Last weekend I had the pleasure of watching a Japanese television program (日本テレビ　『ぶらり途中下車の旅』) about tourist locations in the Tokyo/Yokohama area. It was very similar to most Japanese travel shows: there was a host who went around acting suprised by everything he saw, widly exaggerating his reactions to everything and thinking that everything was amazing [...]

You know about Valentine’s Day(Febuary 14), and you might have heard of White Day(March 14). The two holidays are paired together as days on which couples exchange chocolates/candies; on Feb.14 Japanese women give Japanese men chocolates, on March 14 Japanese men give Japanese women candies/chocolates. It seems to work out fine. But [...]

Most well-informed individuals know that Junichiro Koizumi is the Prime Minister of Japan. They probably can recognize him by his wavy hair and his “Richard Gere-ish” looks. And if they know a few things about older Japanese guys, they might know that he is also hilariously perverted:
Article from Mainichi:

Koizumi releases stress with legendary [...]