Miharu Okada, a weather girl for NHK news in Yamagata, Japan had a rough evening as she started crying uncontrollably during a broadcast. She started off fine but you can hear her voice start to break at around the 1 minute mark. At about 1 minute 18 seconds, she’s off camera but also obviously in […]
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“100 Yen Love” is Japan’s 88th Academy Awards entry into the Best Foreign Language Film category. It stars Sakura Ando as a 100 yen shop worker who ends up learning to box. There is of course more to it than that as you can tell from the trailer below but it looks like the right
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You will understand the random sounding post title momentarily. 五五七二三二〇, or in English I guess it would be “5572320” is made up of 8 Japanese junior high school girls, 5 guitarists and 3 drummers. The band was formed… get this… in order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ココナツサブレ (Coconut Sable Biscuits) which are admittedly
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Kiki Sukezane who plays Miko on Heroes Reborn is the latest Japanese start to give Hollywood a try. She’s not as famous in Japan or the United States as some recent predecessors such as Ken Watanabe and Rinko Kikuchi, but that could change quickly. While in Japan she was known for her martial arts performance
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These guys are known for their athletic and humorous synchronized gymnastics performances. Meet Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School AKA “Kajitsu”. Their alumni include several Japanese pro baseball and soccer players, but they are also known for their gymnastics teams. This video is from 2014 Here is their 2013 entry: Lastly, this is not to be outdone
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