Japan

Tower Block - Apartment Building - General -

Man falls from a 12-storey Japanese building and survives, but kills woman

Tragic.

Jul 21, 2026

Police Car - 2026

Japanese woman arrested for sewing roommate’s lip together with needle and thread

Police are investigating the horrific assault.

Dangerous Minds

Jul 10, 2026

Meet The Tokyo Beatles!

Meet The Tokyo Beatles: Japan’s wonderfully strange Fab Four knock-off

Gloriously mangled Japanglish during Beatlemania.

Richard Metzger

Jul 10, 2026

Mako Nishimura- the only female member of the Yakuza -

Mako Nishimura: the only female member of Tokyo’s craziest underground crime gang

An incredible story.

Jun 28, 2026

The $200 blow-up sex doll Japan made into a wrestling champion

The $200 blow-up sex doll Japan made into a wrestling champion

“You know it’s all fake, right?”

Jun 26, 2026

Seppuku Pistols- the punk band playing traditional Japanese music

Seppuku Pistols: the punk band playing traditional Japanese music

Punk is a medium, not a genre.

Jun 20, 2026

Issei Sagawa- the necrophile cannibal who walked free in 1986

Issei Sagawa: The necrophile cannibal who walked free in 1986

Horrible.

Jun 16, 2026

The Japanese TV show that tried to build the Pyramids of Giza in 1978 - Dangerous Minds

The Japanese TV show that tried to build the Pyramids of Giza

A trip through history.

Jun 6, 2026

When Paul McCartney led a prison sing-along in Japan

The bizarre prison sing-along in Japan led by Paul McCartney in 1980

Not so hard time.

May 27, 2026

Irezumi is the tattoo culture of Japan really linked to the Yakuza

Irezumi: Is the tattoo culture of Japan really linked to the Yakuza?

Culture in the skin.

May 6, 2026