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OVERHEARD

COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Nov 1, 2014
Lost in translation
Dad, are we lost?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Oct 25, 2014
Trick or treat?
Decided on a Halloween costume?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Oct 18, 2014
Cute has no bounds
A male teacher wearing a nectie stands among female students in a college elevator.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Oct 11, 2014
Give a dog a bad name
Dad, dad. Look at that cute cat.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Oct 4, 2014
Swallow tale
Does that restaurant serve grilled swalllows?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Sep 27, 2014
Invisible touch
Did an invisible man just use the elevator?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Sep 20, 2014
Taxing problem
Is tax included on this?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Sep 13, 2014
Life's a beach
Teenage boy #1: It's so hot. I wish I was at the beach.
COMMUNITY / Voices
Sep 6, 2014
House of cards
Middle-aged man: I'd like to apply for your prestigious credit card. Here's my completed application form.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Aug 30, 2014
Pasta pan
Customer: What type of bread is this?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Aug 23, 2014
Lost in direction
American traveler #1: Why don't you just use your GPS?
COMMUNITY / Voices
Aug 16, 2014
Family planning
Middle-aged woman: I'd like to go on a two-month prescription plan please.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Aug 9, 2014
Hot potato
Salaryman #1: This doesn't taste much like uni (sea urchin).
COMMUNITY / Voices
Aug 2, 2014
Bank holiday
Australian tourist: You've got to be kidding me — the best place for me to withdraw cash during my stay in Japan is at the Post Office?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 26, 2014
'Eigonomics'
Middle-aged woman (watching Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speak in the Diet on television): Apparently he's very good at speaking English.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 19, 2014
Overheard in the newsroom
Editor #1: The best Disney song ever was 'Beauty and the Beast.' It had Celine Dion on it!
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 12, 2014
Unclear on the concept
Twenty-something man: There's three lanes. Over there is a cycling lane.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 5, 2014
Open secret
Man #1: Can I tell everyone in the company about it tomorrow?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 28, 2014
As you like it
Father: I'll delete your Facebook account if you don't hurry up and do what I say.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 21, 2014
Park life
Elderly woman (speaking to a man sitting on a park bench drinking beer and listening to a transistor radio): Is that the soccer (match between Japan and Cote d'Ivoire)?
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Man suspected of using smart glasses to cheat on Waseda University exams
The Waseda University campus in Tokyo. An 18-year-old male test-taker is suspected of using smart glasses to cheat during the university's entrance exam.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.

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