Political masks in Japan
A Reuters news video about companies producing Aso and Hatoyama masks:
If you like this kind of stuff, you’ll also enjoy their blog post about political puppet fights.
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Categories: Politics
Weird Suumo Commercial
A commercial featuring the weird green mascot of Suumo, an apartment/house search site:
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Categories: Odd / Strange
Buddha sculpture made from dead insects
“Nanikore Chin Hakkei” takes us to Gunma prefecture to see an amazing sculpture (video clip subtitled in English):
For directions on how to visit the Itakura community center and see the sculpture, check out the map on this site.
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Categories: Odd / Strange
Weird computer animated reenactment of lay judge trial
Japan’s first trial using the new lay judge system is taking place this week and it is a huge news story. In an attempt to create superior coverage of the trial, NTV’s “NEWS ZERO” used computer graphics to reenact the events inside the courtroom:
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[hat tip to Ken Y-N, who accurately described them as "some sort of bastard offspring of Miis and South Park 3D."]
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Categories: Odd / Strange, Technology
