Burmese Refugees Head to Japan
A group of 27 Burmese have left a refugee camp and will soon be starting a new life in Japan: After undergoing medical checkups at an Inte....
26 Sep 7:47 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Jero Impersonator
A Japanese comedian does a duet with African American enka singer Jero: The comedian says it took many requests before he finally got Jero....
24 Sep 6:43 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan Rejects Paris Hilton
Hats off to the immigration authorities at Narita Airport: Paris Hilton canceled her Asia tour and returned home when she was denied entry ....
22 Sep 9:38 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
English Teachers Web Comedy
A new web comedy series about English teachers in Nagoya has been making its rounds through most of the English language Japan websites. H....
21 Sep 3:56 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Schwarzenegger Rides Japanese Bullet Train
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was in Japan last week to research the possibility of using Japanese technology for high speed ra....
21 Sep 10:11 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Sending a Care Package to Japan
A Japanese TV show visits the apartment of a Lithuanian student to have a look at the contents of a care package from her mother: The pack....
20 Sep 11:27 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Apples Denies Japanese Tabloid Report About Steve Jobs’ Ninja Stars
An article in the tabloid magazine SPA! is claiming that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had some ninja stars in his carry-on luggage when he tried to....
15 Sep 8:07 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan Issues Another Apology to Former American POWs
A group of Americans who survived Japan’s World War II POW camps has visited Tokyo at the invitation of the Japanese government. Yesterd....
14 Sep 9:23 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
American Sitcom / Japanese Commercial
A commercial for Meiji’s Galpo Chips parodies American sitcoms: The style of filming, the super-lame canned laughter, and the bad Japan....
9 Sep 10:33 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Not Paying Rent in Japan
NTV news follows around a man who works as a problem-solver for landlords that have tenants who don’t pay rent and don’t answer phone c....
9 Sep 10:04 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Marching through Yamagata and Tokyo
ARE YOU READY for this musical mix? The Tohoku University of Art and Design in Yamagata City held a concert on Tuesday night with performanc....
9 Sep 2:40 am  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Frenchman Denied Entry to U.S. Base Festival
The Japan Times is running an article about a Frenchman who is angry that he was denied entry to the Open Base Bon Odori Festival at the U.....
8 Sep 8:29 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Diaper-headed Man Robs Convenience Store
A man has been arrested in Tokyo for robbing a convenience store. At the time of the robbery, he was armed with a knife and wearing an adu....
6 Sep 9:55 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Sumo, the Olympics, women, and sex
WILL SUMO soon be an Olympic sport? The Japanese have been promoting the idea for a while, but now they’ve got plenty of other people on t....
3 Sep 5:29 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Sumo, the Olympics, women, and sex
WILL SUMO soon be an Olympic sport? The Japanese have been promoting the idea for a while, but now they’ve got plenty of other people on t....
3 Sep 5:29 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Girls Generation in Japan
The Korean pop group Girls Generation came to Tokyo last week to give their first Japan concert. Thousands of fans attended their performa....
3 Sep 8:38 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Police Shut Down Chinese Brothel Near Yokosuka Base
Japanese police have raided a Chinese massage parlor in Yokosuka and arrested 24 people: The parlor, which was located near an American na....
2 Sep 8:03 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
African/Japanese Group Arrested For Money-laundering
A group of 3 Nigerians, 2 Japanese and one Ghanaian have been arrested for international money-laundering: The six are suspected of having....
2 Sep 7:47 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Smile Measurement Technology
A Japanese company called Omron recently developed something it calls “Smile Measurement Software.” The software analyzes an image of ....
2 Sep 2:13 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Foreign Tourists Go Without Dinner
A Japanese news program interviews foreign tourists on the streets of Asakusa to see how they’re coping with the Yen’s rise in value: ....
2 Sep 8:48 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Ainu and the Bear
There’s a very neat article in the Hokkaido Shimbun (Japanese) about a group called Project U-e-peker. The members of the Project have b....
2 Sep 8:41 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ARRESTED
A TV Tokyo police special that aired last weekend contained this brief segment about Gunma police arresting a foreigner: The cops stop the....
1 Sep 9:55 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Taxpayers Will Fund North Korean Propaganda
The Japanese government has apparently decided that they will use taxpayers’ money to fund private schools that teach students loyalty to....
30 Aug 1:31 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Naked Irish English Teacher Hit by Truck in Gunma
A truck driver has been arrested in Gunma prefecture for driving away after he hit and killed Alan Buckley, an English teacher from Ireland....
23 Aug 8:51 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Cops Arrest Iranian Drug Dealer
Fuji TV’s “Super News” embeds a reporter with narcotics “G-men” in Nagoya to see them take down a foreign drug dealer: During th....
22 Aug 7:52 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Julia Roberts in Japan
Julia Roberts in Tokyo to promote “Eat Pray Love”: It was apparently the first time Roberts has ever visited Japan. According to the ....
20 Aug 6:37 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Practicing English With Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage’s promotional tour for “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” had him appear briefly on last night’s episode of “Za! Sekai Gy....
19 Aug 7:51 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Panzetta + Pancetta
Italian celebrity Girolamo Panzetta appears in a bizarre commercial advertising a Pancetta snack that sounds very much like his last name: ....
9 Aug 5:12 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The dirty little open secret
WHEN BLOGGING SOFTWARE went mainstream, the native English speakers in South Korea took advantage of it more quickly than those in Japan. Pe....
8 Aug 2:57 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
NHK Reports About Korean A-Bomb Victims
An interesting NHK World report about the Korean victims of the Hiroshima atomic bombing: — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Sub....
8 Aug 5:10 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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