Living in Japan

NFL Game Pass – The Best Way to Watch NFL Football from Japan

If you are living in Japan and need a football fix, there are several things you can do from some of the underground live feeds that are more often used to broadcast soccer matches all over the world. I relied on these for a while but found them to be unreliable, and to sometimes be […]

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Japanese Satire News Site Similar to The Onion

I was recently asked if Japan has anything similar to “The Onion” which is a humorous website that publishes satirical stories or parodies of current events. Although The Onion is already quite well known, one of its charms is that it publishes stories that are well-written and close enough to reality to give a person

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Google Streetview Japan Photographs Comedian Takehiro Kimoto from TKO

Fans of Japanese comedy know TKO well. The manzai pair can often be seen on TV. The members of TKO are Takayuki Kinoshita and Takehiro Kimoto, both also have popular blogs on Ameblo where Kimoto has confirmed that it is indeed him that was captured by the Google Streetview car camera in Setagaya Ward and

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Saturday Night Live Japan Set To Air Beginning July 4th 2011

If you are a fan of Saturday Night Live, the iconic, long-running skit and stand-up comedy show broadcast live from New York with the opening catch phrase… “Live From New York – It’s Saturday Night!”… Then get ready to hear “Live From Tokyo – It’s Saturday Night!” Japanese veteran comedians Akashiya Sanma and Koji Imada

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#RealJapan hashtag for Twitter and Media Representations of Japan

Well, I took advantage of a late night to do some light internet reading. Although I don’t often read news about Japan in English, tonight I was in the mood so I checked some of my RSS feeds for interesting articles. I came across a few that I don’t really want to link to, but

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Hand Grenade Crime on the Rise in Japan?

The Fukuoka Prefectural Police have released a large warning message on their homepage about a recent rise in crimes committed with hand grenades. Although we think of Japan as a place without guns, there are a few gun related crimes every once in a while. This is the first I’ve heard of hand grenade crimes

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Tokyo Electric Looking for Part Time Workers in Japan

Tokyo Electric is looking for a few good part-timers willing to do some work in the nuclear power plants in Fukushima. They are offering workers 10,000 yen per hour to take the risk and do some work for them. Although over $100 US sounds like a good hourly rate, they only want people to work

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Ishihara Wins 4th Term as Tokyo Governor – Any Thoughts?

My vote would have been with Mac Akasaka of the Smile Party. However, I am honestly surprised that Hideo Higashikokubaru, the former entertainer and governor of Miyazaki, was unable to take Tokyo away from incumbent governor Shintaro Ishihara… … some friends have said that I should not be surprised at all. The readers of NewzJapan tend

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Mac Akasaka (Makku Akasaka) Tokyo Governor Candidacy Video

If I had a vote in the Tokyo election coming up, I can tell you who would get my vote… however, being a fan of good writing I would rather show you than tell you. Introducing Mac Akasaka or Makku Akasaka who identifies himself with the “Smile” party and has decided to announce his candidacy

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Hideo Higashikokubaru and Shintaro Ishihara Tokyo Governor’s Race Candidacy Videos

As I mentioned in a previous post about the Tokyo governor’s election, it’s on between former Miyazaki governor Hideo Higashikokubaru and incumbent Shintaro Ishihashi. Because anyone who is eligible can nominate his or herself for the position, there are a lot of videos on YouTube now in which people declare their candidacy for the election.

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Female Teacher Caught Sleeping With High School Student in Japan

In the what happens where you live happens where we live category, a 23 year old female teacher at a prefectural high school in Saitama was caught in the act of having sex with an 11th grade male student. The teacher was at the school as a temporary substitute. The teacher had been communicating with

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