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Kaiju Khristmas krush!

Godzilla and all his Kaiju/monster friends including Bobblehead Santa are battling to beat the the crush to finish their last minute Christmas shopping in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district. Thanks to the...

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Lucky flying lobsters?

Lucky lobsters at Japanese New Years via Den4

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Hello Kitty raps in the New Years

By THE Taiwanese Animators: Hello Kitty remixes Eminem’s “Rap God” and spares no dog in the process….

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Matrixed

‘Den4′, the 3Yen’s correspondent-at-large writes… In two papers (nature.com) (dailygalaxy.com), Yoshifumi Hyakutake of Ibaraki University in Japan and his colleagues now provide, if not an actual...

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Sit on Pedobear’s face for 197,000 Japanese yen!

No, no, Chris Hanson1 is not really asking you to sit on the face of Pedobear2. This loveseat is actually made to resemble the popular character “Rilakkuma*“—whose name is a Japanese mangling of...

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Heads will roll…

Ahhh, the strange and wondrous finds on the streets of Japan that you can happen across. This tweet shows the grim aftermath of beginning beauty school students: Heads will roll… Click to embiggen....

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Training ‘em young in Japan

The social webs in Japan are all a twitter about this kids show called “Mi-buri TV” on the Yokohama public TV station, TVK—Note the “I LOVE COCK” and “PUSSY” signs on the instructors’ costumes. UPDATE:...

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The Simpsons do Ghibli

Homer enters the Ghibli Dimension, as a tribute to the master of Japanese anime, Hayao Miyazaki.

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From Doraemon’s pervy father comes a collection of Japanese…

Long-time reader of the 3Yen, “MARKed TRAIL,” writes: Here’s a Japanese guy’s obsession (semi-ÑṠFW) with collecting all the naughty examples of Mami-chan, the title character of the “Esper Mami” manga...

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They came from outer space…

Tokyo Fashion© All Rights Reserved “King of Otoko (males)” from the planet Kanjani8 were seen cruising the streets of Harajuku, this illuminated intergalatic truckship (promoting the newest release...

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Godzilla … a new roar for 2014!

In preparation for Godzilla’s 60th birthday and the latest reboot of the Godzilla’s film franchise (3Yen | 2013-07-18) checkout out… Listen to Godzilla’s brand-new roar io9.com … It’s one part air raid...

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‘Sex & Fury’: the story of the Japanese manga, tattoos, films of Bonten Taro

Bonten Taro — Sex & Fury is a book “trailer” for the May 5th release of the French publisher Le Lézard Noir about Bonten Taro’s life and works. In the style of a graphic novel, ‘Sex & Fury,’...

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Does Dodgy Domo-kun dash Pervy Pikachu’s preeminence?

      ← Pervy Pikachu’s privates* as shown on the left have been a longtime favorite with readers of the 3Yen. However, Dodgy Domo-kun that was spotted in Nagoya yesterday by Reddit may impeach Pervy...

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Yaki imo-o-o-o!

In these final days of cold weather, the street venders are still prowling streets selling yakimo, hot roasted sweet potatoes, from their odd smoking mini-trucks that look like they are on fire...

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Japan turns to ‘Wankernomics’

Mo’ betta than failing Abenomics (3Yen / 2013-12-24), Japan turns to ‘Wankernomics’—that is, damp-dreaming that anime freakazoids and otaku wankers somehow can boost a stagnant economy, ri-i-i-ight....

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Gamera camera

Gamera, the former Guardian of the Universe and the kaiju/monster realms (Wiki), has fallen on hard times in his forced retirement of the past several years. Fuji TV News captured him on video trying...

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Noodle Samurai

Check out the current TV commercial for new “SAMURAI FUJIYAMA” type of Cup Noodle®. "Japan is the land of the Samurai…They swing the glowing swords and swear loyalty to their master…" The bimbos...

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‘Let’s get Fight!’… J-Pop sans clothing

Let’s get Fight!  • MORNING MUSUME KOREA/JAPON’s promotional video from Sofuto On Demando ()— “SOD” is a Japanese adu1t video group of companies noted for their “creative” approach to hyper-hinky...

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Raman Burgers, Sushi Nails &‘Baby-car’ Exercise

New—plus York—equals New York! according to this boombox/turntable head (L) touting Japan’s new version of glacéau vitaminwater®, which supposedly is the New York inventor’s mangling remix of the...

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Antonio Inoki died for our sins

Hey, it’s Good Friday — Antonio Inoki has gone on the Cross for your sins. The Easter-ish looking MMA–Mixed Martial Arts entrance is by Antonio Inoki, the first pro-wrestler in Japan to be elected to...

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