World Aids Day
December 1st was World AIDS Day, and events were held all across the world to raise awareness about the disease and to stop its spread. China took part as well, organizing various events, including this rather unique one: the first annual Chinese Masturbation Reception.
While the organizers certainly had their hearts in the right place, the sight of men going at it like chimps in isolation had some members of the public wondering whether they were going too far. Read More
Japanese iPad artist is the Leonardo da Vinci of digital finger paints 【Video】1
Take a Ride on the Zoo Train Where the Seats Stare Back2
Chinese Photoshop Trolls Part 3: This Time It’s Personal3
JSDF’s new helicopter may or may not be fake, a real-life transformer4
Man’s job threatened over anonymous anime-related blog posts5Chinese 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
Fashion Friends: Twitter Proves Almost Every Japanese College Student Wears the Same Exact Outfit3
Chinese Photoshop Trolling Part 2: Now with 20% More Shirtless Men!4
The Ten Most Beautiful Tunnels in the World and Where You Can Find Them5
Disney Villains Clean Up Well, Wow Japan1
Crime of Passion: Three Men Forcibly Deported from Saudi Arabia for Being “Too Handsome”2
Real-Life Barbie Gives Her Friends and Family a Makeover, Turns Them into Dolls3Chinese Photoshop Trolls Part 3: This Time It’s Personal4
Oozing up From Below, Mysterious Marshmallow-like Substance Covers Nanjing Street5
We Made Coca-Cola Transparent and Colorless. It Tastes Like…1
Peenzilla Worship! Japan’s Kanamara Festival Coming Up this April!2
Chinese Woman on Trial for Killing Man by Squeezing His Scrotum3
Chinese Student’s Bicycle Seat Breaks and… Gyah!4
Before and After: 31 Startling Images of Plastic Surgery in Korea 【Photo Album】5
Japanese politicians are time lords! Government considers speeding time up by two hours
China’s Photoshop Experts Will Fix Your Bad Photos, But Be Careful What You Wish For
How transparent is acceptable for a girl’s pants? This much, according to one Chinese high school
One of the Mushroom Kingdom’s most iconic characters has a dark, dark secret
Freeze the funk out of your shoes this summer
Opening an umbrella inside a plane isn’t just bad luck… it’s a punishable crime!
We answer the age old question: How many McDonald’s fries can one person stuff into their mouth in one sitting?
Hello Kitty Melons Selling for an Exorbitant Price in Japan
The Ten Most Beautiful Tunnels in the World and Where You Can Find Them
Vintage Travel Snaps from 1960s Korea and Japan Evoke Strong Emotions
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.
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