Friday’s blog and news roundup:

• Cutification of the world continues: Japanese 4-year-old plays ‘What a Wonderful World” on ukulele
• Scared that Japanese are not gaining enough overseas experience, Uniqlo operator offers overseas internship program for Japanese university students
• Nike has dropped its unpopular plan to rename a Tokyo park ‘Nike Park’
• 90% of groping victims do not report it to police according to one survey
• Not directly Japan-related, but Japan Probe has a behind the sceneslook at North Korea’s 65th anniversary celebrations
• Japan asks Google to only Show the Senkaku name on Maps.
• Japanese researchers also claim an Ig Nobel for comparing slime mold to Tokyo rail network