There's this image that the Japanese are drop-dead, go-all-out kaimono-chūdokusho (買い物中毒症, shopaholics), despite whatever the latest dreary news bulletin on the global recession says. While that may be...through life praying and loving and wearing great clothes a la Ms. Roberts. In good times and bad, in sickness and in health, the power to save is the greatest love of all. source; THE JAPAN TIMES
I was going through the archives and was very pleasantly surprised that they tackled more issues that have been bothering me International Women's Day and Trans Women - Addressing the issue that trans...do sound to me like another way of saying, "she's nagging me about being on the playstation again!" I agree with the author of the article, I think the wife just wants her turn at the playstation.
Ninja. The word is loaded with connotations, most rooted in fantastic flights of pop culture. But the truth behind these shadowy assassins is more mind-blowing than any manga, more astounding than any...Yutaka Kondo Kodansha International Paperback 192 pages ISBN: 978-4-7700-3119-8 / 4-7700-3119-X AMAZON : http://www.amazon.com/Ninja-Attack-Assassins-Samurai-Outlaws/dp/477003119X source: JapanToday
Last year, Kou Shibasaki placed 2nd in an Internet poll asking 500 men and women which celebrities had the most attractive eyes (Meisa Kuroki was 1st). Respondents said Shibasaki, who turns 29 on Aug...has an unusual goal: she would like to be able to understand animals better. “Wouldn’t it fun to be able to communicate with a horse while you were riding it?” she mused. source: JAPANTODAY
“I’ve noticed how people seem to take delight when I hand them my business cards with kanji on one side and the alphabet on the reverse,” chuckles Takuro Nagami, a photographer who often goes on assignments...why his favorite character was 幸 (“sachi” for good fortune). “You can make it by writing a plus, a minus, an equal sign, a minus and a plus!” he explained. source: japantoday (shukan post)
The Japanese are legendary shoppers, paying top prices from Honolulu to Helsinki for gifts and adornments. In Tokyo, a walk through the department stores and Pritzker Prize-winner-designed boutiques...thermal bags, knit socks in geometric stripes and patterns, and knick-knacks painted with country French motifs. All that, and you've barely dented your duty-free exemption. Source: The LA times
...no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku, but somehow lost it to Arashi's Matsumoto Jun -- who, mysteriously enough, does not have a girlfriend. Is it just gossip, or are Japanese female fans really this serious about their fandoms? note: one more paragraph at the source(japanator) mostly it is the article writers own opinion on the subject. View Poll: #1575281 source: japanator via AF
Halfway through the first-ever Girls Award fashion show at Tokyo's Yoyogi National Stadium last month, 22-year-old Meisa Kuroki strides down the catwalk, glistening in a sleeveless gold dress and black...it's all about: It lets me show off my true personality." Meisa Kuroki's new single "5-Five-" is out June 6 on Sony Music Records. 5-five PV: performing on heyx3 source: JapanTimes , AF
Social network Web sites have changed the way we communicate and ingest media. Now Japan's policymakers are feeling the force of social networking on the country's consumer prices. Seventy thousand...around the trend. "We can't do anything about these networking sites, except to try and make our products more attractive for the price." watch video: (same info as the text above) source: CNN
From used-panty vending machines to tentacle porn, it is often hard to imagine how things could be odder than Japan's indigenous fetishes. To their credit though, the Japanese continue to the raise the...time in the maid cafes seriously. Many bring their own cosplay props for pictures with the maids, and are well known in the cafes they frequent. View Poll: #1557670 source: asylum.com
