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Say sayonara to that promotion! Hilarious images capture drunk Japanese businessmen who overdid it after work

27/01/17 21:26

Pictures show Japanese workers slumped over on seats, sprawled out on their backs and sitting on train platforms next to their briefcases having had one too many after a hard-day's work. The images highlight the notorious post-work drinking culture in the country where some staff are given allowances to ensure they join in with work-based boozing sessions. ...read

Panasonic introduces service ROBOTS to Tokyo Narita Airport - and if the trial goes well they could appear at the 2020 Olympics

27/01/17 20:56

Panasonic's HOSPI service robots are now being trialled both at Narita International Airport in Tokyo, and at the nearby ANA Crowne Plaza Narita hotel.

We're in for a ruff flight! Japanese airline now allows passengers to travel with their dogs in the main cabin

27/01/17 19:59

Japan Airlines has launched a charter service that allows dogs in the main cabin on a flight from Narita airport near Tokyo to Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, for ¥150,000 (£1,037) a ticket.

Live by the sword, die by the sword: Stunning 130-year-old images of Japanese Samurai warriors for whom honour was more important than their own lives

27/01/17 08:48

The fascinating set of photographs date back to the 19th century and include pictures of warriors posing for the cameras and staging Harakiri, or Seppuku, which involved suicide in front of a crowd.

Japan's military launches first communications satellite amid growing threats from China and North Korea

24/01/17 20:59

Japan has launched its first military communications satellite in a bid to fend off the growing threat from China and North Korea.

She didn't see that coming! Japanese fortune teller is fined £640,000 after brainwashing a client into becoming a prostitute and living off her earnings for two years

23/01/17 23:51

A clairvoyant in Japan brainwashed a client into believing she owed her money and then forced her to pay back her debts by earning money through sex work. The victim sought £640,000.

And you thought it was cold over here? Japanese pilgrims take the plunge as they endure New Year ice bath purification ritual

21/01/17 22:36

Participants braved temperatures as low as 2C when they gathered at Tokyo's Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine wearing only loin cloths to perform the ice bath ritual, which is in its 62nd year.

Passenger plane loses control after landing and skids off the runway into a mound of snow

20/01/17 09:43

The ANA aircraft skidded off the runway and eventually came to a stop in a pile of snow after landing at an airport in Japan on Thursday morning. No injuries were reported.

From warming the seat to firing a jet of water: New tourist-friendly symbols explain how Japan's hi-tech toilets work

18/01/17 20:00

Japan's toilet manufacturers will now use just eight symbols to inform which button does what. They offer everything from seat warming and bidet functions to motion sensors and deodorisers.

You big babies! Giant sumo wrestlers wince as they receive a flu jab

18/01/17 12:24

As they received their vaccinations in Japan, the wrestlers were clearly upset and their faces shows them struggling as they attempted to avoid looking like cry-babies.

Police seize $60 million worth of cocaine from a Japanese whaling boat - as six men are charged with importing drugs

18/01/17 11:30

Cocaine worth $60 million was seized from an ex Japanese whaling vessel. Six men in Queensland and Victoria have been arrested, following the discovery of plastic bricks with camel stickers.

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It’s the real-life Westworld (sort of)! The abandoned Wild West theme park inhabited only by robot cowboys like those from the hit TV show

17/01/17 11:17

New pictures show the inside of Western Village, an ambitious tourist attraction which opened in the 1970s, 70 miles north of Tokyo in Japan.

Hello Kitties! The Bachelor's Osher Gunsberg takes wife Audrey Griffen and her daughter to a cartoon-themed cafe as they honeymoon in Japan

17/01/17 08:57

Osher Gunsberg is embracing the culture as he enjoys his honeymoon in Japan. The Bachelor host took his wife Audrey Griffen and her daughter Georgia to the Hello Kitty cafe in Kyoto on Tuesday.

