conservation Kind human helps hermit crabs move out of their trash homes and into fresh clean shells! Jennifer Sandlin

Japan Vice reporter attends a Japanese right-wing nationalist drinking party in Okinawa Mark Frauenfelder

Comics Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi died while attempting to save the lives of people drowning David Pescovitz

books History book about era of Mexican revolution is also about tomorrow Elías Villoro

Games Yu-Gi-Oh creator Kazuki Takahashi dies in snorkeling incident Rob Beschizza

robots Japanese town enlists terrifying robot wolves to protect them from bears Thom Dunn

explainer videos What would happen if you dodged the draft in the United States? Mark Frauenfelder

Japan Checking to see if Japanese people like root beer Mark Frauenfelder

Japan These people on a remote Japanese island enjoy eating a poisonous plant Mark Frauenfelder

weapons NY's 1974 ban on nunchaku just deemed unconstitutional David Pescovitz

Japan Naked Japanese hermit forced back into civilization after 29 years on deserted island Rusty Blazenhoff

art Hand-cranked wooden automata Andrea James

Delightful Creatures A Clam the Size of Your Head Richard Kaufman

books A Beginner's Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars Wink

Business Japan secretly funneled hundreds of millions to the NSA, breaking its own laws Cory Doctorow

Kids Incredibly relaxing video of a seaweed farmer Andrea James

Japan Lalah the cat is a master of the climbing wall Caroline Siede

photography Gallery of hermit crabs with garbage shells Andrea James

History The fascinating and ego-killing existence of human wormholes Ryan Holiday

prohibition U.S. Navy sailors banned from drinking in Japan Mark Frauenfelder