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Gee, what can I say but that it is time for the preliminaries of the 10th Japan Fashion Week here in Tokyo. Via

The pisser here is that these poor filipinas are being arrested as “men” after they took the hormones, “had the chop,” got married, and obtained residential status as spouses of Japanese nationals. 3 Filipinos arrested for illegal entry AP – March 16, 2010 Three Filipino men have been arrested in the city of Fukuoka for entering [...]

Listen to the ‘radiko‘ Japan–web simulcast of Tokyo’s radio stations. http://radiko.jp/ (Yes, yes, I know that Japan radio has waaay too many commercials with 90% Japanese gibbering and only 10% music. However, it is good Japanese practice for those of you learning the “Devil’s language.”) … Thanks to the charming Mari Blog for this ‘radiko‘ link.

I was shopping yesterday I noticed that the store had “Mini-Giant” icecream cones on sale for 60 yen (about 66 cents US), which is quite a bit cheaper than the Giant Cone™ selling for 100 yen. Then looking at the label, I chuckled to myself wondering out loud: “If a Giant Cone™ is giant, [...]

As shown above, the “new” Miss Japan 2010, Maiko Itai, who appears to be yet another Riyo Mori (Miss Japan / Miss Universe 2007) lookalike, only skinnier. This year there has been more grumbling among Japanese folks about same/alien look of all the Miss Japan candidates. Their French trainer, Ine Ligron, prefers [...]

According to Google Image Search, I am the world expert on “Japanese nose-picking.” As I have said before on the 3Yen back in 2006, Even the Buddha has to pick his nose.

GETTohTY IMAGES March 13, 2010— Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito visits the Kenyan National Museum in Nairobi…arrived in Kenya late Wednesday for a three-day visit to the East African nation…more... Sometimes you just gotta feel sorry about the Japanese royal family and the bizzare crap they have to deal with….especially this Alien Blob!

On Sunday afternoon photo shoots at Harajuku’s cosplay Bridge, I often meet my crazy photographer buddy, Masa-sensei “ninja shooting” the freakaziods (as shown below). Another Japanese subculture that Masa-sensei likes to shoot are the bosozoku, the “violent running tribes,” who he captured last weekend. I first I thought this photo was a weaponized [...]

For some reason, it seems the Japan has forgotten International Women’s Day—InternationalWomensday.com. Never fear! Watch the video of naked male sushi being served Polish women….

via MainichiPhotospecial Embiggen to 350×1345 px. As you can see in the above swimsuit photo, Miss Japan 2010, Maiko Itai, is not as robust as the previous years’ contestants, such as Miss Japan 2009, Emiri Miyasaka. 2009 3Yen—No ‘Dog Days’ for Miss Japan My favorite was Kurara Chibana, Miss Japan 2006, who was the, [...]

As I have reported before, ‘Hug Pillows’ are Japan’s ultimate otaku hookup. Now, however, Korea has ‘bested’ Japan at its own pervy pillow game…. Man Marries Pillow metro.co.uk 9th March, 2010– Lee Jin-gyu fell for his ‘dakimakura’ – a kind of large, huggable pillow from Japan… his beloved pillow has an image of Fate Testarossa, from [...]

Just try to guess who it is arriving at Narita Airport outside Tokyo? Answer.. …in the Comments.

UPDATE! There is a new report from the lindsayfincher.com blog dated March 9th, 2010, which seems to show the hotel’s “reconstruction” may have been completed only from one viewing angle. “This is the closest we came to the Ryugyong, when we visited the Victorious Fatherland Liberation Museum.” –March 9th, 2010 lindsayfincher.com A constant source of amusement to [...]

You have lived in Japan too long when you eat a can tuna for lunch and wonder why your cat is so upset… rest-of-the-story…

Here’s one of the funniest commercials that I’ve seen in a while. I don’t want to spoil it with any kind of preamble, so I’ll let you just check it out first. Yes, it turns out that this is a commercial for Ajinomoto Stadium. I’m not entirely sure that this is an attractive pitch to [...]

So there’s this baseball video game from Japan called 98Koshien, and apparently you can control what kind of a delivery movement the pitcher goes through in his wind-up. If you take a look at this video, you’ll see that maybe the video game developers are now regretting their decision. Maybe they should have stuck with [...]

As I have reported on before, the nefarious Bay Boy (shown on the right) has been lost his job at the WWNews and was evicted in Japan. Now however, Japan has officially joined the Final Crusade in the hunt for the elusive mutant. JAPANESE JOIN HUNT TO CAPTURE BAT BOY WWNews – Friday, March 5th, [...]

Today is March 8, International Women’s Day. And on today of all days, I was more than a little surprised to see the results of this survey asking ‘Is a woman’s place in the home?’ Among developed nations, Japan’s survey result stand out with almost half of the respondents answering ‘yes’, a woman should stay at [...]

Much to the surprise of many Japanese cinema goers who had not previously heard of the film, The Cove walked away from the Oscars last night with the award for Best Documentary. While I thought the film was good, it was also more than a little sensationalized. And in the Best Documentary category Food Inc [...]

Here’s a really great video tour of Kyoto. It’s dead quiet, and it must have been shot with a steadycam. It makes you feel like you’re a tourist wandering around the city.  Have a look for yourself: Have any of you visited Kyoto yet? If not, it’s well worth the trip. It’s always wise to [...]