News for November 22, 2006
Some news this morning:
-Female Korean tourists are flocking to Japan, according to the Chosun Ilbo.
-Is Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara wasting tax payers’ money on ridiculous vacations?
-A rail line in rural Chiba prefecture is having major financial difficulties. Their solution: sell osenbei (rice crackers) over the internet…
-Adamu has recorded and posted Dogs & Demons author Alex Kerr’s November 20th speech at the Bangkok Japan Foundation.
Afternoon update:
-U.S. immigration officers will soon be stationed at Narita airport. Starting in January, can expect them to start looking over your passport and accusing you of terrorism.
American golfer Michelle Wie has donated 10 million yen to 10 child-care facilities and infant homes in Kochi Prefecture. A great PR move right before her appearance in a men’s competition being held there!
-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked Denmark’s leader to keep an eye on China’s military spending yesterday. Denmark’s leader also met with the emperor and empress.
-Tokyo is ‘mature’ and ready for the 2016 Olympics, according to the Yomiuri Shinbun.
-The Japan Times discusses the issue of why the Japanese pronounce Korean/Chinese names written as Kanji so differently from the way they actually sound.
An e-mail/internet outage for AU mobile phone users resulted in users being told that their mails could not be sent due to error code #110. Thousands of users responded by punching the numbers “110″ into their phone and dialing, resulting in thousands of calls to the police (110 is the official emegency number in much of Japan). Morons.
-Newscaster Yamamoto Mona (30), who was forced to quit her news program in disgrace after it was discovered that she was having an affair with a married politician, is making a come back. Takeshi Kitano Kitano has hired her to appear on NTV’s New Year’s Day special “Owarai Ultra Quiz.”
-Coming Anarchy comments on the nationalist arms race in NE Asia.
Online Coupon Sharing For Tech-savvy Japanese
Girls Generation in Japan
Japanese Police Shut Down Chinese Brothel Near Yokosuka Base
African/Japanese Group Arrested For Money-laundering
Smile Measurement Technology
Another Monkey in Tokyo?
Foreign Tourists Go Without Dinner
The Ainu and the Bear
Gunman Attacks Discovery Channel
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ARRESTED
Bryozoan Slime Blobs Menace Japan
Daytime Drinking Parties: Bring Your Kids!
1. There are tons of Koreans in Beppu. I’m doing my “English” thing , but we need more Korean speakers to boost tourism
2. Tokyo Governor Ishi-asshole-what’s-his-face is jingoistic scum and should be removed from office.
3. Americans elect W twice and AU users call 911 en masse. I see Japan is full of idiots, too
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My nickname for Ms. Mona is “moaner”, ’cause the weeklies say that at the time the scandal broke she was shagging not just that young DPJ guy but some other bigshot as well. Who doesn’t love a good-looking woman who likes to spread the wealth around?
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