Japan Archive

Fedor Smashes Satoshi Ishii. So What?

Posted on December 31, 2011 | No Comments
Whoa. Fedor actually won a fight. Admittedly, it’s all quite unfair. After losing three consecutive matches, I’ve constantly counted The Last Emperor out. When Fedor fought Jeff Monson a few weeks ago I kept telling friends (half-jokingly) that Monson would submit him with an anaconda...
More >
Watch Minowaman In Megaryu’s “Light Up” Music Video

Posted on July 5, 2011 | No Comments
Ikuhisa “The Punk” Minowa is just badass. In Japan the man is huge. Huge like Bob Sapp. If you don’t know who he is, Minowaman makes a comfortable living in Japan fighting freaks and endorsing draft beers. He’s fought everybody big – figuratively and literally...
More >
Bo-Taoshi is a Crazy, Violent and Beautiful Japanese Game [Video]

Posted on May 24, 2011 | No Comments
Bo-Taoshi is a capture-the-flag type game played by cadets at the National Defense Academy of Japan. It works like this: there are 150 men playing. 75 men defend their pole while the other 75 charge at it like there’s no tomorrow. I don’t really know...
More >