Going around online in Japan

What Japan’s own news sites say went viral, trended or got people talking online this week

1. [Shimamura] Collaboration pants with an incredible leg-lengthening effect / No wonder they went viral! Fleece with zero downsides |ameblo.jp · 4 Nov · Translated from Japanese
2. Leaked personal information, including driver’s licenses, is sold for more when it is recent: security firm analyzes latest trends in the online “dark market” [N Sta explainer]livedoor.com · 3 Nov · Translated from Japanese
3. “Bashing Governor Denny Tamaki gets clicks”… Online videos churned out for profit during the Okinawa gubernatorial electiontokyo-np.co.jp · 2 Nov · Translated from Japanese
4. UAE hot-air balloon team makes its debut in the skies over Saga with a president’s portrait; “oil tycoon balloon” draws attention on social mediasaga-s.co.jp · 2 Nov · Translated from Japanese
5. 【Muji haul】Hurry!! What I bought after it went viral during Muji Week ✧*。 | Kuro Official Blog Powered by Amebaameblo.jp · 1 Nov · Translated from Japanese
6. A.B.C-Z’s Ryoichi Tsukada hits a trifecta in horse racing just before a performance, riding the wave of a song’s viral “good luck” on social media: “This is seriously magic power”toonippo.co.jp · 31 Oct · Translated from Japanese
7. A.B.C-Z’s Ryoichi Tsukada hits a trifecta in horse racing just before a performance, riding the wave of a song’s viral “good luck” on social media: “This is seriously magic power”minyu-net.com · 31 Oct · Translated from Japanese
8. A France in flames and flames on social media: What I fear, having grown up with newspapers as old media — A dialogue with Montaigne while reading Essays (240)sankei.com · 31 Oct · Translated from Japanese
9. A.B.C-Z’s Ryoichi Tsukada hits a trifecta in horse racing just before a performance, riding the wave of a song’s viral “good luck” on social media: “This is seriously magic power”agara.co.jp · 31 Oct · Translated from Japanese
10. Four tankers catch fire in the Strait of Hormuz; Revolutionary Guards say they were passing through an “unauthorized” routenewsweekjapan.jp · 31 Oct · Translated from Japanese
11. Knights’ Hanawa defends Suehirogarizu’s Mishima, who faced a minor backlash on “Comedians Who Don’t Want to Dance”: “There really is no staging” (Sponichi)mainichi.jp · 30 Oct · Translated from Japanese
12. City hall set ablaze and shops looted during major French protests… Japanese resident describes “disconnect” between media and social medianikkan-gendai.com · 30 Oct · Translated from Japanese

Shared from Instagram

1. Instagramくらしアトリエ(シマシマしまね、SLOW＋SLOW)

   The “Shimashima Shimane” pottery event runs from tomorrow, Friday, October 30, through Wednesday, November 4. Today is the last day we’ll introduce the makers and kilns taking part in the event. First, Akiko Aono from Kanagawa Prefecture, whose work we’re carrying for the first time this year. @aono_akiko She works in ceramics in Chigasaki...

   Translated from Japanese

   くらしアトリエ(シマシマしまね、SLOW＋SLOW)

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2. InstagramSAFERGROUND SESSIONS

   Tomorrow, November 3 (Tuesday, national holiday), the “NO HATE NO WAR, PROTEST MARCH” will finally be held at Sapporo Odori Park, Block 3! Please read the ground rules and join us as we march together with music! ■Ground rules This is a place to oppose discrimination and war. Discriminatory speech and conduct, including at the venue and during the march, will not be tolerated...

   Translated from Japanese

   SAFERGROUND SESSIONS

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3. InstagramPatrick Stewart

   #ASonnetADay

   Patrick Stewart

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4. InstagramDani 井出 Mouncer

   If I were a philosopher I’d say “When things are going downhill hold onto your friends

   Dani 井出 Mouncer

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5. Instagramしもだん

   I felt like writing a mellow song with piano and saxophone. Listening to it makes me tear up… Lyrics below: The white cup you chose, left by the window on that morning. “Let’s go to the sea next year,” you said, tracing the edge of the map with your finger. As the clock in the hospital room ticks on, the words I can’t say keep piling up. You smile and say, “It’s okay.” I squeeze your hand back. The promise is still here. The road by the sea breeze, the summer station, the pages of the future I saw with you...

