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Funny · Culture · Sep 11, 2026

She Asked a TV Show to Let Her Smell Insects She'd Never Met

A 42-year-old with a bug-smell fetish, a professional insect hunter, and tasting notes nobody saw coming.

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Funny · Animals · Sep 4, 2026

The Carpet That Never Stops Producing Cat Hair

A Nara man's living room carpet seems to generate an endless supply of cat fur, so a (cat-allergic) detective and a small army of friends launch an all-out lint-roller offensive.

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Impressive · Tech · Aug 28, 2026

Reviving a 30-Year-Old 'Java Ring' Became a Full-Blown Java Reunion

A college student's obsession with a 1998 wearable computer brought a legendary crew of veteran engineers back together to bring it to life.

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Funny · Culture · Aug 21, 2026

Can You Buy a Famous Cake Roll Before the Light Turns Green?

A postpartum mom's daydream game gets put to the test: sprint out during a red light, grab Osaka's famous Dojima Roll, and make it back before traffic moves.

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Heartwarming · Society · Aug 14, 2026

The Woman Who Couldn't Walk Down Stairs Without a Handrail

A simple request to a Japanese TV show reveals just how many people quietly struggle with the exact same fear.

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Heartwarming · Parenting · Aug 7, 2026

A 5-Year-Old's Cardboard Lion Dance Becomes the Real Thing

A boy's homemade lion costume turns into real training with a Himeji lion dance troupe — and a performance in the shadow of the castle.

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Funny · Culture · Jul 31, 2026

Does Kissing 550 Times Really Burn 1kg? A Japanese TV Show Actually Tested It

A man who compiled 8 years of trivia convinced a detective to kiss him 550 times in the name of science.

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Funny · Culture · Jul 24, 2026

They Made a Duvet Stuffed With Men's Body Hair. It Worked.

A 28-year-old asked Japan's most unhinged TV show to make a blanket filled with human body hair.

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Funny · Culture · Jul 17, 2026

Japan's Most Prestigious Stink Competition

A TV show spent an entire episode doing nothing but smelling things, and honestly, it peaked.

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Funny · Culture · Jul 10, 2026

A Man Challenged the World Wasabi-Don Speed-Eating Championship (and Quit Halfway)

A 44-year-old man from Shizuoka dreamed of becoming world champion at something — and wasabi happened to be the thing.

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Heartwarming · Culture · Jul 3, 2026

A College Student Training to Be a PE Teacher Can't Do a Back Hip Circle — and Might Not Graduate

She wants to teach gym class, but she can't pass gym class.

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Heartwarming · Culture · Jun 26, 2026

She Can't Hear the Punchline — So She Became the Microphone

A nearly-deaf comedy fan asks her favorite duo to help her laugh along with everyone else.

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Heartwarming · Culture · Jun 19, 2026

A Shy 42-Year-Old Finally Gets to Play Baseball — With a Little Help From Some Kids

He'd been swinging a bat alone every day for years. Then he finally asked for a real game.

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Funny · Culture · Jun 12, 2026

A 6-Year-Old Girl's Quest to Obtain a Kintama

She did the math. There are two, so one should be available.

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Funny · Culture · Jun 5, 2026

Can a Full Bladder Take Down a Pro Baseball Player? Japan Finds Out

An amateur pitcher hatches the most desperate strategy imaginable: wait until a former pro can barely walk, then throw.

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Heartwarming · Culture · May 29, 2026

What's in Your Notes App? Knight Scoop Asks — and Finds Something Unexpectedly Moving

A notes app nobody intended to share turned out to be the most honest self-portrait of all.

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Heartwarming · Animals · May 22, 2026

"If I Eat You, We'll All Live Together": A 9-Year-Old's Farewell to Her Pet Crayfish

She raised a crayfish that ate all her other pets. When it died, she had one request: let's cook and eat it together.

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Heartwarming · Culture · May 15, 2026

Finding Dad in a Sea of Bald Strangers

A daughter's recurring nightmare — that she couldn't identify her bald father in a crowd — somehow became one of the year's most unexpectedly moving TV segments.

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Heartwarming · Parenting · May 8, 2026

The Boy Who Won't Back Down

A first-grader on a one-kid crusade against evil gets the lesson of his life — from his mom.

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Heartwarming · Culture · May 1, 2026

Japan's Powerlifting Champion Has One Weakness: Balloons

The nation's strongest woman faces her biggest challenge — and it's not a 230kg deadlift.