Casey Baseel

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Casey Baseel spent his formative years staring in frustration at un-subtitled Japanese TV programming shown on Southern California’s international channel. Taking matters into his own hands, he moved to Tokyo to study the language, then found work in Yokohama a decade ago teaching, translating, and marketing hotels he can’t afford to stay in. When not participating in the eternal cycle of exercising to burn the calories form his love of Japanese food, Casey scours used comic and game shops for forgotten classics, drags his wife around the country in a quest to visit all its castles, sings karaoke not nearly as well as he thinks he does, and counts the days until the summertime bars open on Enoshima Beach.

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Japanese-style curry rice coming to McDonald’s Japan? Mysterious tweet has fans’ fingers crossed

Please let this be the meaning behind McDonald’s rice cravings.

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Japan’s legendary Brother Katana might not be brothers after all? Investigating the mystery【Pics】

Two of Japan’s most beautiful blades are said to be linked at birth, but a closer look makes some scholars think twice.

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Japanese husbands in survey say they do half the housework and childcare, wives say “Nope!”

Two very different perspectives on how evenly working couples share responsibilities.

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Kyoto matcha green tea popcorn, the latest must-eat snack from…Frito-Lay?!?

The perfect munchies for tea time or movie night.

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Why you probably won’t get home-made Valentine chocolate and love confession from a Japanese girl

Don’t get your hopes up for one of anime and J-dramas’ longest romantic traditions to play out in your real life.

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Eevee cafes and Pokémon therapy: Artists imagine “living with Pokémon” pets【Illustrations】

Japanese fan artists give us a glimpse of what a normal life would be like in the amazing world of Pokémon.

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Maid cafe manager who dated one of his maids says he was kidnapped and beaten by the yakuza

Quitting your job can be hard when your bosses are gangsters.

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Japanese Red Cross renews partnership with busty-heroine manga series for new blood drive

Uzaki-chan wants to hang out, and help harvest otaku blood.

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Final Fantasy VII cafes are opening in Tokyo and Osaka to celebrate legendary game’s remake

Cloud and Sephiroth get their own Buster Sword and Masamune-garnished mixed drinks.

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Anime voice actor fired for “inconsiderate comments,” possibly that women shouldn’t drink sake

Podcast comment thought to have originated in is suspiciously shorter than others in series.

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Death Note returns with first new manga content in 12 years!

New human protagonist takes center stage in supernatural thriller set in a world without Kira.

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Japan goes beyond rice cookers with new curry rice cooker, the kitchen gadget we need right now

Curry and rice is always nice, so why not a single machine that lets you cook them both?

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Japanese Twitter users happy to see men on women-only train car in India get slapped by police

Video shows more than a dozen men getting immediately and physically punished for violating subway rules.

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Super Smash Bros. has pathetically small grand prize at Japan’s biggest fighting game tournament

Champion of Nintendo’s crossover hit will walk away with a prize worth less than one percent of the purse for some other games.

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Japanese candy shop bans all Chinese customers over coronavirus fears

Owner also claims his store has been “ruined by Chinese people with bad manners.”

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Japanese apartment renter gets told he “sucks at rapping,” asked by management to shut up

Diss is backed up by landlord in an example of Japanese renting etiquette.

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Pokémon shoes from Adidas let you Poké yourself up from the feet up【Photos】

Pikachu and dozens of other Pocket Monsters species are here to give your feet some flair.

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Is Coca-Cola Japan’s brand-new strawberry Coke any good?【Taste test】

The pause that refreshes now comes in strawberry for the first time ever.

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Japan has a festival where they straight-up throw dudes into a fire【Videos】

Getting married or having a kid? Then into the flames you go!

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“At this point, does it still count as clothing?”

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