitive snowball fighting requires 90 snowballs, helmets, and strict rules (video) Popkin

Games Former Yakuza devs announce time-traveling combat game for 2025 Grant St. Clair

travel World's smallest park in Japan is the size of four sheets of paper Popkin

law 4chan, file-sharing services among first targets of UK's "Online Safety" law Rob Beschizza

Psychiatrist uses ecstasy to teach narcissists empathy Ellsworth Toohey