This year’s most embarrassing smartphone game is getting a hug pillow.

In Japanese, they're called "dakimakura" (抱き枕). In English, they're "hug pillows". In short, hugging them while you…

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Hug pillows, or "dakimakura" as they're called in Japanese, are otaku bedroom staples. But what if you didn't hug…

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Some cops arrest drug dealers, murderers and master thieves. In Tokyo, Japanese police arrested a 25-year-old…