   Translated from Japanese

   しもだん

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6. Instagram同朋住吉台こども園

   Halloween — special edition — The day before the Halloween party, the teachers stayed up late making costumes and showed them to the children‼️ Huge laughs and applause 😂 The transformation was so dramatic that, for a moment, no one knew what was happening! The children’s smiles filled the teachers with happiness 💕

   Translated from Japanese

   同朋住吉台こども園

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7. Instagramマクセル アクアパーク品川

   ＼COMING SOON／ The winter event “LittleTwinStars AQUARIUM” will be held from November 13 (Fri) to December 25 (Fri)! This STAR AQUARIUM is a collaboration with Little Twin Stars 🌟 The theme is “Twinkle Christmas,” a sea of stars wrapped in fantastical light. ...

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   マクセル アクアパーク品川

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8. InstagramDim

   Is this the end of an era 😟

   Dim

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9. Instagram大吉ちゃん

   【Tokyo Good Fortune Tour: Introducing Eight Lucky Shrines】① Asakusa Shrine (Asakusa Jinja) 📍Address: 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo 🚃Access: About a 7–8-minute walk from Asakusa Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Toei Asakusa Line ⏰Visiting hours: Shrine grounds open 24 hours; goshuin stamps: weekdays 9:00–16:00 / weekends and holidays 9:00–16:30 ② Torigoe Shrine (Torigoe Jinja) 📍Address: 2-4-1 Torigoe, Taito City, Tokyo 🚃A...

   Translated from Japanese

   大吉ちゃん

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Shared from YouTube

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   【Special Announcement】“Bocchi the Rock! The Movie: Starry Footsteps” to premiere in 2027!

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   アニメ「ぼっち・ざ・ろっく！」公式チャンネル

   Shared in 4 posts · 553 likes and reposts

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   【Official】“Mishima: The Last Debate” – The Truth 50 Years Later – Opens Friday, March 20 / Special Trailer

   Translated from Japanese

   ギャガ公式チャンネル

   Shared in 1 post · 400 likes and reposts

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   FINAL FANTASY XIV: EVERCOLD Full Trailer

   FINAL FANTASY XIV

   Shared in 1 post · 388 likes and reposts

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   Yagami Hime anime “Episode 3: Childbirth and Return Home Arc”

   Translated from Japanese

   八上比売（やかみひめ）チャンネル

   Shared in 1 post · 351 likes and reposts

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   FINAL FANTASY XIV: Evercold - New Job: Zephyr

   FINAL FANTASY XIV

   Shared in 1 post · 344 likes and reposts

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   FINAL FANTASY XIV — EVANGELION - Ghosts of Desire 『Trailer』

   Translated from Japanese

   FINAL FANTASY XIV

   Shared in 1 post · 327 likes and reposts

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   Cartoonist Yoshinori Kobayashi sues the government, claiming the amended Imperial House Law is unconstitutional

   Translated from Japanese

   テレ東BIZ ダイジェスト

   Shared in 1 post · 295 likes and reposts

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   Superhero

   Misha Piatigorsky - Topic

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   2026 Tenno Sho (Autumn) GⅠ 【Official Kantale】

   Translated from Japanese

   カンテレ競馬【公式】

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    When October Goes

    Vladimir Shafranov Japan Trio - Topic

    Shared in 1 post · 268 likes and reposts

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    October 30 Action in Front of the Diet: Protesting Chaotic Politics at the Main Gate

    Translated from Japanese

    CLP

    Shared in 5 posts · 251 likes and reposts

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    Both Sides Now

    Fred Hersch - Topic

    Shared in 1 post · 247 likes and reposts