Japan Association of Corporate Executives to PM Koizum" 'CUT OUT THAT FACIST SHRINE SHIT!'
My photo taken in front of Yasukuni Shrine
Japan's Kitashiro Urges Koizumi to End War Shrine Visits
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi should stop visiting a shrine China say symbolizes Japan's militaristic past as it hurts business ties, Kakutaro Kitashiro, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives said.
``There is concern it will hurt business ties between China and Japan,'' Kitashiro said at a briefing on Tuesday, according to the business lobby's Web site.....more....
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Tokyo's $13,000 'hedonist dinner'
120yen or less for each serving.

BUSINESS LIFE: HEDONISM
This Cuisine Will Cost You
Tokyo's $13,000 'hedonist dinner.'
FORTUNE / Wednesday, November 3, 2004
...Tokyo hotel is charging for the "Hedonist Dinner" this December. The pricetag? $13,000.
The Hotel Seiyo Ginza in Tokyo enlisted wine expert Robert M. Parker Jr. and legendary (and previously semi-retired) French chef Joel Robuchon to plan the feast. The wine list will feature eight rare historical wine---including an 1864 Lafite and a 1961 Latour a Pomerol (total bar tab: $200,000, according to Christie's). Just 22 seats are available, and the hotel will confirm only that "several" are filled and that it expects the meal to sell out.

Have a happy Mishima Day

Today is the the day.
November 25, 1970, 三島由紀夫.

Bic Camera's Slaves in Tokyo

Bic Camera searched over failure to pay for overtime

Japan Today, Nov 25---TOKYO -- The Tokyo Labor Bureau on Thursday searched the offices of Bic Camera Co on suspicion that the discount retailer of electronic appliances failed to pay its employees for overtime.....the company based in Tokyo's Toshima Ward failed to pay a total of 2.5 million yen in overtime allowances for floor managers...

B-25 bomber for Tokyo dropping pumpkin pies!

Zen And The Art Of Pumpkin Bombing
AVweb, CT -Nov 24
... Our bomb runs were flown with the accuracy of Doolittle over Tokyo -- meaning I believe I could've hit a target the size of that city. ...
....The B-25 descended slightly and, just before the target zone, opened its bomb bay doors and from its belly countless orbs dropped, arcing toward the target, and quickly decelerating behind the bomber.
A single pumpkin impact sounds like a distant mortar round. First, there's the sight of the explosion and then the sound hits you with a "Fwump!" I'm told that a watermelon comes close, and a bushelful of zucchini can make you take notice. But the pumpkin is surprisingly concussive when it smacks dirt. Now, imagine a whole bellyload of pumpkins tumbling from a bomber and raining upon the target, striking within microseconds of each other: "Fwump, fwump... Fwump! Fwump-whump...!"

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Mitsuoka Motors' micro-engrish

It delivers the feeling of being stoked to you as the Santa Claus does."

Mitsuoka Motors

Ainu or 3 Japanese Wise Ones?
Middle school girl, producer strive to preserve Ainu music
OBIHIRO, Japan - Akemi Takeyama (C) and her mother, Miyuki (L), play Ainu traditional instruments ''mukkuri'' in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Oct. 17.(Kyodo Press)

Wise Monkeys - See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak
No Evil in the Nikko Toshogu Shrine (17th Cent). In Japanese it's literally "see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing" mizaru, kikazaru, iwazaru in the proverb "San-en."

Merry XXX-mas, Japanese style
Getty Images -- Nov 24TOKYO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 24: Triumph International's newly released lingere set... bra and underwear come with a lock attached to the shorts and a key for the woman to give the key to her beloved.

The set will only be available from November 25 through December 25 for the Christmas season.

Yummy-ko's "Honey Bunny" and Japanese kink art

Useless as Japanese salarymen, househusbands proliferate

TokyoNow:

Econ, societal changes in Japan nurturing househusbands

(Kyodo) Monday November 22, 9:05 AM--- Changes in Japan's economy and workforce have been accompanied by corresponding changes in society, with one unexpected trend -- an increasing number of men saying sayonara to the traditional role of a salaryman and hello to the unconventional one of househusband....

