Posts Tagged ‘Japan’
Shinjuku Halloween Protest 2009
Let me first point out that I am not the original source for this picture. If you would like to see more of the original sources pictures or read the story please go here. Well, others may have experienced this but it's a first for me. I have never participated in the annual Yamanote line Halloween party and after what happened this [...]
What the Fu%$ was That
Happy Science I was riding my bike down the hill to Don Quixote the other day to buy a few odds and ends and to check out if they had any funny new Engrish advertising going on in the store and I spotted a business that I had not seen in town before. Now I'm not sure if it's simply a brand-new business or if I've ridden my bike past and missed [...]
Killer Fluffy White Clouds
Supertyphoons to Strike Japan Due to Global Warming Increasingly powerful "supertyphoons" will strike Japan if global warming continues to affect weather patterns in the western Pacific Ocean, scientists say. Supercomputer simulations show there will be more typhoons with winds of 179 miles (288 kilometers) per hour—considered an F3 on the [...]
Teacher deserves “Old School” punishment
Junior high school teacher arrested for molesting student during Hokkaido getaway (original Mainichi Daily News) SAPPORO -- A junior high school teacher has been arrested for molesting a junior high school girl while on a trip together, police said. Naoya Tashiro, 51, a teacher at a Sendai municipal junior high school, stands accused of [...]
Dumb & Dumber
Some of you will recall my earlier blog post about the DPJ defeating the LDP in the recent election. In that post I said something to the effect of "we will have to wait and see if the DPJ ends up being any better than the LDP." Well if the past few days are any indication that question is still very much up in the air. On the one-hand, [...]
A Vote in the Right Direction
Ozawa positive about granting local voting rights to non-Japanese. see original article here . I'd say that, if true, this would certainly be a move in the right direction. However, the article goes on to state that "bringing to the Diet may not be easy because Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party), one of two junior ruling coalition [...]
Samba Samba in Yoyogi
Yesterday I went with my friend Hiroshi to the annual Brazilian Festival in Tokyo's Yoyogi Koen (Park). I am embarassed to say that this was actually the first time I had been to Yoyogi and also the first international festival that I have been to since I first came to Japan. Well, as the old saying goes, "better late than never". Hiroshi [...]
My Neighbor Totoro Has Swine Influenza
Once again the entire country of Japan has decided to freak-out about the Swine Influenza and all of the Japanese housewives and mothers have frantically busted open their piggybanks and purchased hundreds of thousands of flu masks in a matter of just a few days. One day everyone will be walking around like normal and then the very next day [...]
