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Christmas Music Video Featuring My Mystery Friend

Check out this new music video by Tokyo/SF-based indie rock band The Beautiful Losers. One person in this video is an old friend of mine. Can you guess which one?

Quiz: Which Japanese Superhero Team Is This?

Which team of Japanese superheroes is this?

I actually forgot, but I'll send out a prize to whoever figures it out and proves it to me first. Remember—this is kind of a trick question because there was a different team of multicolored superheroes every year for several decades.

Answer to the "Guess Which Person is Not Japanese" Quiz

Thanks to everyone who submitted responses to my "Guess Which Person Is Not Japanese" quiz! The right answer is: The guy with the orange bag, my friend James Lee. He's the Korean-American guy featured in my balloon room video.

A bunch of you mentioned that there was a black guy on the staircase. I don't see him (some of you also mentioned that the resolution was low, but hey—that just made the challenge a little harder, right?), but if he is there, then you are presumably right, too. Yaaay!

Guess Which Person is not Japanese

One person in this photo is not Japanese. Can you guess which one? Bonus points if you can figure out his ethnicity.

Fastest Bullet Train Ever Unveiled

The new bullet train Type N700, which goes from Tokyo to Osaka in 2 hours and 25 minutes, was unveiled today at Shinagawa Station. That's five minutes faster than the previous record holder, and probably the fastest train in the whole world.

POP QUIZ:
Does anyone know how many miles it is from Tokyo to Osaka?

First person to find out, calculate the speed of this train, and leave it in the comments will get a prize from the Mango stash! (I'm just too lazy to do the math right now!) Don't forget to leave a source so I can fact-check you.