Dramatic moment Australian mother and her three sons are pulled from a snow cave they dug to survive after spending 12 hours lost in the -10 degree Japanese wilderness

17/01/17 08:25

An Australian mother and her three sons have been found after sending a desperate Facebook message to family saying they were 'lost' and spending a night in a snow cave.

Japanese illegal whalers 'caught red-handed in Australian waters with slaughtered whale on the deck of a ship'

16/01/17 15:01

The Nisshin Maru whaler factory ship was spotted by a helicopter from the Sea Shepherd organisation in the Australian whale sanctuary around the nation's Antarctic territory.

Whale this is awkward! Japanese ship spotted with dead minke in Australian waters... while Malcolm Turnbull takes PM Shinzo Abe to best WHALE-WATCHING spot in Sydney

16/01/17 07:21

Malcolm Turnbull took Japan's leader to one of Sydney's most popular whale-watching destinations - as pictures emerged of a dead minke on a Japanese whaling ship.

'My two favourite ladies': Osher Gunsberg continues his Japanese honeymoon with new bride Audrey Griffin and her 12- year-old daughter

15/01/17 10:48

Osher Gunsberg took to Instagram on Sunday from his honeymoon in Japan to share a snap of his new bride Audrey and her daughter Georgia, as the trio hit the slopes near the Hakuba Cortina Resort.

He drinks like a fish! Call to ban traditional Japanese ceremony where a carp is plied with wine in a bid to banish evil spirits

13/01/17 10:51

The ceremony is conducted every year in the city of Tonami, western Japan, due to a superstition that women are unlucky at the age of 33, while men are unlucky at 42.

How YOUR selfies are allowing crooks to steal your identity... by zooming in on your FINGERS: HD lenses mean thieves can replicate your fingerprints

11/01/17 16:02

People uploading pictures to social media have been urged by a professor in Japan not to pose pulling the peace sign because crooks can use it to carry out identity theft by stealing fingerprint data.

The disturbing moment a wild monkey mounts a DEER and tries to have sex with it in a world first

10/01/17 16:39

The strange situation was captured by researchers from the University of Strasbourg in France, while filming on Yakushima Island south of Japan.

Thousands of Japanese women dress up in dazzling kimonos and expensive makeup to celebrate their coming of age during the country's annual holiday

09/01/17 15:24

Draped in dazzling kimonos, thousands of expensively made-up young Japanese women marked their entry into adulthood during the country's annual Coming of Age Day.

British student, 21, tipped for first class honours plunges to his death from Japanese high-rise as he celebrates New Year

08/01/17 14:41

Justin Browning, 21, pictured smiling, is understood to have sought a vantage point to watch the fireworks in Tokyo. A taxi driver found the Durham University student on the ground below.

A hermit in the Big Apple: Watch as a tiny crab makes its home in artist's intricate 3D-printed transparent model of New York City

08/01/17 13:18

Japanese artist Aki Inomata, of Tokyo, used a 3D printer to generate models of various cities and put them in a terrarium with hermit crabs. She then let them pick out their new homes (pictured).

Tiny brain and greasy hair found INSIDE ovary of 16-year-old girl

06/01/17 23:44

A tumor with a miniature brain inside was found growing on the ovary of a 16-year-old Japanese girl who went in to have her appendix removed. It was benign and could be removed surgically.

Tokyo recalls ambassador to South Korea after statue of WW2 'comfort-woman' sex slave is installed outside the Japanese consulate

06/01/17 18:46

The statue, representing women forced into sexual slavery during wartime, had been put up in front of the embassy in the South Korean port city of Busan last month.

Dolphins escape from captivity in Japanese seaside town after holding pens were 'slashed'

06/01/17 07:42

Four bottlenose dolphins escaped from captivity in Japan today after the nets keeping them in their holding pens were slashed.

Hate dining solo? The ultimate restaurant for introverts where guests eat in private booths (and the only human interaction is a pair of hands delivering the food through a hatch)

05/01/17 18:56

The Japanese restaurant experience encourages diners to concentrate on the flavours of their food and offers privacy to self-conscious eaters who don't like to be seen gorging on their noodles.

