News for November 06, 2006
Japan related-news on this wonderful Monday:
-Myspace and Softbank will be teaming up to launch Myspace Japan. Oh the humanity..
Update: Here is the link.
-A survey found that over 1/3 of female part-time workers in Japan are forced to do unpaid overtime work. The number of those who “volunteer” to do unpaid overtime work was not revealed.
-A new resource center/museum has opened in Saitama prefecture with the goal of documenting Japan’s aggression in China. The curator is already being called a communist by opponents of the museum.
-The San Francisco Chronicle has a travel article about the onsen experience in Japan. It contains such intelligent lines as, “Now I know how lobsters feel.”
-Japan welcomes Saddam’s death sentence.
-Shane McLeod reports on the growing problem of homelessness in Japan.
-Japanese cinema shows variety, but it mostly sucks, complains a writer for the Yomiuri Shinbun. [via Ryuganji]
-Korean first-baseman Seung-Yeop Lee has signed for another 4 years with the Yomiuri Giants. So much for the major leagues..
-The biotoilet, an amazing new toilet that doesn’t use water, has been developed in Japan. What does it use instead? Sawdust!!
-The Los Angeles Japan Expo will be held from November 18th to November 19th this year. Get your tickets now!
