
The Japanese have been banned from shipping packages of any significant size to the land of the free as the US believes they are likely a bunch of freedom-hating terrorists.
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The recent protest against Akihabara shops selling to Chinese tourists has incited something of a backlash against the protesters, who have been roundly condemned as being akin to bunch of yakuza thugs attempting to shake down retailers.
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Akihabara has seen noisy demonstrations by extreme right-wing groups demanding the expulsion of the Chinese from Japan.
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Unfortunately for closet otaku seeking to avoid having their creepy purchases exposed to the eyes of friends, families, neighbours and postal workers (and in some particularly unfortunate cases, customs), not every online retailer is sensible enough to employ plain cardboard boxes and uninformative labels.
Japanese otaku recipients share some of the worst “delivery terror” they have struck with:
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Japanese asked what it is they would most like to do on a first date yield a list of activities likely to please the budget-concious.
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The first “official” Touhou anime has been announced.
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Japanese asked what it is they think is too expensive in Japan compared to overseas yield a ranking unlikely to dismiss any stereotypes about urban life in Japan…
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Girls aged 14 have been arrested after baring their breasts to men at ATMs in order to distract them so they could rob them of their cash.
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A supermarket has recently been attracting attention for the quality of its merchandise displays – staff apparently have a lot of time on their hands and a great deal of appreciation for Mario and Donkey kong.
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The US subsidiary of top Japanese bookstore Kinokuniya has stopped all sales of popular anime pin-up magazines, saying it thinks the innocent pictures of anime girls they are famous for may contain “illegal and inappropriate content” – or in other words, that it thinks they might be considered child porn in the US.
The store has cancelled the subscriptions of all customers subscribed to the magazines, which includes fan favourites Megami and Nyan-Type.
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A customer disgruntled at being denied a free gift with his McDonald’s meal had his car burnt to ashes by an even more disgruntled employee, so he “wouldn’t have to go back to the shop.”
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The price of Final Fantasy XIII has dropped to even more humiliatingly low levels, with at least one retailer now practically giving the game away at $5 new, a “one coin” (¥500) price.
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