Comments on: Japan News for January 18, 2007

By: James

James — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:19:36 +0000

OK, corrected!

By: Adamu

Adamu — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:16:23 +0000

Another correction: the homeless will be evicted from Nagai Park, not Nishinari… I just used Nishinari as an example because it’s visible from space. Nishinari Park is kind of a dump, but Nagai Park has a stadium and a soccer field and stuff, so it’s more usable.

By: James

James — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:45:29 +0000

Thanks for the correction Unknown. I thought I heard she was half on TV once, but I’m wrong.

By: The Unkown

The Unkown — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:59:40 +0000

Crystal Kay is Half Korean not half Japanese. She just lives and performs in Japan

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:19:32 +0000

Was on digg, and saw this link from June of last year: http://www.rakuten.co.jp/arune/480729/599484/588619/

You can buy the condoms you’ve seen on that website there, apparently. Comments suggested that they were knock-offs of Japanese food-products, heh

By: Ken Y-N

Ken Y-N — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:18:15 +0000

That Boing Boing one is rather lame. Iwojima means, not surprisingly since it’s volcanic, Sulpher Island in Japanese too.

Letter/toilet paper is fair enough, but it’s like suggesting *insert movie title with して in it* will be called shite in the West.

And how does a Chinese person manage to read からの?