Here’s an Internet milestone; FOX Broadcasting is creating a new TV series called Hole in the Wall based off the Japanese game called Brain Wall, a show that took off globally after being uploaded to YouTube as “Human Tetris.” The network will decide whether to pick up the show later this year. In [...]

Only in Japan can a monkey work in a bar getting people drinks. I’m also going to go out on a limb and say only in Japan can a monkey wear khaki shorts and a nice shirt.

Thanks to Japan Probe for this wonderful video.

Don’t need much setup for this one. It’s just three videos (all courtesy of kerofer02 on YouTube) of cats playing with one another. Uncomplicated fun for everyone.

The cutest one!

Gakutensoku, as the robot is known, was built in 1928 in honor of Emperor Showa of Japan. And with the use of a $200,00 computer, Asia’s oldest robot has recently been brought back to life.
At 80-years-old, this robot should be well in his grave by now. There’s something about reviving a human-like robot that [...]

Folks, insanity comes in many forms. Some people start yelling uncontrollably when they lose their minds. Others begin hallucinating. The worst get enjoyment out of that reality show with Tila Tequila. For me, mental breakdown comes when it’s 1:30 in the morning, I’ve listened to the new No Age album three [...]

This seal doesn’t really do anything of note, except be utterly adorable and huggable. Just look at the little fellow! More importantly, listen to the seal-dude: I didn’t know seals could sound so pathetic and loveable at once.

Thanks to the Japanese for first even covering this and second for putting some of the [...]

If you follow this blog, you may have noticed an overabundance of adorable animals from Japan/covered by the Japanese this week. Well, this TV report of a super-friendly pelican only adds to this blogs slow transformation into an even more adorable anime creature of some sort. I envision a Hamtaro-like creature. But [...]

Strange but awesome combo, for sure, but also endearing. In South Korea, a duck and a dog have become bros, and one of Japan’s weirdo TV shows went and documented the unlikely friendship of fowel and Fido. Personally, I would like to see the Japanese turn this into a buddy cop film, where [...]

Japanese television rocks. In America, a show where people watch a cat go to sleep in various containers would be cancelled in mere moments in favor of a Tila Tequila reality show. But in the land of the rising sun…anything goes, especially fat felines sitting in things! Oh Japan, I’m yours….
Yeah, the [...]

I can never say no to these clips. A new game brought to you by the folks who did Human Tetris combines a pool of hot water with various obstacles to create one crazy mid-air obstacle course. Not nearly as unique or bizarre) as other Japanese game shows I’ve seen, but pretty [...]

A fun flash game to get your mind off the first day of class.

Two videos to waste your time with.

Weirdo art-rock group Deerhoof becomes a little less weird but still rocks artfully on Friend Opportunity.

Letters from Iwo Jima is even-handed and affecting.