A twenty-seven year old Japanese man was arrested on suspicion of printing and possessing guns. This is the first instance of such an arrest being made in Japan. According to ANN News, Yoshitomo Imura allegedly downloaded gun blueprints from a foreign site and then printed the resin guns with his 3D printer. Imura had apparently…
Making a life-sized Hatsune Miku statue is not easy. What’s more, it takes time. Lots and lots of time. This, for example, took six months’ worth of work. Hatsune Miku is a virtual idol who also stars in a series of Sega music games. LEGO builder Chaos Brick documented the construction process. It’s not step…
It really, really is chaos. Good chaos. Go on, have a look. The ad is for a type of instant curry rice* (カレーメシ or karee meshi). And as with most things, the commercial better if you understand Japanese. However, even if you do not, the ad is amusing. At the beginning the kid says he’s…
The wheel, of course, is the Wii U GamePad. Makes sense! Japanese peripheral maker CyberGadget is rolling out a “Handle Stand” for the Wii U. It comes with a clamp so the GamePad can be used with racing games. If that’s not your thing, it’s also bundled with a more traditional wheel that has a…
Want to get good at League of Legends? Like, real good? You need to go to China’s new LoL bootcamp. Chinese eSports outlet 175kh.com recently unveiled the training center, which is located in Shanghai’s university district of Songjiang. There are about seven institutes of higher learning located in the area. That’s no accident, because the…
South Korean plastic surgeons, it appears, are good at their jobs. But they might be too good for some customs officials. Increasingly, people in neighboring countries like China or Japan visit South Korea to have work done. But when they’re ready to go home, they might face a problem: Their passport pics. According to Korean…
There are a few Twitter accounts that can delight you on a daily basis. This is one of them. Welcome to the world of Tatsuya Tanaka. The Kagoshima-based art director uploads daily images of his “miniature calendar,” featuring HO-scale model train figurines with real world objects like cookies, cups, and even street bumps. The resulting…
Ever wonder what kind of person would want to shake hands with a Japanese love doll? Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. On April 12, a handshaking event was held in Tokyo for “the idol of the love doll world,” Silicon Maru. Two days earlier, the love doll released her debut…
Breaking up is hard. But you probably keep moments of the relationship: photos, letters or gifts. But those items suddenly become dangerous once you get in a new relationship. What if your new squeeze discovers them? A service in Japan fixes that. Tokyo-based storage company Terrada Warehouse is launching a new service called MinikuLove. Terrada…
Tragic news out of South Korea. A young father allegedly let his two-year-old son die due to negligence. The reason? The father was apparently spending all his time gaming. According to Yonhap News (via tipster Sang), a 22 year-old man with the last name Chung had been living apart from his wife due to financial…
In the past few years, there have been an increasing number of illegal rooftop villas added as extra floors to existing structures. Some of the most egregious ones have been reported and taken down. One man, however, thought his rooftop villa would go unnoticed thanks to camo. He was wrong! According to People’s Daily, the…
To promote the new Patlabor movies, the life-sized Ingram mecha was shown off in Tokyo. Sure beats a movie poster. Recently, huge crowds gathered to see the life-sized AV-98 Ingram that was temporarily erected in the streets of Tokyo’s Kichijoji. Previously, the Ingram was spotted in Yokohama. Let’s have a look at this weekend’s promotional…
Japan is famous for making things smaller. Thinner. And more compact. Sex toys are no exception. Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. IT Media reports that adult goods company Tenga is releasing a ballsy new product called “Pocket Tenga.” In short, it’s a disposable masturbation sleeve that is bundled with lubrication.…
Heck, it doesn’t even exist. That’s why South Korea blogger Laptick decided to create it. Well, at least the packaging and the Game Boy cartridge. What better way to mark the launch of Diablo III‘s first expansion, Reaper of Souls? Via tipster Sang, blogger Laptick shows off his handiwork. Here is the box he created.…
For the past few years, Seongsu High School has been compared to one thing online: a maximum security facility. If you’ve never been to prison, perhaps you’ve seen images of it in movies. Here are scenes from iconic inmate movies: [Photos: MaxSeesMovies/Mubi] The high school, which is located in the city of Chuncheon, does certainly…
Nowhere is safe from Hentai (Pervert) Woody. Nowhere! Ebay user gil4011 figured out a way to make his Ebay listings more interesting: the infamous Revoltech Woody—aka “Creepy Woody” or “Hentai Woody.” Sometimes Woody’s appearances are totally innocuous. Like this: Sometimes, they’re helpful: Sometimes, he has friends: Then, there’s the Creepy Woody you know and, perhaps,…
According to reports out of China, a mother and her son are presumed drowned after a fight over online game League of Legends. Well-known Chinese sites like Sina and NetEase (via GamesInAsia) are reporting an argument erupted in Guangyuan, Sichuan when a mother discovered that her sixteen year-old son went to a net cafe instead…
In Chongqing, China, beekeeper She Ping thought the best way to promote his honey business was covering himself in hundreds of thousands of bees. Seems to have worked, no? “Bee bearding” originally started in the 19th century with beekeepers attracting live bees to their faces and “wearing” them as beards. Now, it’s spread to full…
Projection mapping sure is cool. And recently, it’s become increasingly popular in Japan. Hence, this Attack on Titan projection mapping event in Kawasaki, Japan. The event, called “Attack on the Real,” showed an animated clip projection mapped onto JR Kawasaki Station. Japanese site Gigazine was on hand, and in the clip below, you can check…
Yes, it’s come to this. Sega is no longer making home consoles, but it’s now making an anime starring girly personifications of its game hardware. Previously, Kotaku reported that Sega released a set of character cards called “Segakko” (セガっ子) or “Sega Girls” for its free-to-play PS Vita game Samurai & Dragons No word as to…
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