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Blistering 160km/h (99mph) Fastball Pitched by High School Student
The baseball world in Japan has been shaken to its core by a pitch so fast it stands among the fastest in the world – and it was done during a high school game. The pitch, thrown during a televised...
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Young Japanese Women Becoming Less Interested in Sex, Survey Says
For the past few years, Japan has been in a fuss about soushoku danshi, literally translated as “herbivore boys.” These are young men who represent the antithesis of the rowdy, skirt-chasing,...
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Japanese “High School Girl Viewing Clubs” Let Customers Pay for Panty Shots,...
In May 2011, Yokohama police arrested 37-year-old Takamitsu Tanno on charges of violating the Labor Standards Act, which stipulates that minors may not work in places that pose a hazard to their...
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Japanese High School Girl Beauty Pageant Open to Online Voting, May Not...
The photos above are the contestants for the upcoming Kanto Miss JK Contest, a beauty pageant to be held on December 27 in Shibuya, Tokyo to decide on the cutest Japanese high school girl in Kanto,...
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Crazy Ninja Skills: Japan’s Schoolgirls Are Too Epic For Words 【Photos】
It’s all too easy to sneer whenever someone in the media brings up “the youth of today” and how they’re always wasting time with their gadgets, music and wallpaper paste or whatever it is they do...
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The Silly Universe of Joshi Kosei: Japanese high school girls entertain the...
Feeling glum, chum? A bit down in the dumps? Just can’t seem to do anything right? Well, why not let a few Japanese high school girls, or joshi kosei, cheer you up with their (unintentionally) amusing...
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Bra-grabbing bullying video sparks outrage online
A video of a high school girl getting bullied at a public venue is causing uproar among Chinese netizens this week. The online community in China has seen their fair share of bullying videos, but this...
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Japanese high school student becomes Twitter sensation showing difference...
Twitter is almost universally popular nowadays. While Facebook is seeing declining usage in Japan and among teens in general, Twitter seems to be hanging on to its popularity. It’s hard to say how...
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Teacher hides touching message to departing students in final test
Even though the Japanese kind of have a reputation as stoic individuals reluctant to express emotion, we’ve shown you time and again that the Japanese are suckers for a good heart string-tugging story...
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15 Japanese students who are really nailing this high school thing
High school is a drag, especially in Japan. Along with all the typical tests and homework that come with being a student, there’s a seemingly never-ending list of rules (you must wear special indoor...
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A day in the life of a Japanese high schooler 【Photos】
Ah, high school. Acne, gangly limbs, and enough rampaging hormones to give you more shakes than a full pot of coffee. Can’t say I miss it. But by the looks of things, kids in Japan are totally owning...
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Student taken to hospital after submitting sample from pet dog in urine test
This week, the latest in a new mini-series here at RocketNews24 which we’ll tentatively call “People Doing Stupid Things They Really Should Have Guessed Would Backfire Badly”, we bring you a student...
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Japanese girls mysteriously collapse at school, rumors say it’s the work of a...
The Japanese internet is exploding after a succession of high school girls in Fukuoka Prefecture disturbingly collapsed during school hours on Monday. Students who were at the scene took to their...
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High school gymnastics team brings much needed humor, Attack on Titan to...
If you’ve ever had to attend one of your sibling’s high school gymnastics team performances and been bored out of your mind at all the jumping around and the bizarre Whose Lines is it Anyway/Clueless...
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Talented high school baseball player steals 11 bases in one game, fans furious?
If you are a brain surgeon trying to get a side job flipping burgers at a fast food joint, you’re more than likely to be called “overqualified” and sent packing; yes, even if you really have a passion...
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High School Nanshiki Baseball championship sets record for longest game: 50...
Nanshiki baseball is a variation of the sport unique to Japan where the game is played with a rubber ball rather than the typical hardball or softball. Although it’s not nearly as popular as the other...
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Are virtual reality schools the future of education in Japan?
Don’t like going to high school? Instead of physically going to campus and dealing with other whiney teens and your annoying teachers, you could send an avatar to go to a virtual school for you!...
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Japanese student draws functional QR code on school chalkboard, you’ll never...
QR codes, with their seemingly arbitrary jumble of black and white squares, are popping up on all sorts of packaging and advertisements, allowing consumers to quickly and easily access a specific...
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Japanese high school students show us the importance of calculus with poop
Who says high school calculus has no real-life applications? It has been years since I graduated from high school and so far I have found nowhere else in my life outside the classroom where I would...
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Chinese teenager wows the Internet with his awesome fight-scene animation【Video】
Kids these days! They’re all attached to their technology, fiddling around on social media, playing games and reading all of those awesome RocketNews24 articles. One 19-year-old in China, however, is...
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