Japan Laughing Devils: a Japanese saying about the comedy of prediction Thersa Matsuura

Boing Boing Gadgets My New Year's resolution: Learning new languages with Rosetta Stone Boing Boing's Shop

Technology Legal expert: Hate streamer Johnny Somali's harassment campaign in South Korea could lead to massive financial penalties Mark Frauenfelder

Japan Brand new ten-story Tokyo condo to be demolished for blocking Mt. Fuji view Allan Rose Hill

Games Funny article about gamers enraged at everything except layoffs Rob Beschizza

utah Utah official pulls down teen's skirt in restaurant, arrested for sexual battery Mark Frauenfelder

dolls The Doll Garden of Sabile is a peculiar garden in Sabile, Latvia, where you can find hundreds of Life-size straw dolls on display Popkin

elon musk Now we know what Grimes saw in Elon Jason Weisberger

cinema Review: I wish "Oppenheimer" had ignited the atmosphere Natalie Dressed

representation Moviegoers question the lack of Japanese perspectives in Oppenheimer Thom Dunn

fonts The despised Comic Sans reincarnates as a redesigned programming font Mark Frauenfelder

death Human composting grows in popularity as eco-friendly farewell option Rusty Blazenhoff

quiz Viral 'Food Disgust Sensitivity Test' reveals cultural insensitivities Rusty Blazenhoff

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

Japan Tokyo's 95-square-foot "microapartments" Mark Frauenfelder

Japan Happy Meat Day Andrew Yi

robots Fictosexual man who married a hologram can no longer speak with wife, due to software glitch Thom Dunn

bizarre mayors Japan mayor shamed for shoving an Olympic gold medal in his mouth, now apologizing Carla Sinclair

Jen Psaki Jen Psaki cuts through the BS of a Newsmax "people say" question by pinning reporter down for a source Carla Sinclair

politics Japan's ruling party welcomes women to attend meetings, but only if they observe and remain silent Mark Frauenfelder