Japanese net users are quite shocked over the following video of Kung Fu Kun star Zhang Zhuang’s head bleeding after a martial arts demonstration:

Several versions of the video have received thousands of views on YouTube, with many comments angry about TBS television network engaging in child exploitation and the apparent lack of serious concern in [...]

A news report about a deer-cracker throwing competition held on the 23rd in Nara Park:

About 1000 people took place in the competition, which involved long distance throwing of crackers sold throughout Nara as food for the many deer that roam Nara Park.
A family is shown throwing around a frisbee as practice for the event. [...]

The Yomiuri Shinbun is reporting some new details in the case of the Japanese taxi driver found stabbed to death after driving a U.S. sailor from Tokyo to Yokosuka:
According to the police, the sailor, a U.S. citizen of Nigerian origin, told U.S. Navy investigators that he called a Nigerian friend and told him that he [...]

A news report about an art exhibition featuring 26 Lego replicas of UN World Heritage Sites that is taking place in Fukuoka:

The exhibition is being held at the Tenjin Inter Media Station shopping center and will run until April 20th. More details can be found at the event’s information page (Japanese).

Tokyo’s newest mass transit line opened to the public today:

The Nippori-Toneri Liner is a automated guideway transit (AGT) line that will cut the rush hour travel time between Nippori and Minumadai-Shinsui-Kōen from 60 minutes to a mere 20 minutes. For more details on where it stops and what the heck an AGT line is, [...]

A Reuters video report about the upcoming 25th anniversary of Tokyo Disneyland’s founding and how the theme park is responding to the changing demographic situation in Japan:

Back in January, the group Improv Everywhere created an amazing video of 200 people “freezing” time in New York’s Grand Central Station. A random search around YouTube revealed that some people have since created similar scenes in Tokyo.
Here are three videos I’ve found:
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Stop Time in Ginza

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Frozen Akihabara

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The Day Akihabara Stood Still

Prince Hisahito, who is third in line to the Japanese throne, visited the Imperial Stock Farm in Tochigi Prefecture yesterday. In all previous appearances the child prince had made up to this point, he was carried by his parents, but this time he displayed his walking ability:

Which of the following two terms best describes [...]

Unless you are in the northern half of Japan, you are already enjoying the cherry blossoms. For those of you in the Kansai region (actually anyone in Japan), I encourage you to take a trip to Kyoto during this time.

I am sure you can find nice spots all around Japan, but Kyoto is really [...]

Tokyo’s cherry blossoms are in full bloom, so lets face it: every large park with cherry trees is going to be so packed full of people that it will be near impossible to walk around and enjoy the flowers. There are some locations that may not be so crowded, as this Fuji TV [...]

Here’s a very awesome set of stop-motion animation videos found via w00kie’s ramblings. First off is PikaPika the Movie:

The creators of the animation describe it as the following:
We took a photo of each image using long exposures and put them together to make them look like one animation.
To work on this project,we [...]

Chinese child martial artist Zhang Zhuang will be hitting Japanese theaters tomorrow with the release of Kung Fu-kun, a wacky action comedy that teams the kid up with al all-star cast of Japanese celebrities and comedians. Here’s the official film trailer and a plot summary from Eigapedia:

A young shaolin martial arts student defeats a [...]