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Japanese Twilight fans - 6 days ago
According to this news report, those Twilight vampire movies apparently have a few fanatical female followers in Japan. Here’s a partially-subtitled clip of some really excited girls sharing their opinions on the film:Not surprisingly, these women. Topics: General Japan, Twilight

The rise of AKB48 - 6 days ago
“Mezamashi TV” reports on how idol group AKB48 has expanded beyond its original Akihabara fanbase:Sales of their recent single hit #1 on the Oricon charts, setting a record for first week sales by female artists in 2009. They’ll also... Topics: Celebrity News

Japan Times photo caption error - 8 days ago
An amusing mix-up over at the Japan Times caused the following photo caption to appear in an article about ferry service between South Korea and Russia:[hat tip to Durf]—Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)Dannychoo.com –... Topics: Odd / Strange

Trapped hunting dogs rescued - 11 days ago
A team of men in Kumamoto prefecture rescues 5 hunting dogs that had been trapped under rocks for 6 days:The plott hounds had accidentally fallen into the gap between the rocks while on the hunt with their master on the afternoon of the 15th. A group of. Topics: Animal Videos

Origami Butterfly - 11 days ago
NTV’s “Surprise Surprise” had a feature last week about Shigeru Okada, creator of some pretty awesome origami stop motion animations:The original, as it appeared on YouTube:And a far cooler origami sumo video:A whole lot of other... Topics: General Japan














