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Posted by cart on Mar 13, 2017 in Featured, Japanzine | Comments Off on First Decent Japanese Sumo Raised in Captivity for Fifty Years

For the first time in a generation a Japanese sumo wrestler has been raised to adulthood in captivity, sparking nationwide celebration. In...

Posted by cart on Mar 13, 2017 in Featured, Japanzine | Comments Off on Japan joins criticism of Trump’s ‘Islamophobic’ Executive Order

The Japanese Department of Immigration this week aligned itself with those criticising the American president’s recent executive order...

Posted by cart on Jul 4, 2014 in Featured, Japanzine | Comments Off on Techno Udon Parties Sidestep Anti-Dancing Laws

A new movement protesting the anti-dancing laws in Japan has spread from Tokyo to Osaka. Techno-udon parties which started in 2012 use the...

Posted by cart on Jul 4, 2014 in Featured, Japanzine | Comments Off on A Crying, Incoherent Japanese Politician Is The Internet’s Latest Sensation

A video clip of a weeping Japanese politician accused of dubious spending on trips to a hot springs has gone viral, leaving many outraged...

Posted by cart on Apr 17, 2014 in Featured, Japanzine | Comments Off on D (a)M(a)Z(ing) – Vacations on the Korean border

“… and the defector said to me ‘yes, the poor do eat the bodies of dead people.’” Ordinarily Japanzine holidays in snowy places...