Business For 20+ years, Japan's largest companies have been riddled with corruption and fraud Cory Doctorow

ninjas Throwing stars are now legal in Indiana, delighting mall ninjas everywhere David Pescovitz

television Studies show watching Pokemon and Spongebob may make your kids smarter Devin Nealy

animation Netflix used AI to replace workers, announces new anti-password sharing plan Thom Dunn

music Shonen Knife still pop-punk-rocking after 40 years Jennifer Sandlin

movies Lupin III is back in the new trailer Devin Nealy

nightmare fuel Nightmarish prototype of a wind-up creeping baby doll Mark Frauenfelder

art A visit to the "world's strangest vending machine shop" in Japan Mark Frauenfelder

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

Food Japanese whaling company stocking vending machines with whale snacks to spur appropriately-declining demand David Pescovitz

fronthanded insults David Duchovny explains how Quentin Tarantino rejected his Reservoir Dogs audition Devin Nealy

Pee-Wee Herman Performing surgery on a vintage Talking Pee-wee Herman doll to fix its broken voice box Rusty Blazenhoff

auctions These cherries sold for $250 each David Pescovitz

elon musk Elon Musk breaks official Guinness World Record for being a loser Thom Dunn

museums Museum of Sex coming to Miami with robots and an "erotic carnival" David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets Celebrate how damn good you are at cooking with new knives for $70 Boing Boing's Shop

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

racoon dog Tanuki: The Japanese Racoon Dog Andrew Yi

Japanese government will offer 1M yen per child for families to move out of Tokyo Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets This six-piece sheet set can welcome your slumber habits into the New Year for only $22.99 Boing Boing's Shop