Polar bears at a zoo in Japan turned green after swimming in a pond with an overgrowth of algae. Awww. It’s just like that episode of Diff’rent Strokes where Kimberly washed her hair with acid rain.

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1. Algae-dyed polar bears puzzle Japan zoo visitors
2. Diff’rent Strokes Minisode - Green Hair

Japanese impersonators cover the infamous, star studded charity single from the ’80s. It looks like it’s part of some kind of game show, though I have no idea what the concept could possibly be. I’m just trying to decide if my favorite one is Bruce Springsteen or Ray Charles in black face.

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1. “We Are The World” - The Original

A map of Japan’s Shibuya Subway Station in Tokyo. Or perhaps just a really intense game of Chutes and Ladders?

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1. Shibuya Station - Wikipedia
2. CHUTES AND LADDERS Game- Product Detail

CULTURE BUZZ: A monkey raised hell in one of Tokyo’s busiest subway stations on Wednesday. It took 30+ police officers to get him out. The crazy thing is that this is the third time a monkey has stirred up trouble in Tokyo this month! Tokyo in general is a pretty unique place, but there’s nothing more exotic than an infestation of monkeys.

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1. Monkey triggers Tokyo subway chaos - CNN.com
2. YouTube - Monkey runs Wild in Subway~

Served in Japan, the franchise serves a pie that — from what we can tell — is topped with cheese, hot dogs, confetti, and garbage. The cool thing about the Double Roll is that it probably looks the same on the plate as it does in the toilet.

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1. Weird Pizza Toppings - Featured on BuzzFeed
2. Asian Pizza - Featured on BuzzFeed

BUSINESS BUZZ: For those of us fellas who find ourselves more damp than others in these sweltering summer months, there’s finally a solution that won’t toast your pits: a suit that emits deodorant! Until society finds it appropriate for a grown adult to live in meat locker (I totally would), it seems Japan has come up with the next best option.

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1. The Farago Aircool Suit Emits Has an Antibacterial Effect, Too
2. …Or Try This
3. Banish Stinky Suits

CULTURE BUZZ: Whisper “Silky Soft Slims” are a special series of sanitary pads featuring unique designs created by Naomi Matsushima, a Japanese comedienne. This makes me wonder who could possibly design some menstrual pads women might actually want to wear. Would you wear Kathy Griffith pads? I could see myself picking out some Drew Barrymore daisy-print feminine supplies at the drugstore.

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1. Refreshing Trend to See TV Personality Hocking Sanitary Napkins Instead of Something Normal, Like Makeup
2. Japanese Designer Creates Pretty Printed Pads
3. Designer Preen Created Special Tins for Bodyform, Used to Carry Feminine Products

TECH BUZZ: A Japanese guy created an insanely difficult Super Mario World. In case you weren’t balding enough, here’s an activity that will make you really want to tear your hair out.

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1. YouTube - Asshole Mario Stage 1
2. YouTube - Asshole Mario Stage 2
3. YouTube - Asshole Mario Stage 3
4. Sadistically Hard, But “Asshole” Actually Isn’t In the Original Title
5. Download the Game Here (Although the Link Seems to Be Down Now)
6. “So Unbelievably Geeky and Amazing”
7. YouTube - Asshole Mario Stage 4
8. If You Play This, You Will Go Insane
9. Yet Another Difficult Mario Mod

The aftermath of a baseball stadium being abandoned in Osaka Japan is turned into an amazing urban jungle. Leave it to the Japanese to think of inventive ways of incorporating green living into tight urban spaces.

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1. The Photo on Flickr
2. So Successful, It’s Getting an Extension
3. Nature’s Enclave in a Japanese Metropolis
4. Namba Park Website (in Japanese)
5. Namba Parks on Wikipedia

FOOD BUZZ: A new amusement bath park in Japan features a “ramen soup bath.” It’d be awesome if David Chang’s next project was to open a ramen soup bathhouse.

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1. Bathing in Soy Sauce - Yum?
2. Pork Broth Contains Ancient Japanese Secret: Collagen
3. “Your skin may be soft, but you smell like an eggroll.”
4. Oh, Japan And Their Wacky Theme Baths!