
China and South Korea are facing intense criticism in Japan after both nations refused to attend the official 2nd anniversary memorial service for the 3/11 tragedy, with China even going a step further and criticising Japan for allowing Taiwan to present a wreath at the ceremony.
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As usual Taiwan is as (if not more) enthusiastic about moe girls as Japan itself, with some seriously cute carriages on display on the nation’s rails.
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FancyFrontier 21, Taiwan’s premier cosplay event, has as usual been attracting much admiring attention for the quality of cosplay on display – and with Ushijima apparently now persona non grata the organisers are no longer in danger of losing their venue or being brought up on public indecency charges.
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Cosplay fans have been amazed by the before and after comparisons of Taiwanese cosplayer Rolan Ajo, who says she went on a diet and lost some 20kg so she could cosplay her favourite characters – a diet which looks to have been a resounding success, with her Lum bikini cosplay being hailed as “angelic.”
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The sight of sweet young McDonald’s burger flippers dressed as maids for New Years at a Taiwan branch of the fast food giant has lately delighted patrons and otaku maid fanciers alike.
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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: Leon
- Categories: Galleries, H, Japan
- Date: Nov 24, 2012 21:45 JST
- Tags: Food, Gravure, Idol, Image Gallery, Lingerie, Oppai, Oshiri, Taiwan, Video Gallery


Busty 18-year-old Taiwanese idol Ili (or Zheng Jia Zhen), has enjoyed a surge in popularity thanks to her hot breasts – which she dexterously kneads in a hit cookery video demonstrating the making of karaage fried chicken – and now even enjoys a following in Japan and beyond…
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Senkaku fans have been marvelling at the latest naval theatrics to play out in the seas around the isles – this time coast guard vessels from Japan and Taiwan clashed, though with water cannon rather than the regular kind.
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Both Taiwan and the wider Internet have been fawning over what is presumably the youngest Homura cosplayer ever, 5-year-old NiNi – whom all can agree is probably also the cutest ever and for once is in no need of Photoshop assistance…
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Japan has announced plans to arrest Japanese who dared to set foot on the Senkaku Islands, despite just having let go Chinese protesters who illegally entered Japanese territory in order to storm the islands themselves.
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China has been infuriated by an unusual display of backbone from the Japanese government, which has arrested a group of Chinese who illegally entered Japan in order to plant communist flags on the Senkaku islands.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Jun 2, 2012 05:16 JST
- Tags: China, Fujoshi, Hong Kong, Marketing, Otaku, Shota, Taiwan, Translation, Yaoi

Fujoshi watchers (to say nothing of fujoshi students of Japanese) have been marvelling at the advent of a “Japanese for fujoshi” textbook for the Chinese market.
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