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Sunday, November 28, 2004

Fake translations for fake Japanese laws

EDITORIAL
Found in translation
The translation of laws and ordinances into foreign languages would facilitate international business and promote investment by foreign companies. It would also help support the establishment of legal systems in developing countries, especially those in Asia, introduce and increase knowledge of Japanese legislation in other countries, and familiarize foreign residents with life in Japan.
At present, only a few translations of official legislation are posted at the Web sites of individual government offices, such as the English version of the Constitution by the Prime Minister's Office, the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law by the Ministry of Justice....

The so-called "translations" of the Japanese immigration laws are famous for the total LACK of any detail. It is 101% immpossible to take a Japanese immigration law, point to a detail and demand redress. The immigration law is only 25 or so pages but the secret adminstrative guidelines run tens of thousands of pages. ---Taro

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Who watches the watching of the watched in Japan?

THE SPYING GAME
WATCHING THE DETECTIVES
Nov 28---The Japan Times----
"Friday and Saturday nights are my busiest times," says the 38-year-old, who is one among the rapidly rising numbers of private investigators in a country experiencing an upsurge in divorce, crime and missing persons.... job as a private investigator specializing in uwaki (extramarital affairs) for one of Tokyo's fastest-growing detective agencies is straightforward: Catch his targets on video walking into one of these hotels with someone on their arm, and present the results to a waiting partner.

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"Sharving eyebrows" Japan's severe social problem in high school

High school baseball players told to stop shaving eyebrows
Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Nov. 28, 2004---The Japan High School Baseball Federation has taken the unusual step of
telling schools to tighten up against players who have had their
eyebrows shaved or those wearing shabby clothes.....The latest trend
among schoolboys to shave their eyebrows has already created a stir
among education officials who are outraged over the fashion.....

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GUTS! (Japanese "guts pose")
In Japanese, the engrish term "GUTS!" (ガッツ) and striking a "guts pose" (ガッツポーズ) for a photo have a special and deep meaning, hee , hee.

Check out Mr Guts! Make you own "guts pose."Make you own "guts pose."

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Saturday, November 27, 2004

Swallowing a roll of toilet paper, murderer remains quiet

Man arrested over murders fails in tissue suicide bid

OMUTA, Fukuoka -- A man under arrest in connection with the murder of four here had attempted to kill himself by swallowing a massive amount tissue paper in a detention cell at a local police station, prefectural police said.
Following the incident, he was rushed to hospital where he refused to be treated. He has since kept silent about why he swallowed paper.

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Two thousand fans in one Tokyo high school gym

About 200,000 similarly-designed clay figures are on display on the floor of a Tokyo high school gym during an exhibition titled 'Asian Field' by British sculptor Antony Gormley, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2004 / AP Photo, via fiiker photostream

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Friday, November 26, 2004

Another concrete example of Tokyo life
Topic: Concrete Japan
concrete Tokyo

Posted by trek/taro at 4:53 PM JST
Updated: Friday, November 26, 2004 4:54 PM JST
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Calling al-Qaida, pleeeease! Comiket Dec 29-30 Tokyo

Comiket

Comic Market 67 (Wed, Dec 29 - Thu, Dec 30, 2004)
Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo; Japan biggest comic market....a sea of otaku - a two-day event that brings in about half a million of Japan's best.
Engrish photo essay

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Attack of the bad Ukrainan sushi !
Viktor Yushchenko in 2000 (left) and 2004>
Man of two faces: Yushchenko's mystery ailment

The Sydney Morning Herald., November 24, 2004 - 1:54PM

As Ukraine's popular pro-Western opposition leader claimed victory in hotly contested presidential elections, the mystery surrounding an appearance-altering condition that twice prompted him to check into a Vienna hospital persisted.
Yushchenko accused the Ukrainian authorities of poisoning him. His detractors suggested he'd eaten some bad sushi. Adding to the intrigue, the Austrian doctors who treated him have asked foreign experts to help determine if his symptoms may have been caused by toxins found in biological weapons.

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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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モ?ベッタ..."Only you can prevent alien Mind-Control. Ask me how! "

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Thursday, November 25, 2004

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.

Posted by trek/taro at 5:20 PM JST
Updated: Thursday, November 25, 2004 5:21 PM JST
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Have a happy Mishima Day

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

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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...

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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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Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Mitsuoka Motors' micro-engrish

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

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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."

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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.

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

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Monday, November 22, 2004

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....

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Toxic Avenger's Tokyo Sewer Adventure: G-CANS!

G-Cans: massive underground water system in Japan
Wo okeyeh on Sunday, Nov 21 wrote...

...mind-bogglingly complex underground. The G-Cans Project is a massive project, begun 12 years ago, to build infrastructure for preventing overflow of the major rivers and waterways spidering the city (A serious problem for Tokyo during rainy-season and typhoon season...
....The G-cans site is all in Japanese, but if you click around the menus a bit, there are animations and diagrams of how the system works...Supposedly the G-Cans project is also meant to be a tourist attraction, and can be visited for free. very cool.

Posted by trek/taro at 11:57 AM JST
Updated: Monday, November 22, 2004 12:00 PM JST
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Check out Mr Guts! Make you own "guts pose."Make you own "guts pose."

Man arrested over murders fails in tissue suicide bid

Comiket

Man of two faces: Yushchenko's mystery ailment

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

Bic Camera searched over failure to pay for overtime

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

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

Econ, societal changes in Japan nurturing househusbands

G-Cans: massive underground water system in Japan

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