Five years from now, astronauts from Japan are going to have a rare opportunity to walk on the moon.
Shinzo Abe (Page 2)
Propaganda trucks in Tokyo pause their racist hate speeches to play the American national anthem.
But even though it looks like the laziest translation job ever, it might be justified.
The new era name doesn’t have any of the kanji characters for “Shinzo Abe,” but some people saw the politician’s name all the same.
Shinzo Abe might have just pulled a total David Copperfield during an appearance in Akihabara.
Despite the “fake news”, the Japanese are glad that it was not a sign of a deteriorating political relationship.
Japanese netizen’s responses were fairly mixed, but most were pretty casual about Trump’s allegedly incendiary statement.
Japanese netizens react to the PR photo with a variety of “helpful” advice hashtags, as well as some hashtags that aren’t very helpful at all.
Japan and Prime Minister Abe make it to the list as the second most trustworthy country and leader in the world in Australians’ minds.
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This Tokyo small business owner is at the centre of attention after his signature burger was selected to be served to the President.
Everyone feared there’d be a gaffe during the presidential visit, but this wasn’t what anyone was expecting.
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