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Chinese Woman Falls Asleep Into River, Floats Along for 40 Minutes Before...
On August 12 in Wenling City, Zhejiang Province, calls were flooding into the local police department that “a dead body was floating in the river.” When they arrived on the scene they indeed found a...
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Chinese Netizens Offer Words of Thanks in Place of Their Government after...
In a news story over on the Asahi Shinbun Digital, despite the Japanese coastguard coming to the aid of a Chinese freighter that had caught fire, the Chinese government has yet to issue a statement of...
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Last Samurai Caught on Video on a Train in Arizona, Rescues Passenger Being...
On a late night light rail train in Phoenix, Arizona on what authorities believe to have been October 6, a man rescued another passenger from a fight by wielding his samurai sword towards the...
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Japan Develops Single Passenger Silent Mini Electric Helicopters, Travels at...
Every once in a while a story comes along about a flying car or helicopter that fits in a briefcase, but they always disappear into the ether never coming to fruition. It’s understandable since...
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Blind kitten who regained her sight through loving care is thriving one year on
One day, one ordinary person and his family found it in their hearts to take in a tiny, abandoned kitten who had lost her sight due to a bad case of conjunctivitis. They already had two dogs under...
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Foreigner in China rescues drowning woman, rumors of stolen belongings...
Last week, Japanese and Chinese websites were abuzz with the news of a heroic rescue in China and the alleged theft that followed. At around 3PM on October 14, a foreign gentleman who happened to be...
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Elementary school girls rescue wheelchair-bound woman stranded on train tracks
Here’s a happy little story to start your weekend off right! This Wednesday, a group of seven elementary school girls spotted an elderly lady trapped on a railroad crossing in Yamanashi Prefecture....
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South Korean TV accused of faking footage of Sewol rescue diver
Further controversy has emerged surrounding the South Korean Sewol ferry disaster, as a TV crew is accused of setting up footage of a rescue diver. Korean media reports that a member of the rescue...
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Ghost story cats or a typo? Cute overload either way!
In case no one’s mentioned it yet, Tokyo is getting a bit warm this year. In fact, the other day my phone told me that despite what the thermometer said, the temperature felt like 44 Celsius–or 111.2...
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Singapore’s Home for Hope Campaign finds homes for shelter dogs…at IKEA!
After reading this, you’ll have even more reason to love IKEA. Since May, IKEA and other home goods stores in Singapore have been partnering up with local animal rescue groups to raise awareness about...
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Young man’s clever use of an umbrella saves injured kitten
We love a good rescue story, especially when it involves cute kitties! Find out who this rescuer is and why the kitten found himself stuck in a ditch after the jump! The poor little kitten in the...
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Six-year-old heroine saves friend from drowning in a 40-minute endurance rescue
What does one need in order to be a hero? Could it be a strong buff body, supernatural abilities, fancy gadgets or extraordinary intellect? Perhaps none of the above. While adults in the world are...
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Single “Hebel Haus” is the only structure to defy the flooding of Japan’s...
Last week, we discussed the possible etymology of Kinugawa (“Angry Demon River”), which has been the scene of intense flooding in eastern Japan this month. While the overflowing river has devastated...
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Puppy as loyal as Hachiko saves young owner’s life in Siberia, gets a statue
This story of a three-year-old girl surviving over a week and a half in the woods with her pet dog has taken the Japanese Internet by storm, and is sure to give you a case of the warm fuzzies. Shortly...
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Traffic camera in China captures brutality of woman’s accident, humanity of...
This footage caught by a surveillance camera ought to make you cringe and smile in just over one minute. WARNING: This video contains graphic images that some viewers may find unsettling The video...
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Cats in trouble, washing bags, and visual kei bands: What do these three...
The Japanese Twitterverse has been sharing some handy tricks for rescuing our feline friends in times of emergency. What to do when you’re walking down the street and you hear the sudden meowing of...
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Parents abandon seven-year-old son in mountains of Japan “because he wouldn’t...
Search for child lost in Hokkaido still ongoing. Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido is famous for its vast stretches of undeveloped forest and mountain ranges, which make for great locations in which...
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Japan Self-Defense Forces join search for boy abandoned by parents in Hokkaido
With no sign yet of the seven-year-old, new details have emerged about the chain of events that led to the ongoing crisis. As of the morning of June 1, search and rescue teams have been unable to...
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Lack of response from police dogs latest troubling development in search for...
With still no sign of the seven-year-old, some are doubting the accuracy of his parents’ account of where he was last seen. It’s now been five days since Yamato Tanooka, a seven-year-old boy from...
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Boy abandoned in mountains of Hokkaido is found alive and safe by Japan...
Actually, he sort of found them. On the morning of June 2, Yamato Tanooka, the seven-year-old Japanese boy who had been missing since May 28, was found, bringing to an end nearly a week of tense...
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