Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Each month we take a look at the weird, bizarre, whacky, and scary news to come out of Japan!

Full Weird News playlist here: youtube.com/show/VLPLa1fZpNrgnmA?sbp=QAE%3D

Sources (note that these links may often turn dead because sites regularly purge articles, so use the Wayback Machine if it no longer works):

1. news.ntv.co.jp/category/society/77acab320c5a4a8099e3d31d4eb2afa4
2. auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/v1235531797
3. look.satv.co.jp/content_news/incident/92290
4. news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/99e2b2c988d045117ceeb3e7cdccc23f768e1fd3
5. prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000181.000092524.html
6. prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000856.000005761.html
7. https://x.com/zabemiro/status/2073452007642587541
8. fashion-press.net/news/148259
9. fnn.jp/articles/-/1069146
10. sankei.com/article/20260714-NUXFXFAPWBNVFJY4WIYNKAV4KQ

BG & outro music thanks to Myuuji: youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ

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