He's netted a bargain! Japan's 'Tuna King' pays an eye-watering £520,000 for a single fish at Tokyo's first sushi auction of the year

05/01/17 12:04

Kiyoshi Kimura bought the bluefin tuna for 74.2million yen (£518,000) at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Thursday. It has become a tradition for the sushi chain boss to pay big money at the auction.

From his Space Samurai suit to a kanji cloak, Bowie had a love affair with Japan: One year since his death, hit exhibition displaying his huge personal collection arrives in Tokyo

05/01/17 11:03

More than 40 years after David Bowie first set foot in Japan - a country that would have a profound influence on him and his career - an exhibition dedicated to the star is set to open in Tokyo.

Hundreds of killer Japanese Samurai may have been secret Christians who hid religious codes in their sword hilts

03/01/17 13:14

The deadly ancient warriors were banned from following religions after feudal Japan introduced strict anti-Christian measures in the 16th century.

That's a finger lickin' LOT! Petite woman demolishes entire roast chicken, five-piece meal, six tenders, ten nuggets AND a huge tub of coleslaw in one sitting

02/01/17 18:03

Japanese YouTube vlogger, Kinoshita Yuka, is famed for her food challenges. And in her latest clip, she gobbles up an entire roast chicken, plus 4,000 calories worth of KFC food.

The Incredible Sulk: Husband has gone 20 YEARS without speaking to his wife since she upset him - but still lives with her and his children

02/01/17 11:35

Otou Yumi, from Nara, southern Japan, continues to live with his children and wife, Katayama, who perseveres in making conversation with him but only gets a nod or grunt back.

Australian tourist cheered on by 20,000 NYE revellers in Japan as he jumps from a bridge into a freezing canal - and even stuck around after to pose for photos with fans

02/01/17 09:53

Australian tourist Iain McIntyre, 24, jumped from bridge into freezing canal in Japan on New Year's Eve after downing a bottle of beer as 20,000 cheering revellers egged him on.

Japan's east coast is rattled by powerful 5.5 magnitude earthquake

31/12/16 08:22

Japan's east coast has been rocked by a 5.5 magnitude earthquake. The quake hit shortly after 5am local time, 7am Sydney time, about 244 kilometres northeast of Tokyo.

Not your ordinary sports day! The bizarre Japanese game where a 'ninja' shimmies up a pole and rival players try to knock it down using each other as springboards

30/12/16 16:26

This is Botashi, the Japanese game played at sports days and by the National Defense Academy cadets where dozens of people scrum to knock a huge pole over to a 30 degree angle.

Head of Japan's biggest advertising agency resigns after an employee killed herself on Christmas Day and blamed him for overworking her

30/12/16 15:37

Matsuri Takahashi, 24, took her own life on Christmas Day 2015 and blamed her decision on the number of hours she was expected to work by the Dentsu advertising agency in Tokyo.

Where's it gone? Dog is left stunned after witnessing a clever magic trick which makes a treat disappear

29/12/16 14:56

A dog was left astounded by a magic trick which made her treat disappear. Aco, a Shiba Inu who lives in Hokkaido, Japan, was filmed watching her owner perform a magic trick and becoming confused.

From dancing cupcakes to flamboyant park guests: What it's like to spend the weekend at wacky Tokyo Disneyland

29/12/16 11:38

The third most visited theme park in the world, Disneyland Japan is enjoyably kitsch, found MailOnline's Eleanor Lawrie - but she came away feeling seriously under dressed.

'I accept responsibility': Japanese company boss resigns to take responsibility for young woman 'driven to suicide by overwork'

29/12/16 10:14

The head of a top Japanese advertising agency has resigned just 24 hours after prosecutors pressed charges against his company for the suicide of an overworked employee.

