Quick links: October 29, 2006
Some cool links to check out today:
-Josh has alerted me to the presence of the website for Gwen Stefani’s Japan-related clothing label, Harajuku Lovers. Am I the only person annoyed by Gwen Stefani’s shitty Japanophilia and regular use of badly pronounced Japanese?
-Despite the fact that 900 African Americans fought in the battle of Iwo Jima, you won’t find any of them in Clint Eastwood’s new film.
-Takeru Kobayashi has set a new world record in hamburger eating.
-A Bangladeshi man has won a libel suit against NTV after the news network reported that he had been raising money for an Al Qaeda terror cell in Japan.
-Softbank (formerly Vodafone Japan), is signing up so many new customers that their computer systems are close to overload. I guess those Yoso Guy and Cameron Diaz commercials are really doing the trick.
-Wild bears continue to menace Japan’s elderly!!!
-Justin and Swifty comment on Haruki Murakami’s dislike of gyaru.
-The story of an American meeting the Japanese fighter pilot who killed his father in WW2.
-Japanese environmentalists are struggling to save the Iriomote Wild Cat.
-Do you have $170,000 laying around that you’d like to throw away? You should totally get a solid gold 2007 calendar!
-Hundreds of dead fish were found in the river near my apartment. I hope my tap water comes from a different source…
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Thanks! The honour of gyaru will be preserved!
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Great site! Just quibbling, but I think you’re missing a zero in the dollar-denominated price you give for the gold calendar.
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“Despite the fact that 900 African Americans fought in the battle of Iwo Jima, you won’t find any of them in Clint Eastwood’s new film.”
Of all the stupid controversies, this one is the worse. According to wikipedia almost 80 thousand marines fought in Iwo Jima. So, just over 1% were black. And, if i’m not mistaken, they were all away from the front lines!
So, would showing Black marines be a nice nod to the (undeniable) role that they played in Iwo Jima? Sure! Is it scandalous that they aren’t showned? I don’t think so.
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You are in fact mistaken. Not only were many medical personnel who had to go to the frontlines to carry out their duties, but many of those black marines carrying out menial tasks were eventually pressed into frontline fighting anyway. The controversy may be “stupid”, but it’s not because blacks didn’t fight on Iwo Jima.
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http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/feature/2005/04/09/geisha/index.html
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