
The plight of Japan’s animators, long famed for being paid slave wages, has been making headlines again with the news that Studio Easter, the makers of Case Closed, are being sued for allegedly paying their animators as little as $3 an hour.
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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: May 16, 2012 07:20 JST
- Tags: Chiba, Disney, Events, Law, Marriage, Politics, Relationships, Tokyo, Yuri

Tokyo Disneyland has had a rare brush with controversy, after it decided it will allow gay marriage ceremonies, delighting Japan’s typically quiet gay rights advocates and mildly annoying the less tolerant masses.
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Tokyo’s 79-year-old fuhrer Shintaro Ishihara’s latest rant against young people is to accuse of them of failing to have sex and produce more taxslaves due to worries about their small penises and propensity to premature ejaculation.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, Galleries, H
- Date: May 7, 2012 11:00 JST
- Tags: AV, Cosplay, Events, Image Gallery, Mizugi, Oppai, Oshiri, Tokyo, Ushijima


“18+” ero-cosplay event Cosholic has been held for the 5th time, and was reasonably well attended by sexy ero-cosplayers – although strangely not by some of the biggest names in the business…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Apr 27, 2012 05:45 JST
- Tags: AKB48, Akihabara, Arson, Crime, Idol, Maids, NEETs, Otaku, Tokyo

A gang of otaku who robbed and burnt dozens of properties in Tokyo have confessed that they committed their crimes so they could afford to attend AKB48 concerts and visit Akiba maid cafes.
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Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara has announced on a visit to the USA that he is negotiating for Tokyo to buy the Senkaku Islands, currently the subject of Chinese claims.
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An anime-involved idol and singer has been arrested for hacking her agency’s website after falling out with the management, who happened to be her ex-boyfriend.
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A policeman has been arrested for exposing himself to a schoolgirl whilst dressed as a schoolgirl in a sailor outfit.
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The overpowering cuteness of Disney’s new anime-styled ad for its Tokyo Disney Resort – as well as the rather artful romance it manages to compact into a 30 second spot – have been inspiring much appreciation online in Japan and beyond.
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A video of Tokyo pedestrians ignoring an ambulance even as it begs them to make way and stop using a scramble crossing for long enough to let it pass has lately been causing much outrage online, with many leaping to condemn the heartless folk of the capital.
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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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