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Avatar Posted by WordsnCollision 6 days ago (http://www.toplessrobot.com)
Category: Foreigners in Japan | Tags: japan gaijin humor foreigner travel
Topless Robot has compiled a list of the ten most common foreigners you’ll find in Japan; should you choose to go, you’ll probably befriend and become one, but more likely two or three, of these characters. read more »
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Avatar Posted by WordsnCollision 10 days ago (http://inventorspot.com)
Category: Japanese Food | Tags: japan bizarre drinks food humor
I've given Japan a year to come up with another ten bizarre drinks and she did not let me down. Some of these dirty dozen (less two) may be coming to a vending machine near you... if you're unlucky enough. read more »
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Avatar Posted by WordsnCollision 16 days ago (http://inventorspot.com)
Category: Japan Sport | Tags: japan sports baseball humor
Baseball in Japan has evolved quite a lot since Horace Wilson first introduced the sport in 1872, yet foreigners still find many aspects of Japanese baseball confusing – not least the odd names of the teams. Let's run down the dozen Nippon Professional Baseball league teams (without actually runni read more »
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Avatar Posted by Mike 211 days ago (http://www.japanisdoomed.com)
Category: Japan News | Tags: japan news law humor humour comedy
Proposed revisions this spring will ban cyclists from holding an umbrella, listening to music, gabbing on the phone and riding in other reckless ways, sources said. I for one am overjoyed they're getting rid of the most annoying people in Japan. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Thomas 90 days ago (http://babelhut.com)
Category: Strange Japan | Tags: japan poop babelhut weird humor
Japanese Poop Museum? Yup. Read all about it. It's even weirder than you are imagining right now. read more »
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Avatar Posted by WordsnCollision 31 days ago (http://inventorspot.com)
Category: Japanese Culture | Tags: cigarettes smoking advertising humor
Welcome to the third installment of Japan Tobacco's 'Smoking Manners for Adults' ads. With a total of 73 ads making the rounds of Japanese ad space, it's unlikely you'll see the same ad twice – but you'll definitely get the message that smoking demands consideration. Here are ads 21 through 3 read more »
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Avatar Posted by Deas 212 days ago (http://www.rockinginhakata.com)
Category: General Japan | Tags: christmas santa japanese humor
A Japanese translation of the goofball article called "Santa: An Engineer's Perspective," also available (link in post). read more »
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Avatar Posted by Deas 171 days ago (http://kikibatsu.livejournal.com)
Category: General Japan | Tags: humor japan bureacracy school food
We all know that there's no such thing as a free lunch. True enough, but do you know how much it costs to get lunch to kids on a rural island in Japan? Do you want to laugh on the way to finding out the answer? Read my buddy Nick's funny, exasperated take on the issue. read more »
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Avatar Posted by WordsnCollision 19 days ago (http://inventorspot.com)
Category: Strange Japan | Tags: computers gadgets mouse cool humor
Summer's heat got you all hot & bothered? The USB Cooler Mouse really blows... and I mean that in a good way. Well OK, I mean it literally – 5 buttons and an adjustable on-board fan make this multitasking mouse as cool as it gets! read more »
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Avatar Posted by TreadingLight 7 days ago (http://smt.blogs.com)
Category: Japanese TV | Tags: commercial chocolate blink humor
Think you can sneeze, kiss your mate, wash your face, have a soccer ball hit your head, get licked in the face by a dog, or have steam blown in your face without blinking?

This lady did. Of course it's a commercial, but impressive nonetheless. read more »
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Avatar Posted by LetsJapan 80 days ago (http://www.letsjapan.markmode.com)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: satire baseball humor suicide accidental
Suicide, sarcasm, coincidence. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Deas 192 days ago (http://www.rockinginhakata.com)
Category: Japanese Music | Tags: music humor japanese translation
Once the Japanese cover of the popular credits song to Valve's recently released game Portal came to the internet's attention, there was only one thing to do. Re-translate it back into English to see how things match up. Fun! read more »
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Avatar Posted by thechemist 190 days ago (http://www.tofugu.com)
Category: Japanese TV | Tags: humor gaming martial arts
You'll play sega saturn if you know what's good for you... read more »
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