A Japanese woman has invented a skirt which camouflages as a vending machine to ward off potential attackers. Aya Tsukioka's skirt can transform itself into a Coca Cola machine, reports the Daily Mail.

A man got the surprise of his life when he finally realized his body markings actually spelled Coca-Cola, a full 26 years after he had it inscribed on his chest. According to Vince Mattingley of Watford, Hertfordshire, he had originally asked for his name to be tattooed on his chest in Chinese characters after asking a staff at his favorite restaurant to write his name in Chinese symbols.

A postcard sent by a Japanese soldier from Burma during World War II has finally been received, 64 years after it was sent. The postcard traveled through Burma, Nagasaki, Arizona and Hawaii before reaching 80-year-old Shizuo Nagano in southern Kochi prefecture, according to Mukogawa Women's University. A student from the university was instrumental in the postcard reaching its final destination.

Thousands of Japanese commuters got a free train ride to work at 662 railway and subway stations in the Tokyo area on Friday morning, local newspapers reported. Train operators allowed the commuters to pass through 4,400 electronic ticket gates that temporarily failed to operate without using their prepaid access cards. The decision to give the passengers free access was to avoid confusion during rush hour.

Kimono-clad Japanese businessmen littered the busy streets of Baguio Saturday to help clean the summer capital of the Philippines. Japanese traders in kimono jackets swept the landmark Session Road and hauled trash away amidst monsoon rains and thick fog.