'I can almost hear the voices of the servicemen lost': Japanese president pays tribute to the 2,400 Americans killed at Pearl Harbor but refuses to apologize, as Obama says we 'shouldn't demonize the different'

28/12/16 15:40

Abe is paying his respects to the soldiers who died in his country's unexpected attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, mirroring a visit Obama made to Hiroshima, the Japanese city the U.S. bombed/

BREAKING NEWS: Japan is rattled by powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake

28/12/16 14:50

The quake struck at a shallow depth of 6.2 miles today, about 11 miles outside the town of Daigo, northeast of Japan's capital Tokyo.

Japan's prime minister pays his respects at Punchbowl cemetery after arriving in Hawaii for his historic Pearl Harbor visit - but don't expect an apology

27/12/16 14:21

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Hawaii on Monday to recognize the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor. He was greeted by Caroline Kennedy.

Don't forget to wipe before you swipe! Japan tests ‘toilet paper for smartphones' in airport bathrooms

23/12/16 01:52

Japan's Narita International Airport is testing ‘toilet paper for smartphones’ in its bathrooms. The paper is specifically designed to wipe away germs that sit on smartphone displays.

The ULTIMATE Christmas hack: Japanese speed-wrapping technique sees gifts perfectly packaged in just 30 seconds (but can YOU master it?)

22/12/16 19:42

This diagonal wrapping technique, understood to have originated in a Japanese department store, is said to cut the time spent labouring over each gift down to less than a minute.

The bizarre new Japanese tourism video that shows travellers different methods for wiping their bums and using bidets

22/12/16 18:26

The Japanese tutorial shows a man in a suit demonstrating the correct bathroom etiquette, from wiping motions to sitting poses.

So nice they wore it twice! How Japanese brides are REUSING their traditional kimonos... transforming them into wedding gowns in minutes

22/12/16 05:31

Japanese brides are giving traditional weddings a modern twist by ditching white gowns in favour of kimonos. The kimonos are re-styled in to a strapless gown, the sleeves tied in to a bow at the back.

Japanese artist creates incredible optical illusions using women's BODIES as her canvas seeing them turned into animals, insects and robots

22/12/16 00:06

Japanese artist Hikaru Cho, 23, based in Tokyo, creates incredible optical illusions on the female body using nothing more than paint to create her intricate designs.

Zayn Malik disappoints fans as he postpones Japanese concert until June 2017 due to 'a change in recording schedule'

21/12/16 00:18

Zayn Malik has postponed a Japanese concert he was due to perform next month.

Japan successfully launches radical solid fuel rocket that could cut launch costs by a third

20/12/16 20:11

The 26-meter-long rocket, launched at about 8 p.m. (1100 GMT) from the Uchinoura Space Centre in southern Japan, and released a satellite for studying radiation belts around the earth.

Japanese banks hold Theresa May to ransom by threatening to move operations out of London unless she tells them Brexit plan

17/12/16 16:16

Executives from banks including Nomura and Daiwa Capital Markets - which employ thousands of people in the City of London - gave the ultimatum to Theresa May on December 1.

Bizarre 'Death Star' spotted over Japan: Alien hunters claim spherical object is a UFO in hiding – but experts say it's just a fractus cloud

15/12/16 07:22

A bizarre spherical cloud was spotted hovering over a city in Japan last week. Now, alien hunters believe a 'Death Star' UFO created the puff to hide - but experts say it is a natural occurrence.

The Marines ground its ENTIRE fleet of Osprey aircraft in Japan after plane crashes in the sea injuring five crew

14/12/16 16:46

The U.S. Marine Corps has suspended flights of its Osprey aircraft in Japan after one of the planes crash-landed off the coast of Okinawa, injuring five crew members.

You've got to hand it to her! Japanese woman in hysterics after winning high-stakes game of rock, paper, scissors

14/12/16 10:23

The winner of an intense rock, paper, scissors tournament has had an epic meltdown after she beat 98 competitors to be crowned the leader of the Japanese music supergroup AKB48.

