


A Romanian boy who stabbed a young Tokyo woman in the back in a mugging has explained that “stabbing her was simpler than threatening her” and that he needed her money “as I spent all mine at the arcade.”
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The manners of Comiket 83 attendees have been coming under fire after photographs of their “vast piles” of garbage were circulated online, with many seemingly keen to blame it on the barbarous habits of foreigners – although non-Japanese could be forgiven for complaining about a certain amount of overreaction as well…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Dec 18, 2012 06:50 JST
- Tags: DPJ, Gaikokujin, JRP, LDP, Mass Media, Military, Politics, USA, Video Gallery

The founder of what is now Japan’s third largest party, Tooru Hashimoto, has given an outraged response to the suggestion that any American could possibly call Japan right wing, saying a nation with such a huge army and nuclear weapons which brazenly violated the sovereignty of Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden has no business calling Japan right wing.
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Tokyo’s 80-year-old former mayor Shintaro Ishihara has yet again courted controversy by remarking that “the Japanese are the only coloured race to make a modern nation” – by extension implying that China, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and the rest are all pre-modern primitives.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Sep 8, 2012 19:49 JST
- Tags: Gaikokujin, History, Image Gallery, Military, Photography, Politics, USA, WWII, Wyoming


Rare colour photographs of the captivity enjoyed by Japanese-Americans in WWII thanks to the tender hospitality of Uncle Sam have been causing much controversy amongst Japanese online, with many keen either to burnish their victimhood or praise the relatively humane nature of “the USA’s concentration camps.”
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Aug 28, 2012 04:01 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Fetish, Food, Gaikokujin, Italy, Marketing, Politics, Prostitution, Sushi


The Japan’s Italian embassy has officially protested the description of nyotaimori (“naked sushi”) as a “traditional Japanese” culinary practice, after the nation’s first nude sushi restaurant proudly trumpeted it as such.
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Korean net cafe signage informing patrons that the establishment enforces a strict “No Japs Allowed” policy – unless the prospective customer shouts “Dokdo is Korean territory!” three times – is currently attracting much attention online.
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The American-style chivalry of a US sailor stationed in Japan who beat up two strangers who had the temerity to insult his Japanese girlfriend has been earning much admiration online.
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Tokyo’s dear leader Shintaro Ishihara’s latest discriminatory outburst has been to insult barbarian judo, saying it resembles “beasts brawling” and that the sport was ruined as soon as the hairy barbarians became involved.
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There is much amazement online at the news that the first female shogi player to score a victory at a cup tournament actually learnt the game after reading about it in Naruto.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Mar 14, 2012 15:20 JST
- Tags: Crime, Drama, Drugs, Gaikokujin, Rape, Talent, Theft, Tokyo, TV, USA, Yokohama

An American actor has been arrested for robbing and raping a Japanese woman, having broken into her house and drugged her with chloroform.
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Japanese opposition to letting droves of filthy barbarians into their great nation appears to be as high as ever – a recent survey suggests as many as 85% are not convinced as to the necessity of letting them live in Japan, and nearly half are dead against the idea.
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