maru
Meet Maru, an adorable five-year-old Shiba Inu from Japan. This little guy isn’t any old dog; he’s the most popular dog in the world. Don’t believe us? Just check out his Instagram account and the 1,800 photos with about 400 comments… each. Most human beings don’t even get that much attention on the Internet. It’s hard to say why Maru is so popular, but the following photo gallery might give you a good idea.
Chinese Photoshop Trolls Part 3: This Time It’s Personal1
China’s Photoshop Experts Will Fix Your Bad Photos, But Be Careful What You Wish For2
Chinese Photoshop Trolling Part 2: Now with 20% More Shirtless Men!3
Ranking of Taxi Fares Around the World – Japanese Passengers Getting Hosed, Even More So Next Year4
Phone App ‘Line’ Under Fire from Japanese School After Incidents of Bullying5
Oozing up From Below, Mysterious Marshmallow-like Substance Covers Nanjing Street1
Beautiful Cosplay Girl is Actually Nerdy Guy2
Disney Villains Clean Up Well, Wow Japan3
Saudi Arabian Reporter Floored by Things Japanese Take for Granted4
The Ten Most Beautiful Tunnels in the World and Where You Can Find Them5
We Made Coca-Cola Transparent and Colorless. It Tastes Like…1
Chinese Woman on Trial for Killing Man by Squeezing His Scrotum2
Crime of Passion: Three Men Forcibly Deported from Saudi Arabia for Being “Too Handsome”3Disney Villains Clean Up Well, Wow Japan4
Real-Life Barbie Gives Her Friends and Family a Makeover, Turns Them into Dolls5We Made Coca-Cola Transparent and Colorless. It Tastes Like…1
Peenzilla Worship! Japan’s Kanamara Festival Coming Up this April!2Chinese Woman on Trial for Killing Man by Squeezing His Scrotum3
Chinese Student’s Bicycle Seat Breaks and… Gyah!4Crime of Passion: Three Men Forcibly Deported from Saudi Arabia for Being “Too Handsome”5
Disney Villains Clean Up Well, Wow Japan
Companies Japanese People are Most Proud of
There’s a Sailor Moon in my Coffee! Photos and Tips From a Japanese Manga Latte Artist
Milk: Good for Your Bones and… Car?
With Title “Happiest Place on Earth” Already Taken, Amusement Park on Cebu Island Makes Its Claim to Be the Sleepiest
‘So Glad I Went!’ 2013 Ranking: The Places In Japan That Made an Impact on Foreign Visitors
The Grave of Christ and Vampire Ice Cream – Japanese Town Solves Many of the World’s Mysteries
Why do the Japanese Work Such Long Hours?
The Ten Most Beautiful Tunnels in the World and Where You Can Find Them
The Secret Slang of Japanese Cabbies
Philip Kendall
Writer / Translator Hailing from Liverpool in the UK, Philip Kendall made Japan his second home in the summer of 2006 after dolefully abandoning his childhood dream of becoming a ghost buster.
Steven Simonitch
Writer/Translator Though a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Steven currently resides in Nagano, Japan, where he is known by the old lady at the supermarket as “the white guy who always buys 2 packs of natto.
Master Blaster
Writer / Translator Master Blaster is the two-man translating team of Steven Le Blanc and Masami M.
Kay
Writer / Translator Kay is a native Japanese who has lived in Honolulu, Hawaii and Los Angeles, California. She currently resides in Tokyo and enjoys writing about a wide range of topics, including all things cute and glamorous.
Michelle Lynn Dinh
Writer / Translator Originally from California, Michelle is currently working as an assistant English teacher on the tiny island of Chiburi in Shimane prefecture.
Jessica Ocheltree
Writer / Translator Jessica Ocheltree is a freelance writer and editor living in the exciting, interesting and sometimes perplexing city of Tokyo.
