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Chinese Ship Locks Radar on Japanese Ship, Netizen Reactions
Japanese Defence Minister Onodera Itsunori speaks to journalists at the Ministry of Defence on February 5. On January 30 a Chinese ship locked what is assumed to be a fire-control radar onto a Japanese...
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‘Creepy-Cute’ Mascot Fills Netizens With Horror and Delight
Okasaki mascot ‘Okasaemon’ relaxes at home. Just last week we saw the introduction of governmental ‘yuru-kyara’ [‘relaxing character’] mascots in the form of a cartoon Abe and Ishiba, and now netizens...
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Tokyo Governor Proposes Changing Time Zone To Help Markets
A recent proposal by Tokyo’s Governor, Inose Naoki, to push forward Japan’s time zone by 2 hours, has been generating discussion on Twitter. Currently, Tokyo’s stock market (GMT +9) opens second in...
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Boy Saves Disabled Child and Mother, Twitter Users Inspired
On May 27 a boy tweeted about his first hand experience in seeing two female high school students bullying a pregnant mother and her child, who had Down syndrome. Appalled by what he saw, he posted...
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LINE App Causes SNS Stress, Say Japanese University Students
Image source LINE is a popular instant messaging application, which allows users to interact by texting, sending pictures, and even by making free voice calls, as well as having other social networking...
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