On behalf of all the staff at jCrap, I'd like to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Be safe on the road if you've got a lot of snow (like me!) With that, I leave you with a video that Danalyn shared with me, Christmas in Japan! Video after the bump. ... more »
How many people does it take to throw a 60-year-old man in the air? Apparently, not as many as it takes to catch him. It just goes to show that retiring from work isn't enough to escape the malice of coworkers. According to reports, police have begun questioning colleagues of 60-year-old Seiji Sakumoto, who was ... more »
So I read this article that Hoshino Aki, a rather popular gravure idol, is now the "Overseas Safety Ambassador" for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Am I the only one who finds this mildly humorous? It just seems to me that they selected someone who was pretty hot looking and threw her into the position. I somehow think that ... more »
A Japanese woman has been arrested for the virtual murder of her fake online husband. Let me repeat that. A Japanese woman has been arrested for the virtual murder of her fake online husband. Tomari Mayumi, a 43 year old piano teacher from Miyazaki, was arrested Wednesday and is currently being held in Sapporo under charges of ... more »