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…
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…
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…
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…
Currently Japan’s most popular female figure skater, Mao Asada, has announced that she will be introducing a new clothing line called “MaoMao”. She has a very positive image as a classic Japanese woman now, and at this time the clothing line will be mostly made up of “Wafuku” or Japanese style clothing. I think this…
It seems that a lot of people come to this site after searching for Maki Goto, so I thought I’d mention some recent news about her. She recently performed at the HelloSmile Live 2010 along with Hitomi, alan, moumoon, and Tokyo Joshiryu a.k.a. Tokyo Girls’ Style. The concert is designed to support research into cancer…
Netflix is the leading DVD rental by mail and movie streaming service in the United States. They offer popular movies, tv shows, foreign films, documentaries, and a wide selection of pretty much everything video. You can watch Netflix on most home video game systems, on your computer, and many internet enabled TVs. Japanese movies number…
This bodes very well for people hoping for a wide release of the film outside of Japan. Space Battleship Yamato beat out Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 for the top spot this week. The live-action take on the classic anime stars SMAP member Takuya Kimura and offers some differences from the original…
A few weeks ago, the popular comdy skit show Mecha Ike added new members to their cast. More good news for fans of the show was recently released. Takashi Okamura of the manzai pair “Ninety-nine” will be returning to the show as of November 27. The show has been missing one of its most physical,…
The excellent film site /Film (Slash Film) reports that Anchor Bay has picked up the rites to release Battle Royale and Battle Royale II films. Even thought the films were fine campy additions to films, I’m not sure if the campy, over the top, (kind of low tech) effects are going to lend themselves to…
Here’s another interesting poll. Also interesting is that, as with many of these “most hated” type of questionnaires. Some of these Japanese actors and comedians may exist on both the hated and loved lists at the same time. Here is the list of the hated ones with a little explanation of who they are. If…
The newest addition to the Nintendos “DS” portable video game line is scheduled to be released on February 26, 2011. It is currently set to be sold for 25,000 yen (currently about US$299). The price is comparable to the price of other DS consoles. The general consensus on the Japanese internet bulletin boards (including 2CH)…