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Mari Yaguchi and Masaya Nakamura Marry

With a huge height difference on display, 192 cm tall Masaya Nakamura and former Morning Musume member Mari Yaguchi who reaches all of 145 cm on a good day got married. Newzjapan reported the pending nuptials around which were announced around New Year’s. (Mari Yaguchi to Marry Masaya Nakamura). The official date of the marriage…

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Japanese Actress Koyuki and Actor Kenichi Matsuyama Marry

Reports say that Japanese actress and model, Koyuki has married actor Kenichi Matsuyama. The pair met when filming the movie Kamui Gaiden, the Legend of Kamui, based on the well-known manga and anime series. 34 year old Koyuki is best known to international audiences for her leading role in the film The Last Samurai as…

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Aya Ueto Praised for Spending Time Cooking and Serving Earthquake and Tsunami Victims

Aya Ueto is a huge star and idol in Japan, but she is being praised for showing up and actually doing some work in the area affected by last month’s earthquakes and tsunami. She especially received praise for showing up ready to work without her face and nails done, and for earnestly giving out food…

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Top 9 Things Japanese Women Want Their Boyfriends to Learn

Another poll from Sugoren gives us a list of the top 9 things that Japanese women want their boyfriends to learn how to do well. I was somewhat surprised by the order of a few items, but the content was pretty predictable. 9. UFO Catcher AKA Crane Games or Claw Games (so that guys can…

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Beautiful Scandalized Japanese Actress – Mona Yamamoto Gets M.B.A.

Through all the scandals, Mona Yamamoto has remained strong and true to herself. Vilified by some after being photographed going to a love hotel with married baseball player, Tomohiro Nioka in 2008. In some media Yamamoto was treated as a femme fatale while Nioka escaped too much consternation. She refused to take all the blame…

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Top 5 and Worst 6 Sports to Impress Japanese Women

Mezamashi TV (video at the bottom) did a not-so-academic study of what sports men can do that impress Japanese Women. Some of these may surprise readers so I’ll do my best to help interpret the results. Let’s start with our top 5 with my comments below: 1. Soccer and Futsal – (not much explanation necessary…

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Japanese Announcer Miku Natsume Loses Job Over Photo

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,…

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Ayumi Hamasaki and Manuel Schwarz in Virgin Road Music Video

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…

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Ayumi Hamasaki to Marry Austrian Actor Manuel Schwarz

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…

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Japanese Figure Skater to Introduce New Clothing Line and Kimonos

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…

Top 9 Things Not to Say After Eating Your Japanese Girlfriend’s Cooking

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.”…