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I Can't Stop Watching This Hilariously Stilted Japanese Domino's Ad

Max Read · 03/08/13 08:55AM

Here's Domino's Pizza Japan president Scott Oellkers introducing a new Domino's pizza iPhone app. What is it about this? The jump cuts? The closeups of Oellkers' eyeballs? Oellkers' own natural showmanship? The little flourish he does at the end?

Two Girls, One 'Japanese Condom Ice Cream'

Neetzan Zimmerman · 02/18/13 11:35AM

Japan-based university student Sharla and her BFF Mira attempt to demonstrate how to properly consume "Japanese Condom Ice Cream," and inadvertently capture "the highest number of unintentional sexual innuendos you'll ever find in one place."

Japan's Most-Wanted Hacker Taunts Authorities with Clue Taped to a Cat

Adrian Chen · 01/09/13 06:46PM

Japan's most-wanted hacker is also one its most brazen. After taunting authorities for months, the hacker sent them a mocking clue in the form of a memory card strapped to a cat which lived on an island near Tokyo. Above is video of the authorities capturing the cat on January 5th, which was tracked down only after they solved a bunch of riddles the hacker emailed to dozens of Japanese newspapers on New Years Day.

Japan Seizes Control of Hair Club For Men

Hamilton Nolan · 07/17/12 09:22AM

If there was one thing you could always count on, it was that if you, a red-blooded American male, were ever to experience the pain of hair loss, there would always be a strong, welcoming, American-owned Hair Club For Men for you to turn to. Well. Things have changed.

Geiger Counter-Wielding Fukushima Hipsters Make Monitoring Nuclear Fallout Cool

Adrian Chen · 04/30/12 03:41PM

It's been more than a year since the Japanese tusnami caused a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant and the clean-up continues. But a bit of background radiation has not stopped a crew of Japanese hipsters from doing their hip business in the area. They've formed the "Gamma Watch Squadron," the world's coolest nuclear watchdogs.