We think you're near Los Angeles

National Japan

New Tokyo Jungle Commercial Unveiled

Playstation Japan's YouTube channel has unveiled a new television commercial for Tokyo Jungle, a bizarre video game set in a post-apocalyptic...
Read more

Setagaya Mayor Supports Referendum On Nuclear Energy

Nobuto Hosaka, the mayor of Tokyo's Setagaya ward, has spoken out in favor of a petition calling for a referendum on the use of nuclear energy....
Read more

Soccer Ball Lost in 3/11 Tsunami Returned to Japanese Boy

The Japanese media has found the owner of a soccer ball retreived earlier this year from tsunami debris off the coast of Alaska. The owner is...
Read more

Fukushima fear: Softbank unveils first cell phone with built-in 'geiger-counter'

It's been over a year since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan and created a nuclear disaster the likes of which had...
Read more

Japanese Nationalists Help Erase "Comfort Women" From Okinawan Park

Earlier this year the Okinawa prefectural government announced that it would change plans for a new signboard at a historical park, removing...
Read more

Tokyo transsexual, Mao Sugiyama, tweets back over testicle tasting party

A Tokyo man, who describes himself as “asexual”, auctioned off a meal last month offering up a bite-sized portion of himself to 5 lucky...
Read more

$12,000 melons sold in Japan during bad economy

  • $12 000 melons
  • May 18, 2012
In Japan somebody sold $12,000 melons, which sounds great doesn't it? Unfortunately, those melons have sold for much higher prices in the past,...
Read more

Examining Psyren Volume 3

  • Psyren
  • May 13, 2012
Story and Art: Toshiaki IwashiroRating: Teen$9.99 USA, $12.99 CANSometimes it’s easy to underestimate a series based on its initial premise....
Read more

Examining Tenjo Tenge Full Contact Edition Volume 6

Story and Art: Oh! GreatRating: Mature$17.99 USA, $21.00 CANThe 6th volume of Viz Media’s double volume release of Tenjo Tenge push the...
Read more

Viz Media to Publish Rurouni Kenshin Reboot

According to the newest issue of Shonen Jump Alpha, Viz Media will begin publishing the Rurouni Kenshin reboot starting May 21. The Monday issue...
Read more

Pages