Christmas comes to the space station! Japanese 'white stork' cargo ship containing gifts arrives following Russian delivery disaster

13/12/16 23:11

Christmas gifts arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday, courtesy of Japan, just two weeks after a Russian supply ship was destroyed shortly after liftoff.

Milla Jovovich puts on a VERY leggy display in a plunging plum gown and she and daughter Ever dazzle at Resident Evil world premiere in Tokyo

13/12/16 16:50

Flashing some flesh thanks to the daring cut of her plunging plum gown, the 40-year-old star looked nothing short of sensational as she arrived on the red carpet in Tokyo, Japan.

Putin makes him beg: Vladimir gets his dog to earn a treat after snubbing Japan's offer of a new puppy ahead of discussions over territorial dispute

13/12/16 13:42

In an attempt at dog diplomacy, Japan had planned to give the Russian president, who is known for being a canine lover, a male Akita when he visits Japan on December 15 and 16.

It's a wrap! Ali Larter dazzles in traditional kimono as she promotes Resident Evil: The Final Chapter in Japan

12/12/16 18:39

She revived her role as vigilante Claire Redfield in the Resident Evil franchise and dazzled in a bright red patterned kimono, at the Yamano College of Aesthetics in Tokyo on Monday

The faces of massacre survivors: Powerful portraits show the Chinese residents who survived a WWII bloodbath which saw 300,000 people killed by Japanese soldiers

12/12/16 18:10

These new photos show the faces of survivors of the Nanjing Massacre 79 years after the bloodbath in 1937. Survivors told how they lived through the horrors and how it changed their lives.

US Marine pilot dies after ejecting from his plane during a training exercise off the coast of Japan

10/12/16 04:32

Captain Jake Frederick's body was found by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense after he had ejected from his F/A-18 about 120 miles southeast of a Marine Corps airfield in Iwakuni in western Japan.

Japan's blasts a giant 'fishing net' into space to clear up some of the 100 MILLION pieces of junk in Earth's orbit

09/12/16 17:48

A rocket bound for the International Space Station carrying the net blasted off from the southern island of Tanegashima at around 10:30 pm local time (13:30 GMT).

Elderly dementia sufferers are tagged with BARCODES in Japan so they can be identified and returned to relatives if they get lost

09/12/16 08:00

A company in Iruma, north of Tokyo, has developed tiny nail stickers, each of which carries a unique identity number, to help concerned families find missing loved ones with dementia.

Try doing this on the tube! Tokyo commuters pack into a rush hour train even when it appears there is no more room inside

08/12/16 22:30

Incredible mobile phone footage, shot in Tokyo, Japan, shows how crowded the city's rail network can become when commuters shuffle closer and closer together to cram inside the carriage.

It's me from a previous life! Japanese tourist discovers her 'ancestor' on a painting and the Internet goes wild for the uncanny resemblance

08/12/16 16:23

Japanese student Yuki was on a class trip in Taiwan when she noticed a Mongolian princess who looked strikingly like her and took a selfie that's since been retweeted thousands of times.

Screen siren! Felicity Jones displays her toned pins in metallic mini dress at Japanese premiere of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in Tokyo

08/12/16 15:05

The 33-year-old sizzled in the kooky silver number with intricate lace and beading detail as she arrived at the Japanese premiere of her action pack film on Thursday.

'The images are not explicit in nature': Representatives confirm leaked images of topless Maisie Williams are genuine and were taken in Japan

08/12/16 11:39

The Game Of Thrones actress, 19, was thought to be the latest in a long line of predominantly female actresses to have their online accounts hacked.

Cocktail party Brits who faced down evil: Their decadent expat lives in Hong Kong ended overnight with Japan's unspeakably savage invasion. Now, 75 years on, the survivors relive the horror

08/12/16 10:14

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941, an epic 18-day struggle against the Japanese which ended in surrender for Britain.

