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From Ken shimura’s comedy show, Ken can only dream of his ideal staff!

Ever wonder why Japanese search engines are better for searching for gravure idols and maids? a) the results are geared for otaku b) they search in Japanese c) they don’t have family filters or d) they index content better than Google. The answer is probably b) searching in Japanese as most web content about gravure idols and maids is in Japanese language.

We base our answer on the following funny TV commercial from top Japanese search engine and portal “goo” owned by Japanese phone giant NTT. Type a search for “gravure maid” in your local area and get the following results.  Read more...

In this video clip from a game show, contestants see who can drink a litre of water the fastest. The winner blows away the competition. Now, that’s fast!

Akihabara has a lot of things to see and buy. Now, while it’s not uncommon in Japan to see salesmen outside shops trying to entice customers to come in and browse, it is rare to see Akihabara salesmen rapping (or trying to rap) to entice customers to go visit their shops. This brave contact lens shop salesman raps about getting contact lens done in half an hour.

Perhaps this guy is practicing for his rap band?

Aifuru is one of the top money lending companies in Japan. They produced a series of highly popular videos featuring a cute dog with a message.

In this clip, the dog holds up a sign that says “Plan before your Borrow!”

Japanese Television (and Commercials) always fascinate and surpise foreign viewers in their creativity and humour. There used to be a show in which viewers wrote in about their vision of the best possible practical joke or prank. If the TV show liked the idea, they would go ahead and set up the prank.

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The following clip shows the elaborate and hilarious prank involving building a rest/massage chair room next to a hot bath area at a ski resort. Its so funny – Enjoy!