From Flauntme: A fashion designer from Tokyo got his name into the Guinness World Records from having the highest mohawk measuring in at 3 feet and 8.6 inches. More »

Recent photos have flooded online communities which show T-ara’s second Japanese single, “Yayaya”, posters all over Tokyo’s subway, downtown and many buildings. Funnily enough, trucks going through the streets of Tokyo are also covered in posters of the gorgeous girls.

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Things got a little messy last year between DBSK and SM Entertainment. Since DBSK/Tohoshinki/TVXQ/whatever-you-wanna-call-them are no longer able to function as a band, JaeChunSu formed their own unit and had their official debut in Japan, live! More »

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From Rekuru: SMAP is set to start their national tour soon! The national tour will be called “We are SMAP! Tour 2010. They will perform at five venues and 19 performances from July 31st. It has been 2 years since their last tour. More »

Researchers at the Tokyo Polytechnic University recently conducted a survey that asked people what they think should represented “Cool Japan,” that is, the part of Japan that represents their pop culture to the rest of the world. The results are shown above and are honestly not that surprising… More »

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KT Systems has announced that it will be opening what it says will be Japan’s first ever boys-love bar in the Tokyo Akihabara otaku shopping district. KT Systems has emphasized that MiracleJumP, as it will be called, will not be a gay bar. More »

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The “Nonexistent Youth” bill that is currently under construction in the Japanese congregation has been under some fire lately. Not only is there opposition from manga publishers but there are also lawmakers and politicians criticizing the bill for being vague and unclear. One such politician is the mayor of Tokyo, Shintaro Ishihara. More »

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Square Enix seems confident of their IP that they decided to open a bar in Tokyo called “Luida’s Bar,” a bar where they serve Dragon Quest delicacies! More »

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The May issue of Singles Magazine features After School as the beautiful models for your next leisure trip to the grand Japanese city of Tokyo. More »

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There are some talented people in this world. Chaz Buzan, an extremely talented dancer, is definitely one of them. Keep reading to see some of his dance movies. More »

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From Rekuru: It’s no surprise that the decade long recession that Japan’s economy has been suffering has hurt it’s real estate market. On the upside, this has resulted in some very interesting uses of office spaces. One such company, Orix, has decided that what Japan needs more of are aquariums. More »

4minute successfully held their first showcase last week at the AX Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo. Although their album was not even released in Japan, more than 2,500 zealous fans came to support them. More »

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From Girlybubble: Holy smokes, the Dagashi Bar in Ebisu is every child’s dream come true where you can eat all the candy and snacks you want upon entering (and paying). More »

Japan is known for having vending machines for almost anything (i.e. used girl panties, porn, hot ramen…). You know what that means right? They’ll also have some unique vending machines to match the weird items they dispense. More »

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Japan has the reputation of liking to kill and eat whale. A bad reputation that it kind of deserves and kind of doesn’t deserve. Most people in Japan don’t really have strong feelings on the issue (in fact most people agree whale doesn’t taste that good). What they can all agree on is that a dead whale is not much fun. More »

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Japanese monk, Kansho Tagai is in charge of a 400-year-old temple in central Tokyo and has the basic services any other temple in Japan has to offer. What makes this temple different from others is that Tagai sometimes hosts events where he takes up the stage name MC Happiness and raps the teachings of Buddha. More »

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Japan goes through a lot of cell phones. Seeing how everyone over the age of 8 has at least one cell phone, I can make a complete off the top of my head statistic that there are over 100 million cell phones being used in Japan right now. Most of them will be thrown away and replaced every two years. That’s a lot of trash. More »

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Now that the wonderful Tokyo Gundam is gone the only giant robot to represent Japan in the “Asian Giant Robot Statue Cold War” is the massive Gigantor statue sitting in Kobe. More »

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If you like to drive out of the ordinary cars, or like to ride shotgun, or even just watch them in action, this is my gift to you. Toyota has been a long standing name in the automotive industry since it’s inception. It represents style, performance and reliability and it looks as if Toyota striving to keep that reputation. Pictured above is the creator of MR2s himself, “MR2 creator guy” (let’s just stick with that, his name is Hiromu Naruse but it doesn’t sound as cool). More »

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From Rekuru:

Fresh to the Tokyo police force Murakami (longtime Kurosawa regular Toshiro Mifune) is not having a good day. Besides having his gun stolen on a crowded bus, his police-issued firearm is now being used by a criminal for robberies and worse. What’s a guy to do? Well, take to the hot summer streets and do some detective work for one. More »