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,…
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.
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…
I like this list because it’s full of things that one might be tempted to say thinking one is saying something good. This advice comes from the Sugoren Japanese online dating and information site. 1. “Surprisingly, it tastes normal.” 2. “I’m not really that hungry you know.” 3. “You should let my mother teach you.”…
1. Knowing someone famous in the past, or before they were famous. 2. That they turned down a chance to go to a famous university or chose to be a “freeter” despite being offered a spot in a big company. 3. That they are actually incredibly rich but for some reason or another are hiding…
This is the latest fun poll to analyze. As always, the majority of answers are applicable anywhere, but a few of them give us a little window on relationships in Japan… 9. 5 votes – Take out your school yearbook and old pictures 8. 6 votes – Prepare a toothbrush and other things she might…
Manufacturing robot Japanese idols that can dance could be the secret to solving a lot of the social problems in Japan… or maybe not. Comments on 2CH were mixed. Some of the “otaku” population thought this was amazing and a great step forward, others thought that this was c0mpletely eerie and weird. Still others, true…
Shotgun weddings in Japan, also known as “dekichatta kekkon” or “dekikon” for short, are becoming more and more common. Several news reports seem to indicate a rise in weddings in which the baby has been conceived before wedlock. Shukan Bunshun Online Magazine reports that about 60% of all the pregnancy photos in the popular maternity…
This sounds about right to me. Otome Sugoren, the female half of the Sugoren dating advice website recently did a poll of its Japanese female readers asking the places they do not want to be taken on a first date. The results follow: 1. His apartment (if he lives alone)… it hints that he may…