The Top Nine Things Japanese Women Discreetly Check Out When on a Hunt for a...
“I like this guy… but is he suitable for marriage?” This is one of the most important questions Japanese women ask themselves in considering a life time mate. Marriage can be daunting even in the...
View ArticleRobot rebellion begins with a cranky Roomba, Internet users too busy laughing...
2015 is only a few months away, and while we’re still nowhere near getting the hoverboards from Back to the Future Part II, we do, at the very least, have robots to do our house chores for us! It’s...
View ArticleCoin laundries in Japan are now more popular than ever, but what makes them...
If you’re used to using a dryer when you do laundry in your home country, you might be in for a surprise if you ever move to Japan. Despite the country’s numerous technological advancements to make...
View ArticleJapan unveils Laundroid, the world’s first laundry-folding robot
If there’s a menial task that takes up a substantial amount of time, you can bet Japan is developing a robot for it. So far we’ve seen gems like the 24-fingered hair-washing robot, the floor-cleaning...
View ArticleJapanese Twitter user shares the phrase a man should never say to his wife
Dinner is involved. Compared to previous generations, Japanese men, on average, pitch in more with housework than their forefathers did. That said, many would argue that the division of domestic...
View ArticleJapanese group trying to win support for “Housewives’ Day Off” to help...
Wants day of rest to be observed three times a year. While Japanese schools and companies are notorious for making grueling demands of their pupils and employees, there are at least several national...
View ArticleMr. Sato uses his new hairstyle to clean the bathroom
Our reporter took one look at the top of his head in a mirror and knew what had to be done. About a week ago, Mr. Sato lost a bet about crackers and had to get a punch perm, a somewhat outdated...
View ArticleJapanese women prove domestic-minded men are sexy with crazy-long Twitter...
After Japanese man muses that doing chores will make him less attractive to a wife, women respond that a dude who helps out in home life is dead sexy. Up until about a generation ago, the distribution...
View ArticleJapanese ad showing Mom doing all the housework and childcare has people...
Father is shown doing so little to help around the house some people wonder if he’s even alive. Before we dive into this commercial from Japanese home construction company Universal Home, you’ll need...
View ArticleJapanese professor says women should NOT marry a guy who promises to help...
Sure, it sounds nice, but critics say the deeper meaning behind his choice of words spells trouble ahead. After several decades of housework being almost exclusively the responsibility of wives in...
View ArticleJapanese Twitter has its sanity saved with lifehack to deal with tissues left...
Solution to the most annoying thing that can happen when washing your clothes is probably within arm’s reach of your washing machine. There’s an especially stinging emotional whiplash that comes from...
View ArticleHigh school students create petition to change the name of Family Mart’s...
These students object to the unconscious sexism of the name. As you probably know by now, Japanese society, like many others in the world, is still working on attaining gender equality. In Japanese...
View ArticleLet Godzilla do the cleaning with the new Godzilla dust mop cover
Make cleaning fun by recreating scenes from the Shin Godzilla movie! Have you seen the new Kong vs. Godzilla movie yet? You should, it’s awesome, full of crazy giant monster battles and…well, that’s...
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