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Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:56:17 -0700

Osaka police hunt for Spiderman
The Osaka police are searching for a man who robbed several people on Sunday while wearing a Spiderman mask: One of the...
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Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:34:25 -0700

Helping small Japanese hotels welcome foreign tourists
To follow up on last week’s post about Japanese hotels that don’t want foreign guests, here’s an NHK news...
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Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:44:16 -0700

Buying your luck, at select locations
I had a big test last weekend, so as part of my preparation I trekked down into Osaka’s Nipponbashi, which is commonly...
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Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:55:59 -0700

Kazuyoshi Miura’s hat: a good-bye message?
Kazuyoshi Miura, a man sometimes called “Japan’s OJ” by the international press, committed suicide in his...
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Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:32:20 -0700

The emerging surveillance society in Japan
For much of the last year, the following Denso commercial has appeared on Japanese TV: In the commercial, Denso introduces a...
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Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:57:37 -0700

Japanese companies cutting down on product packaging
Mainichi reports that rising raw material prices have led several Japanese companies to cut down on their use of plastic wrap...
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Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:53:25 -0700

Panda babies in Wakayama
There isn’t much out there cuter than these two panda cubs at the Adventure World Zoo in Wakayama (Video from Fuji...
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Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:42:18 -0700

Seats block train doors on the Keihan Line
If any of you Kansai folks have ever rode on the Keihan Main Line, you may have noticed that seats sometimes block the doors of...
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Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:07:35 -0700

Nightclub hostesses make more money than office ladies
A recent survey of Japanese women between the ages of 15 and 22 found that 22.3% wanted to become hostesses. Here’s a...
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Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:20:40 -0700

Man arrested for blocking sidewalk with trash
Fuji TV reports on a man who had so much trash in front of his house that it blocked a public sidewalk in Gyoda, Saitama...
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Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:20:40 -0700

Man arrested for blocking sidewalk with trash
Fuji TV reports on a man who had so much trash in front of his house that it blocked a public sidewalk in Gyoda, Saitama...
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Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:33:52 -0700

Children’s personal alarms break easily
One often sees Japanese children walking to school with personal safety alarms strapped to their bags. If a child is in a...
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Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:33:52 -0700

Children’s personal alarms break easily
One often sees Japanese children walking to school with personal safety alarms strapped to their bags. If a child is in a...
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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:23 -0700

Man builts a personal railway around his house
This train fanatic built a railroad line around his house: Called the Akeno Light Railway, it is the personal railway of its...
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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:23 -0700

Man builts a personal railway around his house
This train fanatic built a railroad line around his house: Called the Akeno Light Railway, it is the personal railway of its...
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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:51:41 -0700

Ministers apologize for watching TV in Diet session
Economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano and Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa have apologized for watching TV on a...
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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:18:35 -0700

No Nobel for Haruki Murakami
After the Physics and Chemistry Nobel prize victories, some in the Japanese and international media were speculating that...
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Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:07:55 -0700

More impersonations of black women on Japanese TV
Fuji TV has shown me that Yajima Beauty Salon, the comedy group that impersonates black women from Nevada, can do more than...
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Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:52:28 -0700

More false predictions from Jucelino Nobrega da Luz
Last night, TV Tokyo aired a special warning viewers about disasters that are bound to hit Japan in the next few years. They...
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Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:44:18 -0700

Some small hotels don’t want foreign guests
The Associated Press has reported the following survey result: The survey carried out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs shows...
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Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:26:28 -0700

Nationality and the Nobel Prize
Those of you paying attention to the news reports about this years Nobel Prize winners may have noticed some irregularities in...
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Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:24:21 -0700

American Youtuber Becomes Gravure Idol
Youtuber Applemilk1988 (Emily) first rose to relative internet fame when her video “Pretty Intense Japanese Lesson”...
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Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:36:05 -0700

The Outside World News - An introduction
Long time Japan Probe reader here, call me JJ. James just let me join up as a contributor, so I am a happy man. I live and...
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Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:21:52 -0700

American woman drinks beer on Japanese TV
Wendy, an American living in Hachioji, was featured on Asahi TV last night for her amaziing beer drinking ability:
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Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:16:58 -0700

Company halts production of Konnyaku Batake jelly products
If you’ve lived in Japan for a while, chances are you’ve probably encountered the above-pictured Konnyaku Batake...
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