I saw the following post on digg today, which claimed that there was an error in the Japanese puzzle piece of the Wikipedia logo:
Examine the Japanese symbol above the “W” in the logo of Wikipedia. This is not the actual symbol used in Japanese to approximate the “Wi” sound in Wikipedia’s name. While the logo [...]

Ever wonder what kind of hip songs Japanese christians rock out to? Check out this video:

The group is called “Joyful Noise Singers”. Can you feel the joy in the noise they are singing?

I went over to Crisscross Japan News today to see if there were any new negative articles about Japan. Sure enough, there was one:

OSAKA — A South Korean Sekisui House Ltd employee filed a lawsuit Monday seeking 3 million yen from a customer said to have made discriminatory remarks to him. The home builder [...]

In non-rapist Yamamoto news, one of the American pilots who helped shoot down Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto(Number #37 on Japan’s list of favorite historical figures)’s plane in 1943 has died. The Miami Herald reports:

Lt. Col. Besby Frank Holmes, a World War II fighter pilot who took part in the successful 1943 mission to kill the [...]

UPDATE:The videos should all be working now. I apologize on behalf of the idiots responsible for the downtime. If you know of a good alternative to YouTube, please let me know.

Tonight on the NTV program Utawara, pop star Kumi Koda hosted the first ever Chibi Ero Dance competition, a competition in which little [...]

Here’s a video I ripped today with the aid of my new Hauppage WinTV PVR USB2:

The TV show as about setting new world records, and this particular clip is of a Japanese guy attempting to beat the world record for long distance trampoline slam dunking. Can he pull it off? [Watch it here.]

These two classic videos demonstrate the obvious benefits of hypnosis:

Video 1: Girls are hypnotized and made to roll around the floor in esctasy as cameras film up their skirts. [Watch it here.]

Video 2: The hypnotist makes the women have some sort of race! [Watch it here.]

Rent it now, via the internet! 
Are you unsatisfied with the DVD selection at your local Japanese video rental shop?  Or are you pissed off because you can only view your favorite French movie with Japanese subtitles?  Well, don’t worry!  A new service, called Expat-Video, has opened.  It like a Netflix for foreigners in Japan, offering [...]

Just found this story over at Tigers and Cranes:

A restaurant in Tokyo is making its customers catch their own meal before eating it.  There is a pool with a variety of fish in it, and customers much catch the particular fish they want to eat.  [Check out the pun-filled American news report]

[Check out this video parody of the Japanese TV show Iron Chef.  The special ingredient is Top Ramen.]

Looking for some straps for your cell phone?  Why not get some of your favorite beer?

All the big names are there:Asahi Super Dry Asari Try, Kirin Kibin, Sapporo Sappari! [See them here.]
Not into beer?  How about these cute/creepy Kewbies?

The perfect size for small pockets! [See them here.]
[Link found via Dark Diamond Network / Watashi to [...]

The most popular video link on blogs today, according to Technorati, was a video entitled “TBS 安倍氏　サブリミナル” (TBS Abe Subliminal), which was a recording of the clip mentioned in this article:

The government is investigating a TV program by Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. on the wartime Japanese germ warfare unit because it includes footage in which [...]