Young Man Goes Viral for Documenting His Life as a Kept Man in Japan
A Chinese man known only by his online moniker, Sudden Fantasy, has been receiving a lot of attention online for documenting his life as a jobless man financially supported by his loving wife. Sudden Fantasy began posting videos on Douyin (Chinese version of TikTok) roughly a month ago, but he already has over 1.4 million […]
Summer Heat Turns Adorable Store Sign into Nightmare-Inducing Horror
A small Japanese clothing store has gone viral after its sign featuring a cute baby turned into a horror attraction due to the intense heat and sunlight over the last couple of years. Hangai, a clothing and miscellaneous goods store in Nagahama City, Japan’s Shiga Prefecture, has had the same sign board for 10 years […]
Kinmemai Premium – The World’s Most Expensive Rice
Kinmemai Premium is a selection of hand-picked artisanal rice that holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s most expensive rice ($109 per kilogram). Rice is one of the most nutritious yet affordable foods on Earth, but if you’re looking for an exceptional selection of some of the world’s best rice varieties, look no further […]
Japanese Rice-Fed Chickens Allegedly Lay White-Yolk Eggs
Photos of white-yolk boiled eggs have gone viral on Japanese social media, with thousands of people asking whether they are real or just digitally altered. It all started with an X (Twitter) post by Tsuda Junko, the editor-in-chief of the online magazine Design no Hikidashi, featuring a photo of a boiled egg cut in half. […]
Man Arrested for Calling His Wife Over 100 Times Per Day
A 38-year-old Japanese man was recently arrested for phone-stalking his own wife, calling her over 100 times a day anonymously and saying nothing until she hung up. On July 10, a 31-year-old woman from Amagasaki, in Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture, started receiving strange phone calls from someone who would just remain silent until she hung up […]
Drinkable Ramen Gives the Term ‘Instant Noodles’ a Whole New Meaning
Boost Noodle is a new type of Japanese instant ramen designed to be consumed with one hand by simply sucking the contents out of a small pouch. Instant ramen is probably the most convenient food money can buy, but one Japanese company has found a way to make it even easier to eat. Nippon Ham […]
Japanese Influencer Claims $140,000 Worth of Plastic Surgery Completely Changed Her Life
Hirase Airi, a social media influencer from Japan, spent over 20 million yen ($140,000) on plastic surgery to completely alter her appearance and change her life around. Seeing photos of Hirase Airi from before she began her plastic surgery journey, you would swear they were two different people. The difference in appearance is like night […]
Trendy Acupuncture Technique Turns You into a Human Porcupine
A Japanese acupuncture clinic has gone viral for the large number of needles it sticks into patients to help cure them of physical and spiritual ailments. Acupuncture has been around for thousands of years, but practitioners often develop their own techniques in order to stand out from the competition. One such example is the Shirakawa […]
Japan’s ‘Most Frugal Woman’ Buys 3 Houses by Spending Only $1.4 Per Day on Food
Saki Tamogami, a 37-year-old real-estate agent, is known as Japan’s most frugal woman for her commitment to spending as little money as possible on things like food, clothes, and self-care. “Never buy anything that isn’t on sale!” This has been Saki Tamogami’s motto for the last 15 years, and she claims it has helped her […]
The World’s Oldest Continually Operating Company Has Been Around for Almost 1,500 Years
Founded in the year 578, Japan’s Kongo Gumi construction company is recognized as the oldest continuously operating company in the world. Thousands of companies are founded and liquidated daily around the globe, many of which only operate for a few years, maybe even months. The world’s most valuable companies have only been around for a […]
Man Learns His Bride-to-Be is 25 Years Older Than Him One Day Before Their Wedding
40-year-old Yoshitaka has been happily married to 65-year-old Aki for over eleven years, despite only learning about the age gap between them on the day before their wedding. Yoshitaka was only 29 when he met the love of his life. Aki was running a Japanese-style bar and after making some small talk, they realized they […]
Married Woman Living Under Same Roof with Husband and Boyfriend Sparks Controversy
A Japanese man’s personal life has recently become the talk of the internet after he revealed that he is perfectly ok with his wife of three years having a boyfriend and even bringing him into the family home. Prince Soy, a young Japanese chef and blogger who promotes and sells additive-free okara granola online, has […]
Geriatric Crime – Gang of Three Elderly Japanese Burglars Had a Combined Age of 227
Japanese police recently arrested a group of unlikely criminals, three grandpas in their late sixties, seventies, and eighties accused of breaking into at least two homes and suspected of ten other burglaries. Hideo Umino, 88, Hidemi Matsuda, 70, and Kenichi Watanabe, 69 allegedly met behind bars and decided to team up after being released in […]
Japanese Man Lives Extremely Frugally for 21 Years So He Can Retire Early
A Japanese man recently shocked the internet after announcing that he managed to save 132 million yen ($640,000) over the last two decades with the goal of retiring early from his stressful job. The unnamed 45-year-old man took to social media to announce that he had finally achieved FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) after dedicating […]
Over a Dozen Students Hospitalized After Eating Ghost Pepper-Infused Chips
Fourteen high school students in Tokyo, Japan were recently hospitalized with stomach aches, nausea, and mouth pain after sharing a bag of potato chips infused with Bhut Jolokia peppers. On July 16, around 12:40 pm, an emergency call was made after several first-year students at Rokugo Koka High School in Tokyo’s Ota Ward started complaining […]