This Japanese illustrator gives popular characters a make over. Can you figure out who they are?

A healthy dose of fascinating, illustrated Japan for the day. Art by Zain7.

Japanese hip hop producer, Jun Seba aka Nujabes dies at 36.

No one does a foreign GLEE trailer quite like the Japanese.

Penny C heads for a simple life in Kyushu, Japan. Well for at least a week she did. Find out how Kyushu left her dazed (in an enjoyable way) and curious for more of its folklore.

Have a taste of healthy and hearty Zen cuisine – who said Vegetarian fare was plain and boring?

It started with 3 Japanese guys and it grew to include an international cast. SOUR’s 日々の音色 (Hibi no Neiro/Tone of Everyday) music video plucks that smile from your heart and puts it on your face. Sayonara to those Monday blues!

UNUSED captures versatility of men’s fashion with style and an acute attention to detail. They’ve even got the details down to having an awesome grandpa model its Fall/Winter 2009 line.

Fall/Winter 2009 is all about street chic for HARE, a Japanese label that offers sleek and casual men’s fashion.

This music video from Japanese hip hop producer and DJ, Nujabes, makes you stare. But in a really cool, bizarre way.