


Chinese news program Focus Today recently ran a short segment accusing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of seeking war with China, which further went on to describe the arsenal of weaponry the villainous country has at its disposal – including a glimpse of the relatively famous 1/1 scale Gundam originally erected in Odaiba, which was rapidly spotted and soon made the talk of the internet even far beyond poor vulnerable China.
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Level 28 idol Shoko-tan has been outed as having a boyfriend after all, having snagged 26-year-old actor and fellow otaku Ryota Ozawa – although the media has wasted no time in digging out the fact that her groom to be has already sired an “illegitimate” child.
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Darling Putinista and Crimean attorney general Natalia Poklonskaya has expressed her delight at all the adorable moe art she has been inspiring of late, even being so bold as to ask for more – something which may not have been wise given the direction some of the art is starting to take, and with there being so much time between now and the next Comiket…
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Even the tame service of classic kiddy anime Doraemon is now being subjected to random glare, with the latest proving that the assurances of the Tokyo government that “Shizuka’s scenes will not be subject to the ban” were hollow after all.
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More of Japan than ever is choking under a thick cloud of China-quality PM2.5 smog this winter, prompting the Japanese government to warn people in affected areas not to venture out lest they die horribly.
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Figures for the latest generation of Japanese to reach adulthood show them turning more herbivorous than ever, with 55.8% of 20-year-old men now apparently having no romantic experience whatsoever.
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In the wake of a new anti-spying law, top nationalist politician Shintaro Ishihara is calling for Japan to go a step further and emulate Israel by “creating our own Mossad” (or “Section 9” as GitS fans have pointed out).
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The NHK’s recent interest in the antics of international cosplayers has been attracting much attention in Japan – not least thanks to all the cute and sexy cosplayers on display…
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Jackie Chan’s recent remarks that it was “good” for tsunami and earthquakes to devastate “a certain country” have sparked plenty of criticism.
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China’s autumnal skies have been hailed as fit for an “SF dystopia,” with daytime visibility down to 10m and still no improvement evident from earlier in the year despite the government’s promises – amidst rising concern from Japan that pollution forecasts are to become a regular feature on their own weather reports as a result.
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None other than MGS-producer Hideo Kojima himself has been complaining about the mainstream media’s fixation on social gaming at the expense of the next generation, calling it “dangerous” and hinting about the real reason he has to put SNS features in the latest MGS titles…
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The Japanese government has been expressing its outrage at mockery of its advanced “pump-it-into-the-sea” nuclear waste management strategy by a French paper.
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