Things to keep in mind about the list are: Since they are things that Japanese girls want their boyfriends to STOP doing, it means that they are things a lot of Japanese guys with girlfriends do… I’m just sayin’. If you live in Japan, you probably see this kind of thing all the time. It…
Rio Hirai is an announcer with Fuji TV who has appeared in some dramas, tv shows, and done some modeling. She is also an announcer who seems to have a penchant for wearing sexy clothes when interviewing young budding sports superstars. Yusei Kikuchi is a very young, promising pitcher who was recently drafted by the…
This is another one of those interesting Google top ten lists. This one asks Japanese people what their friends brag about that annoys them the most. I don’t think the list is very unique to Japan, although it does give a little insight into what people in Japan tend to take pride in. If you…
There are groups being formed on the social networking site Mixi.jp and other places in support of Tatsuya Ichihashi, accused murderer of Lindsay Hawker. The one description for the one on Mixi says that they believe he is innocent, and love him because he’s so good looking. Some fans have even put their pictures on…
Tatsuya Ichihashi was finally arrested at a ferry port in Osaka. An alert traveler at the port contacted authorities to tell them a person matching Ichihashi’s description was preparing to take a ferry bound for Okinawa. When police arrived on the scene, he admitted who he was without a struggle. Ichihashi had been on the…
Sometimes I like to throw in some of these fun posts, like a recent poll of women in Japan about things that women do that turn men off. Anyway, on to the list: 10. Being too fickle about food. 9. Not making an effort to dress up. 8. When it comes time to pay, they…
The Japanese movie industry is about to lay a big egg, but the egg my hatch into an American live action version of the Star Blazers anime series from tv. I think an egg will be laid because they’ve decided that the role of “Wildstar” in the Star Blazers action movie should be played by…
This story is an interesting one because it is a modern view of what’s going on in Japan. If you are already confused about fashion in Japan, school rules about hair coloring, and what people think of all the bleached blonde boys and girls running around the streets here, this story is not going to…
It seems that a Japanese husband and wife, supposedly for the sake of being non-sexist and fair, have decided on prices for various things the wife does around the house. The man is a 48 year old company employee married to a 42 year old woman. They claim that since the husband has started paying…
I’m sure a lot of the people who read this blog are familiar with the work of the Japanese scholar Takeo Doi. His writings were a very important part of some of my undergraduate research and I brought the English versions of his books with me when I moved to Japan. I’m happy to be…
This list to us comes courtesy of an article on Livedoor News. Japanese women were asked to list the “effeminate” things that men do. Please keep in mind that these answers came from Japanese women about Japanese men. We here at newzjapan aren’t saying this ourselves (although I’ve seen all of this behavior myself so…
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…