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Korean Poo Wine
VICE Japan heard about a traditional Korean medicinal drink made from rice wine and fermented human feces. They headed to Seoul to find out about the gag-inducing medicine and see if they could try some themselves.
Subtropical Solitude
78-year-old Masafumi Nagasaki is the sole resident of a tropical island located at the southern tip of Okinawa, Japan. We decided to go and find out exactly what kind of lifestyle he's leading, and why he chooses not to wear clothes.
Watch Volcano Choir Perform "Dancepack" in a Sweet Empty Theater for the Latest Episode of Most Valid Reason
VICE Japan went to Milwaukee to film this dope performance.
Watch Erykah Badu Perform "On & On" in Japan
Our Japanese counterparts caught the MC performing her hit from 'Baduizm.'
The Bone Hunter
VICE Japan traveled to Malica, where 4,600 Japanese soldiers and 3,200 American soldiers were killed on the battlefield, and where local "bone hunters" are still searching for the soldiers' remains.
Whose World Is This? Watch Nas Perform "The World Is Yours" A Cappella
20 years later, we're all still looking for dead presidents.
The Story Behind Japan's Ninja Schoolgirl Videos
The "Ninja Schoolgirl" videos have gone viral in Japan. In them, a couple of young, uniformed girls pull moves that are half parkour and half Chow Yun-Fat from Crouching Tiger.
Japan's Innocent on Death Row
On March 27th 2014, Iwao Hakamada was finally released from Death Row, having served a record breaking 47 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit.
Why One J-Pop Girl Group is Covering Themselves in Fake Semen To Protest Idol Culture
Meet BiS, the most hated girl group in Japan
Japan Won't Let Filmmakers Use the Yakuza for Movie Plots Anymore
Media Works, a Japanese film production company, specializes in producing Yakuza movies, almost all of which are based on true events. Unfortunately for them, gang expulsion laws were passed two years ago in an effort to prevent Japanese entities from...
Uyoku Dantai: Japan's Growing Far-Right Movement
There are over 1,000 right-wing nationalist groups in Japan now, with over 100,000 total members. We caught up with Masaya Kudo, a right-wing activist and leader of his own group, Nihon-no-Kai.
Ant and Rat Tribes in Beijing
An estimated hundreds of thousands of people in Beijing live in dark and unsafe underground dwellings. VICE Japan took an investigative look into the subterranean living conditions of a new type of entrenched social class existing in China's capital.