American filmmaker Michael Moore was in Japan the other day to promote the release of “Capitalism: A Love Story.” As you can see from ....
3 Dec 6:58 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 

The latest edition of Tommy Lee Jones’ Boss coffee commercial puts him in the role of an alien who discovers that Santa really exists: �....
28 Nov 2:43 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Dangerous foreign spiders have invaded Japan: Redbacks have infested the Osaka region and are drawing closer to the capital Tokyo, accordin....
27 Nov 7:17 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 

I’m not quite sure what’s going on in this video, but YouTuber who uploaded it claims the animal was angry at foreigners: — Akihaba....
26 Nov 10:17 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Jimmy, a weird American, appears on a TokyoMX TV program to appeal to all the lady viewers out there who want a “supaa gaijin” boyfrien....
25 Nov 10:33 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Brad Pitt & Quentin Tarantino appeared on last week’s episode of Bistro SMAP, where they chatted with their pop group hosts and talke....
25 Nov 9:39 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 

The Chosun Ilbo reports about Kim Yon-ja, a South Korean who came to Japan in the 1980’s and became a popular enka singer: Kim topped the....
25 Nov 9:18 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Remember the case from September of a moped-riding woman who fractured her skull after colliding with a rope that had been strung across a ....
24 Nov 8:00 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Some of Asahi TV’s foreign reporter team, visits a trash processing facility near Tokyo Bay and gets to see a giant claw in action: The ....
21 Nov 9:51 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Leave it to a clown like Sean Hannity to take a single quote by an American and interpret it to mean that the Japanese are “mortified” ....
18 Nov 9:42 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 

TO SLIP BRIEFLY into blogging mode, here are two quick hits from the foreign media instead of another piece I was working on. (My wife sugge....
17 Nov 2:56 am  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 

The LA Times went through the 1000+ comments left on its blog post about Obama bowing before Emperor Akihito to pick its favorite ten one-l....
16 Nov 7:21 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama made some remarks on Saturday about Japan’s policy towards foreigners who settle and work in Japan: Japan h....
16 Nov 9:34 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Matsuura machinery made this pyramid with a tiny Barack Obama face etched into its top to celebrate the American President’s first offici....
16 Nov 6:02 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 

A short clip showing some highlights of what Barack Obama did in Japan yesterday: In the late morning, President Obama gave a speech at th....
15 Nov 6:46 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 

A group of Barack Obama fans from Obama City in Fukui Prefecture attempted to meet the U.S. president as he entered his hotel on Friday: T....
15 Nov 6:45 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 

A comedy video about life as an English conversation teacher in Japan: A fly-on-the-wall documentary about Steve, an Englishman who starts....
14 Nov 6:52 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent]