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A Collection of Right-Wing Japanese Propaganda Buses
If you’ve ever spent any time in Japan, you’ve seen them: big black buses blaring right-wing propaganda. And today, you’re going to see an entire fleet of them. If Japanese more »
Bum’s the word in Japan security scans
Put your fingerprint scanners away. Stand aside iris measurers. Buttocks are the new way to prove who you are. A team of Japanese scientists claim their pressure sensor sheet can more »
Gays in Japan Stay In The Closet
The Tokyo Gay Pride Parade in August of 2010. Japan is a very group-oriented society, and most Japanese do not like people to be too different. Not in small ways, more »
17 Most Tweeted Events of 2011 (You’ll NEVER guess #1)
17 Most Tweeted Events of 2011 (You’ll NEVER guess #1) 2011 was an impressive year for Twitter. (Beyonce is pregnant!) Many people, myself included, started taking Twitter seriously this year, more »
Toshikoshi soba
Toshikoshi Soba or Year-End Soba: A bowl of hot soba noodles to end the year. toshi-koshi soba is eaten on New Year’s Eve. Its name literally means “year-crossing soba.” Although more »
Japan bets on casinos to fund earthquake recovery
A cross-party group of Japanese MPs wants to legalise casino gambling in the hope of increased tax revenues and tourism Justin McCurry in Tokyo guardian.co.uk, Sunday 25 December 2011 17.38 more »
Why Xmas = KFC in Japan
Video showing how folks in Japan queue up for Kentucky – some of the queues had 2 hour waiting times. Folks may be wondering why the Japanese eat Chicken during more »
Christmas in Japan
The celebration of Christmas in Japan is quite different from western countries like US and Australia in which the population has a large percentage of Christians. The major religions in more »
A disturbing Japanese student statue
by Lee on 12/20/2011 in Odd,Photography Stood by the side of the road, with her arm raised in the standard, I’m-crossing-so-please-be-careful gesture, this statue of an elementary school student is more »
