Mezamashi TV (video at the bottom) did a not-so-academic study of what sports men can do that impress Japanese Women. Some of these may surprise readers so I’ll do my best to help interpret the results. Let’s start with our top 5 with my comments below: 1. Soccer and Futsal – (not much explanation necessary […]
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Google has changed its Japan logo for the celebration of Coming of Age Day, also called Adult’s Day. New adults (age 20 here) hear a few speeches from bureaucrats about the responsibilities of being an adult and a “shakaijin” or contributing member of society.
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Japanese Announcer Miku Natsume has recently lost her job over photos released which show her, fully clothed, holding up an unopened condom box. Other photos in the set showed her with a man, her boyfriend at the time. Rumors are that an ex-boyfriend released the pictures. She is a very good announcer with an atypical,
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Monday, January 10th will be Coming of Age Day, also known as Adult’s Day in Japan. It is the day that young people celebrate officially becoming adults. Traditionally they gather at their hometown City Hall wearing very fine kimonos, suits, or other fashionable clothing. In larger cities, they gather at local ward offices. Since new
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I am sure that one of the last things most travelers to Japan would want to do is eat at McDonalds… however, the Big America Series might make it worth it. This series is a special limited time only set of burgers inspired by different places in the United States. The Big America 2 series
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We mentioned that JPop superidol Ayumi Hamasaki would wed her boyfriend Manuel Schwarz in the new year (Ayumi Hamasaki to Marry Manuel Schwarz), and it seems they have done it. Photos of the couple returning to Narita airport after their wedding in Las Vegas showed up on the internet and in the news recently.
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Although rumors of this had been floating around, it seems that G.education, the company currently behind the famous Nova name, is finalizing plans to create Nova University somewhere in the Tokai region. They are also currently exploring other names for the new privately run university. A formal announcement about the future of the endeavor is
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UPDATE: The entry form in Japanese is up and running. Here is the link Ultra Trail Mt Fuji Registration. There is a blue button with a pencil mark on it near the top of the article. That’s where you click to get to the application. When I clicked, there was a message saying that it
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This is the extreme of teachers teaching through the end of class bell. On the Terebi Asahi (TV Asahi) tv show, Akira Ikegami, a journalist was speaking during the Manaberu News Show, or the Learning News Show. (For the record, he’s explaining the difference between stocks and corporate bonds.) Please watch for yourself… the explanation
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Notwithstanding the recent marriage announcement of Ayumi Hamasaki and Manuel Schwarz, former member of Morning Musume, and still a popular singer, tv personality, and idol, Mari Yaguchi has announced plans to marry her boyfriend of about a year, actor Masaya Nakamura. Nakamura is 192cm (6’3″ or so) actor has something of a height difference with
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Since Ayumi Hamasaki recently commented on her Twitter account that Manuel Schwarz would finally become her “real” husband. This, after he portrayed her husband in the music video for her song “Virgin Road”. Here’s the action packed video below. For readers who may not be familiar with her, “Ayu” has been an icon in Japan
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JPop (Japanese Pop) diva Ayumi Hamasaki broke the news to her fans and the media today that she married Austrian born actor and model Manuel Schwarz who also confirmed it via his twitter account. He played the role of her husband in the video for the song “Virgin Road” and they met on the set
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