“Mezamashi TV” reports on a tourism organization that is encouraging Chinese to come to Kyushu for medical check-ups:

The group of rich Chinese people came to Nagasaki to undergo cancer checks at a hospital (and do some shopping). They are given the results of their check-ups on the same day. Although they can get [...]

Curry House chain CoCo Ichibanya has hundreds of restaurants throughout Japan, but two of its top three most profitable restaurants are not located on the main islands of Japan. They are in Okinawa, and, as this news report shows, they are successful because of the patronage of Americans stationed at the military bases there:

The [...]

Remember that video clip of Josh Sehrer acting stupid in Shibuya? Here’s another one, apparently showing him being taken away by the police:

Given the absolutely terrible quality of the video, it’s hard to figure out what is going on. However, Josh provided some details via e-mail:
As you probably know I was just in [...]

Another week, another “Mezamashi TV” interview with a foreign celebrity that involves the presentation of weird gifts:

Leona Lewis was singing the “Avatar” theme song before a gathering of Japanese fans, some of whom got very emotional. Mezamashi put one of the pretty girls who models trendy new products every morning The interviewer is [...]

Mongolian-born sumo Grand Champion Asashoryu was set to be almost certainly banned from the sport of sumo this week, but it seems he has preempted the Japan Sumo Association’s formal decision by announcing his retirement:
“I will retire,” he told reporters. “So many things have happened. I have caused a lot of trouble but I have [...]

Mercedes-Benz has a new series of commercials starring a character named “Mr. Naruhodo” who repeatedly says the word “naruhodo” (“I see”) in a annoyingly stupid accent:

Is this the German equivalent of Mr. James?
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After 92 days of living inside Narita Airport, human rights activist Feng Zhenghu has been told that he will be allowed to return to China:

Feng had already announced Sunday that he had decided to end his protest after meeting with officials from the Chinese Embassy last week. But it wasn’t clear until Tuesday whether China [...]

Leonardo Dicaprio is starring in commercials for eco-friendly Bridgestone tires:

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Fun factoid: Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is the grandson of the founder of Bridgestone Corporation. Hatoyama is currently in hot water over $13.8 million his mother, heiress to the Bridgestone fortune, donated to his political organization.
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Mongolian-born sumo grand champion Asashoryu is in deep trouble after drunkenly assaulting a man in Tokyo:
The latest indiscretion by sumo’s perennial “bad boy” purportedly took place outside a nightclub in Tokyo’s Nishiazabu district in the early hours of Jan. 16 during the recent New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
Asashoryu is alleged to have punched an unidentified [...]

It’s already been established that Paul Karason turned his skin blue by self-medicating himself with colloidal silver, but a Japanese network TBS flew him to Japan anyway because his condition supposedly needed examination by Japanese experts. Not wanting to turn down a free trip to Japan, Karason agreed to fly to Japan for the [...]

A new series of commercials for kimono wearing lessons features a Japanese woman with a foreign boyfriend (Chad Mullane).

In the first commercial, they are admiring a kimono and the boyfriend says he thinks it would be great if she wore it when they meet his parents (is that a proposal?). Unfortunately, she seems to [...]

If you liked Jimmy the Supa Gaijin, you’ll probably enjoy this video of Josh Sehrer [the Ghettocities Clothing guy] being interviewed on the streets of Shibuya (warning: contains graphic language):

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