Felicity Jones shows off her quirky sense of style in striped satin dress as she promotes Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in Tokyo after admitting she 'trained like Rocky' for the role

08/12/16 02:32

As she hit Tokyo on Wednesday, the British actress chose a quirky striped satin dress for a press conference in the Japanese capital.

Marine Corps jet crashes off Japanese coast forcing pilot to eject on the 75th Anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack

07/12/16 16:08

The pilot, of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, was forced to eject from the F/A-18 Hornet during a regular training mission at 6.40pm local time, while he was around 56 miles south of Muroto Cape.

Want to lose weight? Try drinking waste water from cooking sweet potatoes, scientists say

07/12/16 14:33

Japanese researchers found giving mice high levels of sweet potato peptide - produced by enzyme digestion of proteins in the water during the boiling process - helped them lose weight.

Japanese defense secretary says the country will NOT build its own nuclear deterrent like Trump suggested, on 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attacks

07/12/16 10:57

The U.S. has 'enduring' interests in the Asia-Pacific region and is working for an orderly transfer of power to Donald Trump, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Wednesday.

Dance like nobody's watching! Teen is secretly filmed by her mom doing a routine from a viral dance video while dressed as an anime character - and quickly earns her own online fame

07/12/16 01:38

A high school senior from Japan named Maya has gained online fame after being filmed by her mother dancing in front of a camera to a popular song.

She's no fashion rogue: Star Wars beauty Felicity Jones sports classically chic striped jumper and jeans combo as the cast lands in Japan

06/12/16 23:53

Wearing a jazzy pair of jeans pulled with her her navy and creme top tucked in, the 33-year-old looked ready to greet screaming fans as the Star Wars cast landed in Japan.

Trump parades Japanese bank boss in front of reporters to boast about $50 billion investment creating 50,000 U.S. jobs – with Taiwanese electronics company

06/12/16 21:33

The banker showed journalists a page from his presentation to Trump, which was co-branded with Foxconn Technology Group, a Taiwanese manufacturer that makes electronics components.

Ash Carter visits Japanese aircraft carrier on 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack and announces US will return land on Japanese islands before Obama leaves office

06/12/16 19:43

During a visit by the US Defense Secretary Ash Carter to Japan , he announced that the handover of land in Okinawa to the Japanese would be completed by December 22.

Room for one more? Polite Japanese commuters smile as more and more people cram themselves on to a packed Tokyo train

06/12/16 15:08

It looked impossible to fit any more people on the underground train. But somehow, one by one, Tokyo commuters squeezed themselves on with some degree of skill and good humour.

White House’s extraordinary insult to heroes of World War II as it accuses veterans of being 'personally embittered' toward Japan over Pearl Harbor attack

06/12/16 13:55

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is visiting the military base later this month. The White House says veterans who feel 'personally embittered should set aside their feelings.

Blundering worker accidentally TURNS OFF reactor cooler at Fukushima nuclear plant for an hour when he bumps against a switch

06/12/16 08:13

The worker was walking through a narrow gangway wearing a bulky anti-radiation suit inside the Fukushima Power Plant outside Tokyo when he broke a safety cover guarding the water pump.

GoT star Maisie Williams speaks out against dolphin hunting in Japan as she says 'no tank will ever be deep enough' for the mammals

02/12/16 23:53

Maisie Williams, ambassador for the Dolphin Project wants everyone to stop buying tickets to marine shows in order to stop the capture and killings of dolphins in Japan.

That’s a tall tail: Agile cat makes light work of a Japanese climbing wall designed to challenge professionals

02/12/16 09:30

The cat showed professional climbers how it is done as it scaled the wall, at Bouldering Gym Boulbaka, in Okinawa, Japan, in less than two minutes.

Yes it’s real, and that’s snow joke! Cat is left stunned after seeing the white stuff for the first time

01/12/16 21:58

A ginger cat has been filmed seeing snow for the first time. Tarachan, who lives with his owners in Japan, was filmed looking bewildered as it began to snow.

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