A man in Tokyo has been arrested for brutally stabbing train commuters during Halloween. Police have arrested a 24-year-old suspect for attempted murder for attacking commuters on Sunday with a knife. The suspect was seen dressed as DC Comics villain Joker on Sunday as he wielded his blade at innocent bystanders on a Tokyo train. He was seen wearing a purple…
Footage of upcoming Universal Studios Japan’s Super Nintendo World has surfaced online, giving us a preview of what to expect. In a 1-minute clip shared on Twitter, Mario-themed objects are seen in action. Super Mario World coins are seen spinning, a Piranha Plant is seen dancing and a turtle shell is seen swirling. Browser’s Castle is also spotted in the clip as…
Hypebeast reports that McDonald’s Japan will be offering a Ramune soda-flavoured McShake. Created in partnership with Tokyo confectionary company Morinaga, the limited edition drink will be available from 20 May in time for summer. Served in a retro-style cup, the sake even come in the same teal colour as the Ramune bottle and candy. Ramune’s distinct and familiar lemon-lime taste is found in the…
Japan fans cleaned up the stadium after their team beat Colombia 2-1 in the World Cup. Japanese fans delayed celebrating their country’s 2-1 World Cup win against Colombia by tidying up the stadium according to the BBC. Japan made history yesterday by being the first Asian team to beat a South American side at the finals. After the match, Japanese fans…
J-Rock band Esprit D’Air kick off 2018 with the release of their brand new single Starstorm a week ahead of their upcoming UK Constellations tour. The London based band reformed after a three-year hiatus, released their first full-length album Constellations under their own label Starstorm Records which made it to #3 in Amazon UK’s Hard Rock and Metal On February 5th…
Aggretsuko is Sanrio’s newest mascot character, recently introduced to English speakers by Sanrio in a tweet. She is an adorable twenty-five year old red panda working as an office associate in a Tokyo trading company. Aggretsuko’s introductory video in the tweet soon reveals another hidden side to this red panda as the stress of unreasonable demands and boorish co-workers begins to…
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has hit Fukushima, Japan, triggering tsunami warnings. The Japan Meteorological Agency had reported a magnitude of 7.3 before updating it to 7.4. The epicentre of the earthquake, which was felt in Tokyo, had a depth of about 25km. The agency has warned that tsunami waves could reach a maximum of 3 metres and could hit the coast….
Background Festival Director Alex Oost (second from right in above photo) has been with film festival Camera Japan from the beginning. “We started 12 years ago […], me, two other guys which I knew through mutual friends, all three different backgrounds. One is German, one is Japanese, I’m Dutch myself, also [with] professionally different backgrounds, and we all like Japanese films.”…
The ‘micro’ in microagressions is somewhat misleading. After a grueling twelve-hour flight, including a two-hour layover in Shanghai, I was more than ready to collapse into bed and sleep off the impending jet lag. I had just landed at San Francisco International Airport from a two-week vacation in Tokyo. I was waiting at baggage claim when a beagle dressed in a…
