Today’s Japan Photo: Tokyo Imperial Palace
30-08-2010
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For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be visiting the residence of the Emperor of Japan – the Tokyo Imperial Palace 皇居, located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. This lovely HDR image was ...
Japanese Taxpayers Will Fund North Korean Propaganda
30-08-2010
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The Japanese government has apparently decided that they will use taxpayers’ money to fund private schools that teach students loyalty to Kim Jong-il’s North Korean regime: The ...
Sumo Wrestlers Given iPads As Phone Replacements
29-08-2010
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The Japan Sumo Association are sending iPads to 51 sumo stables to ease communication. The main reason is not because the sumo wrestlers are all tech geeks but because their fingers are too ...
Japan’s Death Chambers Exposed
29-08-2010
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One of the execution chambers where Japanese death row inmates are hanged has been revealed to the public for the first time. The pictures are a result of the current justice ...
Otosan Gets A New Dad?
29-08-2010
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In the latest Softbank commercial, the White Family seems to have a new addition to the family as Otosan’s mother announces that she will be getting married again – Otosan will ...
63% “Want Working Wives” – 54% “Want to be Housewives”
29-08-2010
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63% of Japanese men want wives to work, but 54% of Japanese women want to become full-time housewives, say the results of a recent survey. The survey, of 1,254 unmarried working men and ...
Teacher to Class: “I’ll Just be Taking Your Pantsu…”
28-08-2010
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A teacher has been sacked for making a schoolgirl music club strip off their pantsu and wear the ones he provided as replacements, which he then took home for reasons which are unclear. The ...
Monkey Attacks in Japan
28-08-2010
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Wild monkeys in Japan usually avoid human beings, but it looks like a group of them in Shizuoka Prefecture have started attacking people: Wild monkeys inflicted biting and scratching ...
Mannequins Stare At Kyoto Office Workers While They Work
28-08-2010
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If you think that your workplace is intense, then you need to take a look at these poor office workers who are employed at this Kyoto prefecture public relations office that deals with ...
Haruka Ayase KFC CM
28-08-2010
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How many of you knows that our favorite chicken man, Colonel Sanders’ birthday actually falls on 9th September? Well Haruka Ayase is here to remind everyone of that special day whereby ...