So I bought myself about 33 liters of gas today for about 122 yen per liter. That’s a pretty good price for today, and an amazing price for tomorrow. The newspaper’s warning us that prices might go up to 160 in some places. Prime Minister Fukuda even came on air to apologize and thank the […]
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I have to admit that I was a little worried that this would end with another “illegal disposal” type charge, similar to the one that Hiroshi Nozaki was charged with in January, 2000. In that case, he was convicted for disposing of the body of a 27 year old Filipina. Details in a previous post
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With the extremely successful opening of an Ikea store in Kobe, there was a lot of talk about how the old boys, namely the department stores, home centers, and furniture stores were going to handle coming up against a very unique ad campaign, very low prices, and an international brand. Well, this first, very short
Some people on the internet have been reporting that while people with Chinese flags were allowed to enter the goal area for the Olympic torch relay in Nagano, people with the Tibetan flag were not. According to this report, about 200 Tibet supporters were led to the back side of the park and told that
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So I’m watching tv tonight, having dinner… I’m watching Kin-Suma(Kinyobi Smap) and they were doing a profile of different women with interesting careers. One woman was a woman who test drives the new models of Nissan cars. Another woman was an ex-champion table tennis player. Yet another woman came on wearing a black suit. A
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Continuing from the previous post here is are worst ten for life expectancy in Japan. Just an obvious observation, but if you are a man in Japan and you want to live the longest life you can, maybe Aomori Prefecture is not the best place to settle down! Check out the list below. Worst Life
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The longest life expectancy in Japan belongs to the women in Okinawa Prefecture’s “Kitanaka Gusuku” A village which has about 16,269 people. The life expectancy is 89.3 years. The shortest life expectancy belongs to men in Osaka Prefecture’s, Osaka City. Specifically, in Nishinari Ward! These guys only get to enjoy life until they are 73.1
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I’m referring to some news making the rounds in the Japanese media, one article about the shoplifting epidemic in Japan. (in Japanese) “Hon no Manbiki, Nenkan 40 oku-en” or “Book Shoplifting, 4 Billion yen a year” One quote at the bottom says it all, “People’s feelings toward shoplifting as a crime have thinned.” That is
Shoplifting Epidemic in Japan 4,000,000,000 Yen Worth of Books a Year! Read More »
This brief article just published on CNN doesn’t give us many details, but indicates that the military will go through with the charges accusing a U.S. Marine in Okinawa of “rape of a child under 16, abusive sexual conduct, making a false official statement, adultery, and kidnapping through inveigling.” I’m sure more details will follow
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I am surprised that this case is not getting a lot more airtime than it has otherwise, but if you really think about it, Hawaii is a big travel destination for people in Japan. Now is the time most people are shopping for tickets for package tours to Hawaii and other such destinations because the
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As most people reading this blog know, Japanese officials usually carry out executions before informing the media or next of kin. What I didn’t know until reading this article in Mainichi Online was that Justice Minister Hatoyama has been carrying out executions at a pace of once every two months! Here is the article: Four
Four More Executions in Japan – Rate of Once Every Two Months Read More »
The end result was 70% for handsome but poor, with only 30% choosing ugly and rich. Here’s a link to the article in japanese, but it has some pictures of the girls who were interviewed so you can see what kind of girls want the handsome but poor guys. Of course one good point also