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Japanese model handles awkward wardrobe malfunction like a total pro

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Japanese man’s well-trained Shiba Inu is a comedy superstar

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A Japanese company has created mind-blowingly real dinosaur robots

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‘Pen Pineapple Apple Pen’ is the J-pop meme you’ll never get out of your head

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The 7 best Japanese mascots

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Japan’s ’48 ways to poop’ website is changing the bowel movement game

<p>Colette Bennett is a writer/editor who specializes in internet culture, skincare, and all things geek. Her work has appeared on CNN, HLN, Engadget, Colourlovers, and Continue Magazine. She also writes horror and sci-fi fiction for Corona Books. Her first novel is forthcoming from Rebellion Publishing in 2021.</p>


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<p>Cynthia McKelvey covered the health and science for the Daily Dot until 2017. She earned a graduate degree in science communication from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2014. Her work has appeared in Gizmodo, Scientific American Mind, and Mic.com.</p>


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No, those Japanese high school students didn’t invent shell-less chicken hatching

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Japanese model handles awkward wardrobe malfunction like a total pro

Japanese man’s well-trained Shiba Inu is a comedy superstar

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‘Pen Pineapple Apple Pen’ is the J-pop meme you’ll never get out of your head

The 7 best Japanese mascots

Japan’s ’48 ways to poop’ website is changing the bowel movement game

5 years later, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is still the queen of J-pop

The New Yorkers who opened up for a hologram on tour

Peach butts are all the rage on Japanese Instagram

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