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!