Yuri Morishita Lost 2 Million Yen in Nova Collapse

An article in Mainichi’s Japanese edition today mentions that gravure Idol Yuri Morishita [pictured above] admitted that she lost a huge sum of money when English conversation school chain Nova went bankrupt. She told reporters that she had bought 2 million yen [$17,800 US dollars] lesson package, but only had to the time to take 3 lessons before Nova collapsed. Much like thousands of other Nova students, she will get no refund for pre-paid lessons. Morishita said losing all that money has been the biggest shock of her life.
Categories: Celebrity News, Japanese Girls, Teaching English
Thai Ladyboys & Japanese Boys
Here’s a pretty interesting concept: see if a few of Thailand’s prettiest ladyboys could beat some handsome young Japanese actors dressed in drag (For those of you who don’t understand the Japanese spoken in the video below, Thailand = blue door, Japan = red door).
You’ve seen the panel of Japanese celebrities vote in the above video, but do Japan Probe’s readers agree with their judgements? Let’s have the magic of online polling tell us!



Categories: Foreigners in Japan, Japanese TV
Aki Hoshino Promotes Flyboys

Four of the top 20 most-viewed photos on Yahoo! Japan’s news portal today were from coverage of gravure idol Aki Hoshino dressing up to promote the release of Flyboys in Japan.




Will her promotional charms make a success out of a movie that was a box office bust in America?
Categories: Celebrity News, Japanese Girls
Japanese Schoolgirls in Turkey?
A Japanese TV show travels to Turkey to see if Turkish girls want to try on Japanese school uniforms:
Categories: Japanese TV
