Update on Ai Ijima Death
Dave over at the Big in Japan has been following this story and reported today that Ai Ijima’s Death was due to pneumonia. Here’s the link to the Big in Japan post about it. “Ai Ijima Death – Police Confirm it was Pneumonia“
Women in Japan Still Want a Rich Husband
The reason I put “still” in the title of this post is because lately there’s been a sort of politically correct type of trend here. People don’t like people to talk about people being elite. They say that people should not talk about education and things like that… but the reality is this – Reuters…
Ai Iijima’s Death was Predicted
This is an interesting video that’s been going around. It was aired about three years ago on the popular tv show “Kin Suma” or “Kinyobi SMAP” which is hosted by Masahiro Nakai, leader of the uber-popular and ubiquitous SMAP. The show generally targets women and covers topics such as women with interesting jobs and some…
Bad Japanese Table Manners Top 30
This is a list of things people in Japan claim they can’t stop doing even if people tell them to. If you’ve been around people eating here in Japan, I’m sure you’ve seen them all! If you haven’t been to Japan, I hope this provides food for thought or questions or comments about the culture…
Reiko Shiota and Kumiko Ogura – Badminton’s Ogu-Shio Breaks Up
OguShio (Kumiko Ogura and Reiko Shiota), the Japanese women’s badminton team, famous for their play and looks recently had a press conference to announce that they would be breaking up, but continuing to play with other partners. There are some cynical ways to view this news. I don’t which, if any, of the following are…
Osaka Governor Makes High School Girls Cry
A meeting between Osaka Governor Toru Hashimoto and some local high school students ended in Niagara Falls (by this I mean the lots of crying meaning not the delightful honeymoon spot meaning). News media are reporting that Hashimoto actually (horrors) responded to them as if they were adults. At one point a male student of…
Two College Girls Apologize for Dancing Near the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome
Japan considers its inconsistent political correctness when two young girls do one of those Akihabara type idol dances in a park in Hiroshima were forced to apologize.
The Media and The Japanese Women’s Doubles Badminton Teams
The media in Japan was right to hype the Japanese Women’s Badminton team. There were two pairs… one pair, the Satoko Suetsuna-Miyuki Maeda pair was ranked 8th in the world going into the Olympics. The other pair, Kumiko Ogura-Reiko Shiota, were ranked 7th and had won the bronze medal at world championships in Kuala Lumpur. At…
Ako Kawada Suicide Article Recommendation
Article recommendation about the suicide of Japanese announcer Ako Kawada.
Three More Cases of Japanese College Student Graffiti at Florence Cathedral
Three students at Kyoto Sangyo University have also been given warnings after more Japanese graffiti was discovered at Florence Cathedral. One of the students gave excuses saying that he was so excited to be at a place he so respected, and since there was other graffiti there as well, he just went ahead and wrote.
Six Japanese Women’s Junior College Students Write Graffiti on Florence Cathedral
Six Japanese junior college students during a trip to Italy wrote graffiti and their names on the wall of the Florence Cathedral (the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore). It says February 18, 2008 with their names: Mana, Chii, Yui, Ayana, Rika, and Miki, then they even wrote the name of their school! Gifu City…
Lady Living in a Closet in A Guy’s House in Japan – The Story from Japan
I once watched a tv show with “true crime” stories. One of the stories was of a woman who accidentally broke the thin plaster wall between her apartment and her next door neighbor’s. She only broke a little of it, but enough to see how much nicer his apartment was than hers, he had a…