Archive for December, 2009

Elevator Musik – Curren$y
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3 Dec 3:16 pm  from  Yo Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hudson Mohawke – Fuse
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3 Dec 3:13 pm  from  Yo Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Robot School Girl Horror
Otaku the world over can sleep a bit sounder tonight. It seems as if Japan is close to perfecting the robot Japanese School girl. Soon legio....
3 Dec 3:12 pm  from  Joshua Zimmerman   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Giant Jellyfish Explosion
A while back I wrote that Japan was being attacked by giant jellyfish. Jellyfish the size of small cars. They’ve been washing up on shore ....
3 Dec 3:07 pm  from  Joshua Zimmerman   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Whaling May End Due to Budget Cut
Japanese whaling has always been a difficult fight, but in the end the battle may just be won thanks to a simple budget cut. The new Japanes....
3 Dec 2:59 pm  from  Joshua Zimmerman   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Feast Part One: Erigi Wrapped in Beef
Since I’m moving house this weekend we had a final feast at our house with the in-laws and an elderly couple in the neighborhood last week....
3 Dec 2:57 pm  from  Cooking in Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Daily Fuji
December 3rd, 2009 2:17 p.m. From Fujiyoshida A very cloudy and rainy day. Its like living inside a cloud. A cloud thats being rained on by....
3 Dec 2:52 pm  from  Joshua Zimmerman   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Man Weds a Virtual Girl from his Favorite Video Game
All I can say is that it was a nice ceremony and I hope he never runs out of batteries. For some people, the dream to marry a loved one reg....
3 Dec 2:48 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nestled House
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3 Dec 2:47 pm  from  Yo Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Rice Harvest
  Farmers have cut the rice and hauled it to this location for threshing. When Don took these photos the threshing process was done, mo....
3 Dec 2:22 pm  from  Sendai-shi   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Whats Wrong with this? Almost Everything! Angel Knee Pillow
Some new inventions should never see the light of day, but Japan has a way of inventing the unnecessary like no other country and coming out....
3 Dec 2:18 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Michael & Me
Michael Moore is on a Japan roadshow with his film, “Capitalism: A Love Story“, to the world’s No. 2 economy, offering a possible i....
3 Dec 2:15 pm  from  Reuters Blog Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Roadside Penmanship
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3 Dec 2:00 pm  from  Japan Drivers Seat   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan expresses doubt on final agreements being made at the upcoming climate talks
Japan’s envoy to climate change talks expressed doubt Wednesday that a final agreement would be reached at the UN summit on tackling globa....
3 Dec 1:45 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Big in Japan: Kangaroo Sake
Sake brewed in the pouches of kangaroos is a hit product in Japan, especially among young females who will buy anything if it is sufficien....
3 Dec 1:41 pm  from  InvisibleGaijin   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Lost in Transaction
Ask yourself, How many times a year do we audit our client contact points & ex-clients? read more....
3 Dec 1:35 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Prove Your Client’s Innocence and Learn Japanese Too!
Some of you may be familiar with the wide variety of Japanese educational software available for the Nintendo DS in Japan, much of which is....
3 Dec 1:20 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
And yet more FORAGING in Tsukuba-MUBE ( むべ)- and the etymology of its name
Wild MUBE from a garden in Tsukuba Before a meeting with Junko Yamamoto, I`m always filled with anticipation. This is because, more oft....
3 Dec 1:19 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
How It Should Have Ended: Twilight
Many of you guys might be fans of the “How It Should Have Ended” shorts. In light of New Moon’s theatrical release, they decided to r....
3 Dec 1:00 pm  from  Daily Bento   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Lotteria Special
Out of hunger and desperation I ended up at Lotteria Burger today. I was pleasantly surprised that their "Zetsumyo Burger Set" wa....
3 Dec 1:00 pm  from  Gaijin Housewife   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Right winger smashes Hatoyama’s computer
The Asahi Shimbun reports on a 24-year-old man in a suit was able to enter the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo and make his way into Yukio Hatoya....
3 Dec 12:55 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
I am awesome at Chinese
You probably often think to yourself, Does Clay speak any other languages? Speak them? Lady, I have babies with them. It's consensual.I was ....
3 Dec 12:49 pm  from  The Hopeless Romantic   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hatoyama Gets Off
The current DPJ government here in Japan was voted into power to break with old-time ruling party LDP, in part because of the habitual polit....
3 Dec 12:49 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Google Releases Google Japanese Input (Beta)
Google Japan’s development section announced on Google Japan official blog [J] a project started from their famous 20% rule” produced a....
3 Dec 12:44 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Advice for the wealthy absent-minded
You'd think with all that cash, the Earl of Bridgestone could find a decent accountant, wouldn't you? I mean, that's what accountants do, is....
3 Dec 12:42 pm  from  Our Man in Abiko   [Profile]  [Recent] 
CGM Night #6 at Cospa HQ
CGM Night #6 was held at the HQ of Cospa, a muti-talented company that also makes cosplay costumes. These are some of its range. CGM Night #....
3 Dec 11:52 am  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nendoroid 08 Ouka Chan
Nendoroid 06 Ouka chan is an adorable addition to the Nendoroid collection, coming to us in her battle gear ready for a fight. With one arm ....
3 Dec 11:41 am  from  Charles Hamel   [Profile]  [Recent] 
No, Not Japanese- Klingon
I've been really busy lately. Ridiculously, insanely busy. So no blog posts of worth, but I had to take a moment to post this so I could ner....
3 Dec 11:28 am  from  otearaiwadokodesuka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Gegege
One of my students went to Sakaiminato to visit the Mizuki road, which is named after the creator of Gegege no Kitaro, the famous ghost mang....
3 Dec 11:22 am  from  In Sendai   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Mutant monsters vs. Kamen Rider
In the early 1970s, TV superhero Kamen Rider battled a mind-boggling array of monsters unleashed by evil terrorist organizations (Shocker, G....
3 Dec 11:15 am  from  Pinktentacle   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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