Tag: japan
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January 31, 2007 11:21 PM EST --
YIKES! Not totally uncommon though. Several years back, an older woman gave some kimono she no longer needed to charity. Turned out there was money hidden in them! The Japanese are fond of keeping . . .
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December 11, 2006 06:08 AM EST --
Useless, but always fun. ;)
Of approximately 25,000 Japanese polled via the Internet, 93% of them DO NOT untie and retie their shoes. They simply slip them off and then back on, pre-tied. Many of them . . .
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December 19, 2006 06:51 AM EST --
Casio's extremely popular G-Shock line went from being an average sales to stellar seller after Keanu Reeves sported one in the in his hit movie Speed.
Courtesy The History Channel Japan
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January 11, 2007 08:23 PM EST --
What really irks consumers is that this is not an isolated case. Several years back, Yukijirushi pulled a similar stunt, by selling milk products produced in filthy equipment that actually sickened . . .
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February 07, 2007 01:00 AM EST --
I don't think it's skills that's the problem here, it's manners. There's a right and wrong way to hold a fork and spoon too. In that regard, it's not just Japanese children . . .
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February 13, 2007 12:26 AM EST --
Pure tragedy... no other way to put it. My sister was a police officer in Iowa, and is now in training to be one in Arizona. I've heard some of the harrowing experiences she's had. There are . . .
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February 20, 2007 01:23 AM EST --
Sounds like fun, but it also sounds like a lot of work. I mean... taking oral and written tests just to join a hide-n-seek club? And hiding your actual name from the other members of the club. . . .
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December 18, 2006 11:37 PM EST --
(Former) Prime Minister Koizumi said in a press conference statement yesterday (August 27th, 2006) that he is deeply disappointed in the fact that the expressway through Tokyo spoils the beauty of Nihonbashi. . . .
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February 13, 2007 12:10 AM EST --
On-the-job abuse is not uncommon in Japan. Whether it's forcing employees to go drinking after hours or verbal or physical, many Japanese have encountered at some time. It's bullying plain and . . .
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March 01, 2007 01:13 AM EST --
I have always, ALWAYS maintained that working the English teaching scene in Japan (whether it's as a JET/ALT or an English conversation school teacher) is like working McDonald's in the US. 1) . . .
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December 18, 2006 07:19 AM EST --
An acquaintance asked me if Japan was a clean country. Unfortunately, I had to answer no, in my opinion it is not. It's not third-world dirty, but it is not what I would call pristine or clean by any . . .
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January 11, 2007 10:46 PM EST --
The currency in Japan is the Yen. One yen, is equivalent to one US penny (in terms of denomination, if not value).
But you cannot use the term 'yen' in Japan, without raising a questioning . . .
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February 13, 2007 12:01 AM EST --
Whoa. Sounds like the Bonnie & Clyde days are over for this guy. He's probably lucky Japanese security guards and cops aren't armed. Could've been a little Butch Cassidy & the Sundance . . .
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January 11, 2007 07:34 AM EST --
I fear living so close to Japanese reactors. Don't get me wrong, Japan is a highly-developed nation with plenty of high tech. But there have been some mind-blowingly scary incidents involving their . . .
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January 22, 2007 10:29 PM EST --
Bid-rigging and bribery are a common factor in Japanese business. It's sad, but it's been this way forever. It's origins are steeped in the culture. The Japanese culture is one of working . . .
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January 22, 2007 10:32 PM EST --
Translation (or localization which is a better term in my opinion) is a tricky business. Something like putting a puzzle together, it can be extremely frustrating if the translator is 'missing pieces' . . .
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January 31, 2007 11:41 PM EST --
HAHAHAHAHA! Mamarriage = Mama Marriage... nice play on words! In Japanese, shotgun marriages are called "dekichatta kekkon" (lit. oops, we've conceived wedding). This is an encouraging . . .
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February 07, 2007 12:02 AM EST --
A rather ominous sign. Not that this is anything new. Yakuza (or Violent Gangs--Bouryokudan--as they are called on the news) have been around forever. Yet the Sumiyoshi-kai's claims/concerns are not . . .
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February 07, 2007 12:49 AM EST --
And I guess this puts a fine point on my last article on the the yakuza. Guns are illegal in Japan, so it is unusual to hear the pop-pop you sometimes hear in the States. What I find "funny" . . .
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February 15, 2007 08:02 PM EST --
The one thing that keeps this all at a distance is that the Yakuza generally do not involve themselves with the likes of us 'mere mortals' (much like Mafioso types don't wish to I . . .
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