WHO ARE THE HARAJUKU GIRLS?

WHO ARE THE HARAJUKU GIRLS?

New York Post, Nov 21
In case you haven't noticed, Gwen Stefani's got herself a new entourage: four Harajuku girls who follow her everywhere.
The four - who may or may not be named Love, Angel, Music and Baby - save her from drowning in the video for "What U Waiting 4," the first single from her solo debut album. They trail behind her and vamp for the camera at public appearances. In interviews, they sit, all in a row, behind Stefani, frequently tilting their heads, alternating facial
expressions and shifting in their seats - always in sync. ...
..."That became my muse for the entire album ... thinking about these Harajuku girls," Stefani told MTV's "The Leak."
Stefani adds to the oddness. On a recent appearance on MTV's "Total Request Live," Carson Daly asked Stefani about the girls. Stefani quizzically replied, "You can see them?" and claimed they are a figment
of her imagination.

Ok, I was bored and aimlessly channel surfing. Boy, did a doubletake when I heard Japanese in the background: "wen ha suru no" (which means Is gwen doing - or Will gwen do it?).

YIKES! Gallianoed Gwen Stefani's 80s rehash and the Harajuku Girls ook slightly like they're wearing Hogwarts (Hufflepuff) uniforms?

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Updated: Sunday, November 21, 2004 7:00 PM JST
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Kaki King's K-Kool K-Bar like on the Guitar

Acoustic guitar star Kaki King polished her wild/distinctive technique in the New York City subway.

Watch King perform live at NPR
NPR.org, November 21, 2004

BURN BABY BURN! (Shlock humor studio that produced


Kadokawa movie studio burned down in TokyoJapan Today, Nov 21
TOKYO -- A fire broke out in the Kadokawa-Daiei movie studio in
Chofu in western Tokyo early Sunday morning, burning down one of the
studios ...more...

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Updated: Sunday, November 21, 2004 2:01 PM JST
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Osama Bin Radin threatens Tokyo Tower

Woods might break his Japan jinx.

Woods dominating Dunlop Phoenix

Golfing.com - Nov 20
Miyazaki, Japan (Sports Network) - Tiger Woods carded a five-under 65 Saturday to extend his lead through three rounds of the Dunlop Phoenix to 10 strokes. ... Miyazaki, Japan (Sports Network) - Tiger Woods carded a five-under 65 Saturday to extend his lead through three rounds of the Dunlop Phoenix to 10 strokes. Woods completed 54 holes at 13-under-par 197.
Woods, the world No. 2, has never won in Japan but extended his early lead quickly in round three.

Hairy taste soy sauce for Japan

Chinese soy sauce from human hair leaves fatal aftertaste in Japan

MDNews / November 17, 2004 Chinese soy sauce made from human hair is cancer causing and restaurants throughout Japan could be using it.... ...Fears about Chinese soy sauce were sparked by a report on Chinese TV that noted local makers were using human hair to create their condiments. Japanese soy sauce makers used to use human hair, too. "During the Pacific War (World War II), food shortages meant that the soy beans used to make sauce instead became a foodstuff and hair was gathered from barbers and used to make ersatz soy sauce," Satoshi Noguchi, the boss of Noguchi Rihatsu barbershop in Kashiwa, Chiba

Shocked in Tokyo (PSP)

Shocked By PSP
SCE unleashes another strange marketing campaign for PSP.

November 18, 2004 , IGN -- Walk into a cafe in Tokyo later this month, and you may see a Western-looking mannequin holding a PSP unit and displaying an expression of shock. Don't fret -- this isn't the Japanese National Police Department's latest scheme at warning the Japanese public of the threat of foreign invaders. It's just Sony Computer Entertainment's new PSP campaign....more...
See also the Japanese mannequin company http://www.yamato-creation.com/