Society
Like almost everywhere in the world, Valentine’s day was celebrated two days ago in Japan; here the tradition says that girls have to give presents to boys, specially chocolate. In a shop in Tokyo where chocolate was being sold, a curious machine was set up so that girls could use it to “telepray” in order [...]
The day before yesterday Japan Airlines (JAL) declared bankruptcy. It was Asia’s largest airline by revenue, which doesn’t mean the most profitable. Prime Minister Hatoyama and the Transportation Minister announced on TV that they will help as much as possible in the whole restructuring process (although 15,000 jobs will be lost). The current CEO of [...]
Giant jellyfish are becoming one of the worst nightmares of the Japanese fishing industry. In this video they talk about the possibility that global warming could be one of the causes behind the huge increase of the giant jellyfish population in Japanese coasts. Via Japanprobe, Reuters. Read more about jellyfish in Japan.
Last month I went to South Korea, and in Narita airport I bumped into this sign that says “Forbidden to bring ham or sausages from Europe”. Yes, it is forbidden; however this fact is unknown to most people. Many foreigners that live in Japan, even knowing this fact, they still try to sneak in some [...]
In the Love Hotel in the pictures “costumes”/Cosplay are available to be worn by the girls. It is something offered by many love hotels, however I have never seen Cosplay being offered for boys. You have to pay an extra fee to be able to use these costumes, but on the other hand Wii and [...]
I’m not an expert on what I’m going to talk about, so if you find some stupidity please correct me in the comments, thanks! When the housing bubble crashed in the United States the chain reaction started to affect other countries, specially those that had their own local property bubble, like Spain or Great Britain. [...]
A while ago I ranted about how annoying it is to have so many crows in Tokyo. Latest data shows that there are between 40.000 and 50.000 crows living in Tokyo, they are noisy in the morning, they move rubble around and sometimes they even attack people (It happened to me more than once). But [...]
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