Japan News for January 15, 2006
This morning’s Japan-related news/links:
- Immensely popular internet BBS 2ch.net might not being going away after all, reports Mutantfrog.
- South Korea, Japan and China have agreed to launch a joint council this year to deal with various diplomatic and history issues that continue to adversely affect their relations.
- PingMag has a cool feature about a laser koto player and insects crawling on naked people!
- The Mobile Ojisan raves about Brando’s Wii Sports Pack, a set of attachments to the Nintendo Wii’s controller that will make your Wii Sports experience more realistic.
- Do Japanese parents educate their children about sex? Yomiuri Weekly investigates…
- Support for the government of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dipped, and nearly 40 per cent of voters are disappointed with his leadership, according to a public opinion poll by Kyodo news agency.
- Some cool pictures of pimped-out Japanese minivans [thanks, Alice!].
- China has formally indicated a willingness to cooperate with Japan in resolving the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea.
- - Former comedian Sonomanma Higashi, who is running in the Miyazaki gubernatorial race, is steadily gaining support from local voters by down-playing away his image as a celebrity. The Yomiuri Shinbun has more information on the Miyazaki gubernatorial race.
- The Japanese media is quite impressed that Morning Musume leader Yoshizawa Hitomi made a scheduled concert appearance yesterday with the dozens of other Hello! Project members despite the recent tragic death of her younger brother.
- As Japan’s population ages, some sex businesses are planning to expand into care for the elderly, according to today’s WaiWai column.
- While Fujiya corporation has been forced to close most of its stores due to a scandal involving the use of expired and bacteria-laden incredients in one of its factories, a Fujiya outlet in Shinjuku that does all its baking on location remains popular with customers.
- Interesting Trend? Some young Taiwanese are coming to Japan to be married in traditional Shinto ceremonies. [via Japundit]
- Special Japanese candies to give your homodachi (gay lover).
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