


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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France’s reaction to the Islamist butchery of Charlie Hebdo staff for artwork unacceptable to Islam has been to ban Sankaku Complex in France, apparently for artwork unacceptable to the French government – with traffic from French users now being hijacked and redirected to a government warning page as part of its newly enacted internet censorship regime.
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US President and much deserving Nobel Laureate Barack Obama has attracted the attention of otaku masses with his public greeting for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, mentioning several aspects of Japanese culture that Americans are thankful for – with anime and manga garnering a mention in a rather unexpected fashion.
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The first highly awaited episode of Gintama‘s new season has caused quite the commotion with its scathing opening parody of the now ancient tear-filled outburst of a politician accused of misusing public funds – political parody apparently not being entirely dead in Japan.
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Japan’s newest female prison is to be painted pink to reduce any feelings of “oppression” its inmates might suffer during their unfortunate period of incarceration, prompting accusations of sexual discrimination against men.
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Japan has just criminalised the possession of child pornography, though this time around lawmakers declined to destroy the anime and manga industry by banning their works as well, instead settling only for material featuring real people.
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An NHK survey has revealed record numbers of Japanese once again believe they possess “vastly superior qualities” to the barbarian races and reverance for the emperor is at a record high, pointing to a glorious rebirth for the Yamato – even if most of them evidently also believe marriage and having children are as outmoded as the concept of being able to influence a nation’s politics by voting in elections.
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The Tokyo government’s decree that Imouto Paradise 2 is unhealthy literature has been announced as being because the manga “improperly glorifies sexual activity between close relatives,” prompting Kadokawa to “voluntarily” withdraw all copies of the manga from sale.
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Crimean attorney general and moe idol Natalya Poklonskaya has been banned from the EU after being added to their “targeted sanctions” list as a way of reminding Putin just how much his minor underlings have to fear if they ever want to visit Europe again.
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Kadokawa is reporting the Tokyo government has just banned one of its titles as “unhealthy” after tougher new criteria for determining which manga are injurious to their readers were introduced, after police finally got their woman put in charge of the censors.
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Nintendo has decided to apologise for not allowing gay marriage in its upcoming “Tomodachi Life” game, promising it in future installments instead.
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The arrest of a man who printed several pistols has prompted the Japanese government to call for laws restricting 3D printers with uncharacteristic swiftness.
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