Category: Japan

🇯🇵 Many Muslims in Japan struggle to buy groceries because many things contain pork emulsifiers.

This lady, for example, contacts the manufacturer to ask them if it's halal. Since she hasn't contacted them, she tells her kids that she can't buy the snack for them.

Life for… pic.twitter.com/7HcCOZfOEc

— 鈴森はるか 『haruka suzumori』 🇯🇵 (@harukaawake) August 25, 2026

🇯🇵 A they/them foreigner in Japan screams "Fuck Sanseito (our right-wing party). Fuck Trump and fuck Takaichi!".

When we say "We don't want foreigners coming here" this is exactly the type of person we are talking about. People like this are taking advantage of the good will of…

— 鈴森はるか 『haruka suzumori』 🇯🇵 (@harukaawake) August 14, 2026

Japan is using piezoelectric floor tiles in busy areas like Shibuya and Tokyo Stations to convert footsteps into clean electricity. pic.twitter.com/mD9ziisEhd

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 13, 2026

Did you know?

There's a 400-year-old festival in Japan, where spiders battle on a tiny wooden stick.

Known as Kumo Gassen, it dates back to 1592, when samurai lord Shimazu Yoshihiro reportedly used spider fights to boost his soldiers’ morale.

This tradition still continues… pic.twitter.com/xnUSmFxbBi

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 12, 2026

🇯🇵 A Muslim woman in Japan asks a Malaysian religious leader: "My Japanese friends are asking me why pork is forbidden… Japanese eat pork and yet live such long lives. What should I tell them?"

He tells her: "Because Allah said so."

I don't care how much Muslims whine about…

— 鈴森はるか 『haruka suzumori』 🇯🇵 (@harukaawake) August 11, 2026

Huge eruption of Sakurajima Volcano, with ash falling across Kagoshima, Japan 🇯🇵 (08.08.2026) pic.twitter.com/NYILNmQ6vf

— Disaster News (@Top_Disaster) August 8, 2026

Ice coffee in Japan served in actual ice pic.twitter.com/hfCy9aq8hW

— Science girl (@sciencegirl) August 9, 2026

The 36-second clip shows a shirtless man in clear, knee-deep ocean water as a live octopus latches firmly onto his upper back and shoulders. He uses both hands to peel the creature away while dark ink streams down his skin.
According to Newsflare, the incident happened in Kochi,… pic.twitter.com/UfeTPROdAh

— funzone (@xfanzone) August 1, 2026