Sorry for today’s downtime. Here’s another update: Things I Learned from last night’s Trivia program.

Q: How much does it cost to take a taxi from Tokyo to the northernmost point of Hokkaido?

A: 461,570 yen (About 4000 US Dollars)

Q: What to goes prefer to eat: paper or grass?

A: Most goats prefer grass. [...]

Oh Crisscross News, thank you so much for a story about everybody’s favorite Japan-related topic, panty theft:

YOKOHAMA — Kanagawa prefectural police on Wednesday re-arrested a 46-year-old man on charges of stealing women’s underwear, local media reported Thursday. The man, identified as Kazuo Miyake, was arrested earlier this month for trespassing. When police searched his home [...]

Here’s a recent Japanese news report about violence on Korean buses:

A brief summary: A few days ago a man got onto a bus in South Korea and sat behind the driver. He started rummaging through his bag and commented that his money was missing. He proceeded to accuse the bus driver, and [...]

The Washington Post brings us this serious and hard-hitting piece of journalism:

TOKYO — Thin and gorgeous in a slinky black dress, Mikimoto pearls and a low-slung diamond Tiffany pendant, 26-year-old Kazumi Yoshimura already has looks, cash and accessories. There’s only one more thing this single Japanese woman says she needs to find eternal bliss — [...]

Some girls might be creeped out by a guy walking behind them with a video camera on the beach. When the cameraman sneaks up on these girls and says “Excuse me? You’re beautiful!”, the girls seem to like it:

Innovative nampa technique, or a way to creep out the ladies?

Back when I posted about the Koda Kumi Erotic/Cute childrens’ dance competition, which featured elementary school aged girls girating their hips in clothing fit for hookers, I got a lot of comments from people who accused me of unfairly judging Japan’s culture and applying western morals to it. Well, all you cultural/moral relativists out [...]

Over at What Japan Thinks, Ken Y-N has translated the results of a survey of married sex life conducted by Bayer’s Japanese division. It explores a variety of topics, from sexual satisfaction to the distance in centimeters between bed pillows. Check it out: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3!

Here’s a Japanese commercial advertising the airing of ‘Predator’. It starts out by pointing out that viewers will be able to see California’s governor battling enemies. It describes the movie as having a meat/muscle density of 1000%. While the movie is 1000% meaty, I’m afraid that Japanese viewers miss out on the amazing [...]

Popular Japanese idol Yuko Ogura, AKA Yukorin, has been the topic of tabloid scandal recently. Yukorin, age 22, tries her best to act like a little child by acting dumb and speaking like a toddler (much to the joy of all the lolita complex losers out there). Several tabloids recently revealed that she [...]

Mainichi’s WaiWai has yet another story up about Japan’s shady side. The topic of Today’s entry is Shibuya:

A few years ago, things were hairy in the entertainment district. The weekly says foreign drug dealers were everywhere and gangs roamed the Shibuya streets. A harder line taken by authorities was supposed to have wiped out [...]

I was at an eletronics store in Akihabara yesterday and I saw a very interesting report on one TV’s there. I cursed myself for not being able to capture the video clip, but thanks to the wonder that is Youtube, I’ve found that somebody else posted the same news clip I saw. Here [...]

Japan may have topped America in the World Baseball Classic, but America is still number 1 where it counts: little kids’ baseball teams. Here’s what an Associated Press article said about it:
The chants of “USA! USA!” spread through the crowd when the kids from Columbus, Ga., got the last out in the Little League [...]