YouTube Japan has recently released a list of the most popular keywords used to search for videos in Japan. This could be a good 2010 “Japan cultural literacy” test for people to see if they know what these are. On to the list: January – 涙 (namida). This word means tear or tears (as in…
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)…
If you live in Kansai and need your books… like… tomorrow, you are now in luck. Amazon Japan has opened a new warehouse in Sakai, Osaka which offers 1 day shipping in the Kansai region as well. Amazon has plans to eventually be able to offer next day shipping to every city in Japan.
Article recommendation about the suicide of Japanese announcer Ako Kawada.
I have to say, Japan being listed as the top blogging country in the world is a little crazy. I can only imagine that the unnamed American company that did the survey knows nothing about Japan and worded the question poorly enough to construe the results. I’m not trying to detract too much, but you…
It goes without saying that if you don’t have a mobile presence in Japan, you don’t have a presence! Right now that’s step one for the folks at FB… Step two? I think the key is… in a word… Applications!!! Tons of applications… Easy to use, easy to apply facebook applications, localized and Japanified. As…
In the Kansai region where I live it seems like there’s a new AEON mall or Max Valu supermarket going up everywhere. They advertise their store brand (Top Valu) and seem to be doing well in the wake of the Daiei money troubles a few years back. If you live in Japan and you’ve been…
After someone wrote a comment on her blog telling her to die, a high school girl hanged herself. Although this is most probably another case of bullying that also took place in school as well, the school will deny that any bullying took place in order to avoid the wrath of the bereaved’s lawyers and…
Ako Kawada, a well known announcer in Japan committed suicide in her car on the 26th by inhaling the fumes from burning charcoal. Lately she had apparently been writing some negative things on her official blog showing signs of depression. She was found in the morning in her white Mercedes-Benz. What will it take for…
Thanks to the simple instructions here:Japan It Up! WordPress in Japanese and English I ws finally able to mix up Japanese and English on this blog. My other blog BigDaddyJapan uses a Japanese version of WordPress so mixing English and Japanese is no problem. Now both blogs can have bilingual elements so I’m pretty happy…
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…
The article found here: Vice Principal Skips School to Play Pachinko in Hyogo gives us a good chance to talk about how the schools work in Japan (for those of you who are more unfamiliar). There is no “substitute teacher” system that most people in the U.S. are familiar with. If a teacher takes a…