Hokkaido Plans Cannabis Plantations

The price of all that rope may soon be cut in half...

As part of an initiative to reinvigorate the local economy, the Hokkaido government is set to establish special areas where cannabis can be grown freely, so as to put fallow fields to work and reduce the need to import.

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  • LoliHat commented on August 8, 2008 01:37
  • ...and those who are fans of erotic rope bondage raise a rousing "Huzzah!"... More

Picturesque Landscape Gallery

Picturesque Landscape Gallery – fine views of the Japanese countryside and seaside

In a departure from the usual character-centric galleries, let us enjoy a collection of superb photographic views, mostly of the Japanese countryside, as collected by the Vippers. Some of the scenes are quite captivating, and it certainly makes an interesting change.

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  • Panther commented on August 7, 2008 13:37
  • Very nice, I prefer these to urban landscapes. The sky ones are nice except for those marred by urban stuff...especially that one that could have been perfect if not for the telephone cables in the... More

Teacher Beats 9-Year-Old Girl over Leftover Curry

Teacher Beats 9-Year-Old Girl over Leftover Curry

A teacher (31) who beat a 9 year-old girl after she left some curry uneaten, and then continued screaming at the girl for an hour and a half, has been subjected to a three month disciplinary suspension, we hear. The girl was so traumatised by the ordeal that she was no longer able to attend the school, and had to transfer.

The reason he gave for his harsh chastisement of the little girl was conservation of water.

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  • FAIL commented on August 6, 2008 21:24
  • Uh, like WOW. Putting curry/water conservation before Loli? Mixed-up priorities, maybe? In b4 curry-loli man... More
  • Mark commented on August 6, 2008 12:49
  • Shouldn't a guy get classified as insane for acting like that? Most countries would have a guy fired immediately for beating a little kid - let alone a little girl who simply wasn't hungry. If... More

Schoolgirl Groper Skewered

Schoolgirl Groper Skewered

A man (25), accused of groping a girl at a crowded beach, but who denied the charge, ended up dying after being thoroughly impaled in an attempt at flight from his questioners.

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  • IrrugaSinX commented on August 7, 2008 02:36
  • is this what we called "Divine Punishment"?...... More
  • cdawg commented on August 5, 2008 07:15
  • am i the only one who thought of phoenix wright's steel samurai's murder case and the bent metal fence post?... More

Police Called Over Melting Ice Cream

Police Called Over Melting Ice Cream

Police departments across Japan are reporting an increase in bizarre requests for police intervention, with prank or otherwise insincere requests for assistance now reaching some 7% (4,800) of the total calls made (69,400).

A selection is reproduced below:

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  • Pyoro commented on August 5, 2008 01:44
  • playing it safe is good and all, but some kinda measure should be implemented to reduce incidences of such call such as a hefty fine... More
  • BZou commented on August 4, 2008 14:40
  • Very interesting, it is good to see patient officers in Japan, over here in NYC we have a lot of short tempered hot heads which ends up causing problems that should never have happened.... More

Lady Stabber Carves Through 7 at Station

Lady Stabber Carves Through 7 at Station

A lady (34) who viciously attacked seven male passersbys at a station, injuring six of them, has been overpowered and arrested, we hear. Her rampage was only stopped when her last victim, a student, subdued her, and police took custody of her.

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  • Panther commented on July 29, 2008 12:35
  • So now Japan's ugly side is finally showing itself in the flood of such incidents. I wonder when the government will finally shake itself up and wake up to the fact that the society and... More
  • cloneofsnake commented on July 29, 2008 12:07
  • If they haven't stabbed enough people, how can they obtain the experience they need to gain high level Masamune and Muramasa? :P... More

Higurashi Blamed For Father Stabbing Girl

Higurashi Blamed For Father Stabbing Girl

A middle school girl (15) who stabbed to death her father (46) ignited a typical mass media firestorm of finger pointing, when searches of her room turned up copies of the ひぐらしのなく頃に / Higurashi no Naku Koro ni manga (“occult manga”), a notably bloody tale derived from the famous doujin game series, as well as a variety of other suspect titles, such as murder mystery novels.

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  • IrrugaSinX commented on July 24, 2008 01:11
  • sometimes i really doesn't understand people.. how can she did that because of some materials she had read recently and did not think first of the consequences she will suffer...and she is 15 already, the... More

Wide Open AV Watchers

Wide Open AV Watchers

Ignore the story, it’s just about some AV expo in China where plenty of Japanese AV stars are in attendance.

What I thought really entertaining about this are the photos of the crowd. Some incredible expressions on display – every strain of wonder, amazement, yearning, and desperation evident.

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  • Piroko commented on July 23, 2008 06:15
  • lmao at the police taking pictures too. :D... More

Haruhi Mizugi Madness

Haruhi Mizugi Madness

Haruhi & co. convincingly illustrated in swimwear, with musical backing. In this case, who cares about the MAD? I’m sure you just want the Tsuruya-san BMP. Rest of the SOS-dan images below. Also the video.

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Bear Beaten Off by 12-Year-Old Girl

Pedobear Beaten by Cake

A 12-year-old girl camping in the Hokkaido countryside got a rude awakening when a bear attacked her tent, though she soon beat it off and put it to flight with a good kick.

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  • kumbi kumbu commented on August 4, 2008 21:05
  • in after pedobear attack you mean... More
  • FAIL commented on July 27, 2008 20:39
  • The bear (cough, pedobear, cough) apparently pursued some deer into the camp site, but evidently got distracted by the scent of delicious cake (hmmmm... i wonder) emanating from the tents, and decided to investigate that... More

Koreans Smash Own National Bird in Rebuke to Yamato

Koreans Smash Own National Bird in Rebuke to Yamato

In an act clearly carefully calculated to elicit international sympathy for the defence of Korea’s integral heartland of the Liancourt Rocks/Takeshima/Dokdo, Korean patriots have smashed to death with hammers wicked aggressor pheasants of the war bloated Empire of the Rising Sun, outside their very embassy, casting their mangled remains into the embassy grounds.

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