corruption Olympics warns athletes that kneeling, fist-raising and other political actions will be banned at the Tokyo 2020 games Cory Doctorow

travel The water tables of Shibuya's RURU Café Popkin

Tokyo Shibuya Crossing: A glimpse of the world's busiest pedestrian intersection in Tokyo Popkin

crime American tourist arrested for scratching family names into sacred Japanese shrine as a "prank" Mark Frauenfelder

Funny Gym requires climbing skills to use urinal Popkin

Funny 18th century urinal has lover's eye painted in it Popkin

Disney Families go broke for Disneyland: Are magical memories worth the financial misery? Yoy Luadha

Japan 1 dead and many ill after eating eel at Japanese department store Rob Beschizza

capybara The San Diego Zoo's tapir makes some new capybara friends Jennifer Sandlin

Tokyo $16 Tokyo hotel deal: clean sheets, free coffee, and a stranger in your room Mark Frauenfelder

Disney Disney Imagineer showcases a new HoloTile floor on which you walk without going anywhere Ruben Bolling

Japan What is the deal with Japan's smile merchants? Matt Alt

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

Black Friday Instead of Black Friday, try Buy Nothing Day! Jennifer Sandlin

found trash turned treasure California woman finds McDonald's bag on her property with Olympic gold medal inside Carla Sinclair

anime Japanese kids are allowed to pilot sections of the life-sized Gundam in Yokohama Devin Nealy

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

dance This "hand ballet" performance from the Paralympic Games is absolutely magnificent and mesmerizing David Pescovitz

paralympics Choreographed Paralympics hand-off ceremony is poetry in motion Rusty Blazenhoff

flight Japanese vending machine sells flights to surprise destinations Annie Rauwerda