Yellowface is a really awful way to celebrate "diversity."

Vogue photo shoot features Karlie Kloss doing stereotypical geisha shit.



For real, Vogue? A photo shoot featuring a white model as a geisha? In the so-called "diversity" issue, no less.

The much-hyped March issue of Vogue features supermodel Karlie Kloss in a Japanese-themed spread, titled "Spirited Away." Okay, can we just stop right there? Red flags, so many red flags going up everywhere. Let's be real: there was no fucking way that Vogue was going to handle this right.

The spread, photographed in Japan by Mikael Jansson and styled by Phyllis Posnick, features Kloss in what is pretty much yellowface, going full geisha in various photos shot around Japan's Ise-Shima National Park. They've got Kloss in thick black hair, pale skin and kimono-like attire, posed in various Japanese-y backgrounds. There's even a friggin' sumo wrestler for bonus stereotypical Japanese-ness.

A Nightmarish Neon Apocalyptic Japanese Fever Dream... Starring Donald Trump

Mike Diva's "Japanese Donald Trump Commercial" feels like a warning from the future.



Behold, Haters and Lovers of Donald J. Trump. What in the hell did I just watch?

The latest video from Mike Diva, simply titled "Japanese Donald Trump Commercial" is a nightmarish neon apocalyptic Japanese fever dream of robots and nukes and fascist iconography, starring your favorite presumptive Republican presidential nominee. It is equal parts beautiful, kawaii and terrifying as fuck.

Take a look:

Congressman uses racial slur on TV, blames it on imaginary "guy at the end of the bar"

Rep. Peter King used the term "Jap" on MSNBC, claiming it was "satire."



Former House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King (R-N.Y.) is refusing to apologize for using an anti-Asian racial slur during a recent cable news appearance, defending his remarks as "satire."

Rep. Peter King defends using Japanese slur in describing his anti-Trump views

In an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Friday, King used the term "Japs" while criticizing presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's "uninformed" views on foreign policy, likening the candidate to a hypothetical "guy at the end of the bar."

King highlighted his opposition to Trump's proposal to pull U.S. troops out of Japan and South Korea and instead equip them with nuclear weapons as a deterrent against China and North Korea.

"There's real issues with him, real problems with his views," King said of Trump. "I don't know if he's thought them through, or if it's like the guy at the end of the bar that says, 'Oh screw them, bomb them, kill them, pull out, bring them home. You know, why pay for the Japs, why pay for the Koreans."

Japanese Words For Beginners

A rather unhelpful instructional video by Katsu Films.



Want to learn some Japanese? Who needs Rosetta Stone? Just head over to YouTube. This short instructional video from Katsu Films offers some helpful Japanese words for beginners, outlining proper pronunciation for each word and demonstrating usage in a sentence. It's very educational.

Take a look:

Yuki Togashi is a fan favorite at NBA Summer League

20-year-old guard attempting to be the second Japanese player to make an NBA roster



Basketball fans, keep your eye on this cat Yuki Togashi. The 20-year-old 5-foot-7 point guard from Japan has been turning heads and quickly becoming a fan favorite at NBA Summer League.

Togashi Turns Heads at Summer League

Togashi, a top player for the bj league's Akita Northern Happinets, was invited to the Dallas Mavericks' tryout camp earlier this month, and made his Summer League debut with the team last week in Las Vegas, where the crowd has apparently been going crazy for him.

Here's a short video of some Togashi highlights:

Hey, kids! Aren't the Japanese totally weird and wacky?

I liked it better when it was called Double Dare.



I suppose it was only a matter of time before Disney did a take on the Japanese game show.

Disney XD's Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! is an adaptation of the ABC reality show I Survived A Japanese Game Show, which was mostly built on the premise that Japanese people/television/culture are sooooo weird! And wacky! So now they've got the kids' version, complete with craaazy costumes, messy challenges, ninjas(?!) and a barking Japanese host. So wacky!

Here's a promo for the show, which gives you the general idea:

"Aplovado!" Portuguese ad goes for the tired Japanese joke

Because, hey, Japanese businessmen are always good for a laugh.



This one comes to us from the land of Portugal... This ad is part of a campaign for a mass media/communications company Zon. The message, I think, is that Zon is so good that it even impresses Japanese people. (Because the Japanese are so technologically advanced? I don't know.) Whatever.

For those who don't read or understand Portuguese, the bus shelter ad above exclaims, "Approved!" But instead of "aprovado," it has replaced the "R" with an "L" -- get it! See what they did there? Japanese people can't handle those Ls and Rs! What an original-ass joke. Nice to know they tell that joke in Portugal too.

The line at the bottom says "Approved by millions of Portuguese and 3 Japanese." Here's also a television ad for campaign. Because, hey, Japanese businessmen are always good for a laugh.

(Thanks, Caitanya.)

Ah, the good ol' chased-by-a-dinosaur prank

When you want to make someone mess their pants, a fake dinosaur always does the trick.



Forgive me, but this made me laugh. A lot. There are pranks... and then there are Japanese pranks. Not content with just giving the unsuspecting victim a fright, pranks of the Japanese variety are intended to terrify, traumatize and make you crap in your pants. They're also hilarious. So just watch as this poor guy wets himself, running away from what he believes is an actual dinosaur loose in the office. Some things don't need translation:

Crazy Cute Photos: It's Kanna's World. You're just in the way.

Warning: extreme cute. This 4-year-old Kanna. Her father Toyokazu Nagano likes to photograph her in a variety funny, crazy and wonderfully cute situations, all on the same road in Ishikawa, Japan. And that's all you really need to know. Enjoy: 20 Frickin' Adorable Photos Of A Girl And Her Imagination.

Here are some more fun photos of Kanna:

File Under Badass: 80-year-old mountaineer is the oldest man to climb Mount Everest

Daaaaaang! Last week, an 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest: Yuichiro Miura, 80, scales Everest.

Let me say that again: the guy is 80 years old. Last Thursday, Yuichiro Miura conquered the 29,035-foot peak, becoming the oldest man to make it to the top. The previous record was held by Nepal's Min Bahadur Sherchan, who was 76 when he reached the summit in 2008.

Oh, by the way, this was Miura's third time spanking Everest's ass -- he previously climbed to the top when he was 70 and 75. How badass is that?

Japanese Sleeping Bag... with legs!

Forget the Snuggie. That thing looks like a reject wizard robe. What you need is this awesome sleeping contraption, courtesy of our favorite purveyors of the awesome, Japan: The Japanese Snuggie Happened. The photo is pretty hilarious.

Okay, so it actually has little to do with the Snuggie. It's more like a sleeping bag with legs, which is friggin' ingenious. And convenient! Think of all the great ways you can utilize your legs while warmly tucked, snug as a bug inside a sleeping bag.

As the article points out, this will definitely come in handy if you should suddenly get attacked by a bear while camping. Though, in that case, if you think about it, arms would be pretty nice too. Because if you fall down, you're kind of screwed... (Thanks, Emily.)